# Lima with VPN **URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/lima-with-vpn/27081 **Category:** trellis **Tags:** trellis **Created:** 2024-05-01T23:21:46Z **Posts:** 7 ## Post 1 by @adleviton — 2024-05-01T23:21:46Z Is there a way or can anyone point me in the right direction of using Lima with a VPN (Express VPN)? With the VPN turned on, I get the following error `INFO[0060] [hostagent] 2024/05/01 19:39:16 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:54814, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused ` `DEBU[0060] [hostagent] stdout="", stderr="kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host\r\nConnection closed by 127.0.0.1 port 54742\r\n", err=failed to execute script "ssh": stdout="", stderr="kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host\r\nConnection closed by 127.0.0.1 port 54742\r\n": exit status 255 ` --- ## Post 2 by @Tetrahedrax — 2024-05-02T13:08:13Z Weird. I use Lima with PrivateVPN using the WireGuard client. Are you using the official WireGuard client or are you using the Express VPN client? --- ## Post 3 by @adleviton — 2024-05-02T17:30:57Z I’m using the Express VPN client. --- ## Post 4 by @Tetrahedrax — 2024-05-03T11:24:55Z Nice. Does it work if you try the WireGuard client? --- ## Post 5 by @adleviton — 2024-05-04T17:08:18Z Looks like [Express VPN is incompatible with Wireguard](https://www.expressvpn.com/what-is-vpn/protocols). --- ## Post 6 by @Tetrahedrax — 2024-05-06T08:24:46Z Well that’s… something. Weird. I really thought every VPN service supported it these days. --- ## Post 7 by @adleviton — 2024-06-26T23:36:26Z Just playing around with this once again. With Express VPN enabled, it spends about 2 minutes cycling through a number of ports (shown below). And then the virtual machine is “running” but not accessible. If Express VPN is turned off, it takes 18 seconds to boot up without issue. **With Express VPN Enabled** ``` INFO[0000] SSH Local Port: 56010 INFO[0000] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: running INFO[0000] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0010] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0010] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:27:51 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56014, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0020] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0020] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:28:01 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56015, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0030] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0030] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:28:11 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56017, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0040] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0040] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:28:21 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56018, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0050] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0050] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:28:31 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56019, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0060] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0060] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:28:41 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56020, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0070] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0070] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:28:51 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56022, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0081] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0081] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:29:01 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56024, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0091] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0091] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:29:12 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56025, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0101] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0101] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:29:22 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56027, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0111] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0111] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:29:32 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56028, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0121] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0121] [hostagent] 2024/06/26 19:29:42 tcpproxy: for incoming conn 127.0.0.1:56030, error dialing "192.168.5.15:22": connect tcp 192.168.5.15:22: connection was refused INFO[0131] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0131] [hostagent] The essential requirement 1 of 2 is satisfied INFO[0131] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 2 of 2: "user session is ready for ssh" INFO[0134] [hostagent] The essential requirement 2 of 2 is satisfied INFO[0134] [hostagent] Waiting for the guest agent to be running INFO[0134] [hostagent] Guest agent is running INFO[0134] [hostagent] Waiting for the final requirement 1 of 1: "boot scripts must have finished" INFO[0134] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from 127.0.0.1:11211 to 127.0.0.1:11211 WARN[0135] [hostagent] failed to set up forwarding tcp port 11211 (negligible if already forwarded) INFO[0135] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from 0.0.0.0:80 to 127.0.0.1:80 INFO[0135] [hostagent] Forwarding "0.0.0.0:80" (guest) to "/tmp/lima-psl-127.0.0.1-80-1679964575/sock" (host) INFO[0135] [hostagent] The final requirement 1 of 1 is satisfied ``` **With Express VPN Disabled** ``` INFO[0000] SSH Local Port: 56167 INFO[0000] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: running INFO[0000] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0010] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" INFO[0011] [hostagent] The essential requirement 1 of 2 is satisfied INFO[0011] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 2 of 2: "user session is ready for ssh" INFO[0014] [hostagent] The essential requirement 2 of 2 is satisfied INFO[0014] [hostagent] Waiting for the guest agent to be running INFO[0014] [hostagent] Guest agent is running INFO[0014] [hostagent] Waiting for the final requirement 1 of 1: "boot scripts must have finished" INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from 127.0.0.1:11211 to 127.0.0.1:11211 WARN[0014] [hostagent] failed to set up forwarding tcp port 11211 (negligible if already forwarded) INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from 0.0.0.0:80 to 127.0.0.1:80 INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding "0.0.0.0:80" (guest) to "/tmp/lima-psl-127.0.0.1-80-730225602/sock" (host) INFO[0014] [hostagent] Stopping forwarding "0.0.0.0:80" (guest) to "/tmp/lima-psl-127.0.0.1-80-730225602/sock" (host) WARN[0014] [hostagent] failed to set up forwarding tcp port 80 (negligible if already forwarded) INFO[0014] [hostagent] Not forwarding TCP 0.0.0.0:22 INFO[0014] [hostagent] Not forwarding TCP 127.0.0.53:53 INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from 127.0.0.1:3306 to 127.0.0.1:3306 WARN[0014] [hostagent] failed to set up forwarding tcp port 3306 (negligible if already forwarded) INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from [::]:80 to 127.0.0.1:80 INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding "[::]:80" (guest) to "/tmp/lima-psl-127.0.0.1-80-4217968089/sock" (host) INFO[0014] [hostagent] Stopping forwarding "[::]:80" (guest) to "/tmp/lima-psl-127.0.0.1-80-4217968089/sock" (host) WARN[0014] [hostagent] failed to set up forwarding tcp port 80 (negligible if already forwarded) INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from [::]:8025 to 127.0.0.1:8025 WARN[0014] [hostagent] failed to set up forwarding tcp port 8025 (negligible if already forwarded) INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from [::]:1025 to 127.0.0.1:1025 WARN[0015] [hostagent] failed to set up forwarding tcp port 1025 (negligible if already forwarded) WARN[0015] [hostagent] connection to the guest agent was closed unexpectedlyunexpected EOF ERRO[0016] [hostagent] r.CreateEndpoint() = no route to host INFO[0017] [hostagent] The final requirement 1 of 1 is satisfied ```