# How can I connect from a remote server to a CrateDB node using crash?

**URL:** <https://community.cratedb.com/t/how-can-i-connect-from-a-remote-server-to-a-cratedb-node-using-crash/832>\
**Category:** CrateDB\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/how-can-i-connect-from-a-remote-server-to-a-cratedb-node-using-crash/832 "2021-09-30T13:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![proddata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.cratedb.com/proddata/32/1379_2.png) [@proddata](https://community.cratedb.com/u/proddata)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/how-can-i-connect-from-a-remote-server-to-a-cratedb-node-using-crash/832/10 "2021-09-30T15:09:32Z")

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> **[mfussenegger](https://github.com/mfussenegger)**  
> If you change `network.host` it assumes that you’re using CrateDB for production and enforces some [Bootstrap Checks](https://crate.io/docs/crate/howtos/en/latest/admin/bootstrap-checks.html) to ensure CrateDB is suitably configured.

When using the package-based setup flavor for [Debian or Ubuntu](https://crate.io/docs/crate/tutorials/en/latest/install.html#install-deb) or [Red Hat or CentOS](https://crate.io/docs/crate/tutorials/en/latest/install.html#install-rpm), the CrateDB startup script uses [Environment variables](https://crate.io/docs/crate/reference/en/4.6/config/environment.html#conf-env) from the `/etc/default/crate` file.

or you set it in the console with e.g.

```auto
export CRATE_HEAP_SIZE=4g  

```

I think we might need to adjust the notes a little:

> **[Getting started](https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/tutorials/en/latest/basic/index.html)**
>
> Introduction, Try CrateDB without installing, Linux, Docker, Ad-hoc (Unix, macOS), Basic configuration, Post-install notes. Introduction: This part of the documentation covers the installation of CrateDB on Linux and macOS systems. The first step to...

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I am sorry that you have such a bad experience. Me and my team are currently working to make the start with CrateDB as easy as possible.

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