# Remote iex session returning "does not export" error

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/remote-iex-session-returning-does-not-export-error/26581>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** iex, deployment, observer\
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/remote-iex-session-returning-does-not-export-error/26581 "2019-11-05T13:14:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![blaza1](https://forum.elixirforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@blaza1](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/blaza1)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/remote-iex-session-returning-does-not-export-error/26581/1 "2019-11-05T13:14:43Z")

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Hi,

First time posting on here so please bear with me! I’ve been a lurker for a while and the forum has been really useful debugging various issues as well as understanding the design philosophy of Elixir.

I’m trying to run a local iex session connected to our dev server. My ultimate goal is to get the observer running locally which is connected to a remote enviroment.

I have forwarded my local 4369 port to the one running on the machine. This seems to be successful. When I run

```elixir
epmd -name's 

```

I get back

```elixir
epmd: up and running on port 4369 with data:
name my-app at port 44102

```

However, when i try to connect iex to my-app

```elixir
iex --name my-app@127.0.0.1 --cookie ./my_big_cookie --remsh

```

I get back

```elixir
{fatal,error,module,ex,"does not export",boot,"/1"}

```

I’ve googled the error message and it doesn’t come back with any messages. My guess is there is some setting that I need to change on my remote machine?

Thanks for any help in advance,  
Alex