# Connect to remote graph **URL:** \ **Category:** Desktop\ **Created:** [February 10, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554 "2020-02-10T15:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madiskou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/madiskou/32/16515_2.png) [@madiskou](https://community.neo4j.com/u/madiskou)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/1 "2020-02-10T15:11:06Z")
Hello, I have a neo4j community edition installed in my server and i have a neo4j desktop in my machine. I want to connect from my client desktop to the remote graph on my server. I change this 2 params: dbms.connectors.default\_listen\_address=0.0.0.0 dbms.connectors.default\_advertised\_address=Ip address of the server but i have this error ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/2X/a/ae59355c9c399109ce0253bd5974091d1e6f0521.png) ---
**Author:** ![julie.fisher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/julie.fisher/32/3870_2.png) [@julie.fisher](https://community.neo4j.com/u/julie.fisher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/2 "2020-02-10T16:14:47Z")
I usually just set up the remote connection using Neo4j Desktop. In My Projects click Add Graph, enter the Connect URL and change the Database Name to something descriptive. ![Screen Shot 2020-02-10 at 10.13.01 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/2X/2/23cfb3f4b99b80d570c93081322f6b9e6023ec38.png) ---
**Author:** ![madiskou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/madiskou/32/16515_2.png) [@madiskou](https://community.neo4j.com/u/madiskou)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/3 "2020-02-10T16:24:56Z")
my graph is on a distant server i can't connect with localhost, and there is a configuration to do in the server side. ---
**Author:** ![madiskou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/madiskou/32/16515_2.png) [@madiskou](https://community.neo4j.com/u/madiskou)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/4 "2020-02-26T09:26:26Z")
It was the firewall configuration ---
**Author:** ![wunsch.kevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/wunsch.kevin/32/6181_2.png) [@wunsch.kevin](https://community.neo4j.com/u/wunsch.kevin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/5 "2020-04-29T09:17:34Z")
what exactly did you do to resolve the issue? -.- ---
**Author:** ![madiskou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/madiskou/32/16515_2.png) [@madiskou](https://community.neo4j.com/u/madiskou)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/6 "2020-04-29T09:25:46Z")
I open the port of bolt/http in the distant server and it work ---
**Author:** ![wunsch.kevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/wunsch.kevin/32/6181_2.png) [@wunsch.kevin](https://community.neo4j.com/u/wunsch.kevin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/7 "2020-04-29T09:27:36Z")
damn, I already tried that ... so my config is likely not right -.- can you share yours? obviously without the specific IPs ... I haven't been able to set ip up yet ... ---
**Author:** ![madiskou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/madiskou/32/16515_2.png) [@madiskou](https://community.neo4j.com/u/madiskou)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/8 "2020-04-29T09:34:00Z")
in your iptables you configure to accept connexion from specefic port ```auto -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 7474 -m comment --comment " port http neo4j" -j ACCEPT ``` ---
**Author:** ![wunsch.kevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/wunsch.kevin/32/6181_2.png) [@wunsch.kevin](https://community.neo4j.com/u/wunsch.kevin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/connect-to-remote-graph/14554/9 "2020-04-29T10:05:56Z")
I have allowed the necessary ports. I have now disabled the firewall for testing purposes and will now start testing -.-