# Connect Samurai Whirpool (running on Qubes OS) to Samurai server (Umbrel) **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [July 13, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connect-samurai-whirpool-running-on-qubes-os-to-samurai-server-umbrel/2008 "2021-07-13T03:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crowphale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@crowphale](https://community.umbrel.com/u/crowphale)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connect-samurai-whirpool-running-on-qubes-os-to-samurai-server-umbrel/2008/1 "2021-07-13T03:02:01Z")
I have Umbrel running on Raspberry Pi, Bitcoin core fully synced, Lightning running, and Samurai server installed. When I try to connect Whirpool GUI (running on Qubes OS, on the same network, connected to the same switch), I’m getting error: ```auto Connection failed: Could not connect to CLI (may take a few seconds to start...) ``` I think there is something wrong with Tor/proxy. This Qubes VM (where I’m running Whirpool GUI) uses `sys-whonix` for networking which means everything goes through Tor. So I tried to remove the Tor proxy setting, but it didn’t help. Any tips on how I can debug this? ---
**Author:** ![crowphale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@crowphale](https://community.umbrel.com/u/crowphale)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connect-samurai-whirpool-running-on-qubes-os-to-samurai-server-umbrel/2008/2 "2021-07-13T03:05:48Z")
Do I need to set API key? ---
**Author:** ![crowphale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@crowphale](https://community.umbrel.com/u/crowphale)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connect-samurai-whirpool-running-on-qubes-os-to-samurai-server-umbrel/2008/3 "2021-07-13T03:06:32Z")
Given that I’m doing this on local network, I think I don’t even need Tor. Is there any way to access Samurai server (on Umbrel) directly, without Tor? ---
**Author:** ![crowphale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@crowphale](https://community.umbrel.com/u/crowphale)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connect-samurai-whirpool-running-on-qubes-os-to-samurai-server-umbrel/2008/4 "2021-07-13T03:14:12Z")
I tried using `10.21.21.23:8898` on QubesVM without Tor, but also no luck. ---
**Author:** ![louneskmt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/louneskmt/32/13_2.png) [@louneskmt](https://community.umbrel.com/u/louneskmt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connect-samurai-whirpool-running-on-qubes-os-to-samurai-server-umbrel/2008/5 "2021-07-13T08:06:51Z")
I’m not familiar with Qubes, but can you try with the normal Tor proxy. Either you find the port of the proxy built in Qubes or you install the tor package. If you want to try on local network, use `http://umbrel.local:8898`. ---
**Author:** ![baffler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@baffler](https://community.umbrel.com/u/baffler)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connect-samurai-whirpool-running-on-qubes-os-to-samurai-server-umbrel/2008/6 "2021-08-14T19:49:58Z")
Did you figure this out @crowphale? I’m having the same problem ---
**Author:** ![crowphale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@crowphale](https://community.umbrel.com/u/crowphale)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connect-samurai-whirpool-running-on-qubes-os-to-samurai-server-umbrel/2008/7 "2021-09-04T12:34:23Z")
Not yet.