# Running developer on second machine **URL:** \ **Category:** Classic Servoy\ **Created:** [September 23, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/running-developer-on-second-machine/9627 "2008-09-23T02:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kschuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9d8465/32.png) [@kschuster](https://forum.servoy.com/u/kschuster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/running-developer-on-second-machine/9627/1 "2008-09-23T02:57:15Z")
I have v4 developer. I’m running it with mysql on my windows machine. what I’d like to do is be able to come downstairs - let the wife sleep - run servoy developer and use the repository on my windows machine. I can log into mysql with mysql admin tools so I know I can connect. when I fire up servoy on my mac the repository has red X on it. Anyone have an idea what is going on here? Anyone done this? ---
**Author:** ![ROCLASI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/roclasi/32/4371_2.png) [@ROCLASI](https://forum.servoy.com/u/ROCLASI)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/running-developer-on-second-machine/9627/2 "2008-09-23T05:23:30Z")
Hi Keith, I do the same but all on 1 machine when I use VMWare Fusion. All those guest OS’s (Windows/Linux/xBSD) connect to my PostgreSQL server on the host OS (Mac OS X) which holds my repositories (multiple versions) and all my data(bases). As for your connection issue I would first look at what your connection URL is defined in Servoy (downstairs of course). Does it really point to the machine upstairs ? You use an IP or machine name ? Try switching between those. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![kschuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9d8465/32.png) [@kschuster](https://forum.servoy.com/u/kschuster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/running-developer-on-second-machine/9627/3 "2008-09-23T11:45:12Z")
After I posted I found the new version of Microsoft’s remote connect which works great. I assigned a static IP to the machine upstairs. I’ll try it with the computer name and see what happens. So in theory I should be able to pull everything from the remote computer. I don’t need to do anything locally like setting anything up in the server admin right. If I can get servoy to read my repository db I should be good? I’ll keep at it. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/running-developer-on-second-machine/9627/4 "2008-09-23T17:16:51Z")
In theory and in daily practice you are correct but… Never forget to really check a project out and perform commits and updates, otherwise you will end up with a mess…