# Server driven client connection

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/server-driven-client-connection/71103>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 15, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/server-driven-client-connection/71103 "2023-03-15T16:39:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![gregory.sachs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@gregory.sachs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gregory.sachs)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/server-driven-client-connection/71103/1 "2023-03-15T16:39:14Z")

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Is there a way to run the client launcher in a "listen" mode, where I could tell the server to open a client connection to an IP address and run a given project. Think of it like a client "slave" mode if that makes sense, where traffic originates on the server and then the client responds, where a normal client connection is originated on the client, and then the server responds.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/server-driven-client-connection/71103/2 "2023-03-15T18:44:17Z")

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Nothing like that is built in, but I imagine you could run a python or other scripted background task in user context on a machine, and have it run the right launch command upon remote demand.