<p>I don't know why this happened several times. But in the end the config worked with <code>true</code> and now my nodes show only one connection and this is the private server.</p>

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2020-11-28T12:33:53.720Z
2020-11-28T12:33:53.720Z
bomben
<p>I don't know id this is relevant in this case, but I was facing a similar issue.</p>
<p>I read this post, and when I invoked with <code>-1 --server &lt;host:port&gt;</code> the connection worked.</p>
<p>Turned out the issue was that my <code>server</code> value in the config was postfixed with <code>:s</code> which specified an <code>ssl</code> connection, whereas the server I set up was unencrypted tcp. (<code>:t</code>).</p>
<p>Even if this is not what happened to you, perhaps it can be useful to someone else if they read this with the same issue I was facing.</p>

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2024-07-16T01:45:59.053Z
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lash
<p>I want to connect my Electrum wallet app to my private Electrs server in my local LAN which is also reachable via onion. I want to just use this one server, no other server. My <code>~/.electrum/config</code> is</p>
<pre><code>{
    &quot;alias&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
    &quot;auto_connect&quot;: false,
    &quot;blockchain_preferred_block&quot;: {
        &quot;hash&quot;: &quot;000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f&quot;,
        &quot;height&quot;: 0
    },
    &quot;check_updates&quot;: true,
    &quot;config_version&quot;: 3,
    &quot;gui_last_wallet&quot;: &quot;/Users/$USER/.electrum/wallets/default_wallet&quot;,
    &quot;is_maximized&quot;: false,
    &quot;oneserver&quot;: false,
    &quot;proxy&quot;: &quot;socks5:127.0.0.1:9050::&quot;,
    &quot;recently_open&quot;: [
        &quot;/Users/$USER/.electrum/wallets/default_wallet&quot;
    ],
    &quot;rpcpassword&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
    &quot;rpcuser&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
    &quot;server&quot;: &quot;something.onion:50002:s&quot;,
    &quot;show_channels_tab&quot;: true
}
</code></pre>
<p>This seems to work fine in the sense that I am connected. But I have a lot of nodes in my list under the &quot;Network&quot; settings in Electrum. And this is because the <code>oneserver</code> property is set to <code>false</code>. If I try to set it to <code>true</code> in the config manually, Electrum starts and works fine but the config file is reverted to its old state with <code>false</code> in it.</p>
<p>How can I make sure this works?</p>

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How to make sure Electrum connects to my private Electrs server and to no other server?
bomben
# How to make sure Electrum connects to my private Electrs server and to no other server?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-28)

I want to connect my Electrum wallet app to my private Electrs server in my local LAN which is also reachable via onion. I want to just use this one server, no other server. My ~/.electrum/config is
{
    "alias": "",
    "auto_connect": false,
    "blockchain_preferred_block": {
        "hash": "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f",
        "height": 0
    },
    "check_updates": true,
    "config_version": 3,
    "gui_last_wallet": "/Users/$USER/.electrum/wallets/default_wallet",
    "is_maximized": false,
    "oneserver": false,
    "proxy": "socks5:127.0.0.1:9050::",
    "recently_open": [
        "/Users/$USER/.electrum/wallets/default_wallet"
    ],
    "rpcpassword": "",
    "rpcuser": "",
    "server": "something.onion:50002:s",
    "show_channels_tab": true
}

This seems to work fine in the sense that I am connected. But I have a lot of nodes in my list under the "Network" settings in Electrum. And this is because the oneserver property is set to false. If I try to set it to true in the config manually, Electrum starts and works fine but the config file is reverted to its old state with false in it.
How can I make sure this works?

**Tags:** electrum


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2020-11-28. Score: 0

I don't know why this happened several times. But in the end the config worked with `true` and now my nodes show only one connection and this is the private server.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2024-07-16. Score: 0

I don't know id this is relevant in this case, but I was facing a similar issue.

I read this post, and when I invoked with `-1 --server`  the connection worked.

Turned out the issue was that my `server` value in the config was postfixed with `:s` which specified an `ssl` connection, whereas the server I set up was unencrypted tcp. (`:t`).

Even if this is not what happened to you, perhaps it can be useful to someone else if they read this with the same issue I was facing.


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