Sasha Fonseca
Jul 10, 2017 · 1 min read

Hello Keith, I followed you tutorial but I can’t ping the Heroku node successfully no matter what. Are you sure you’re not forgetting any steps?

Starting process with command `cd apps/<omitted> && elixir --erl "-proto_dist Elixir.Epmdless -start_epmd false -epmd_module Elixir.Epmdless_epmd_client -setcookie <omitted>" --name $(echo <omitted> | sed -e 's/\.//')@127.0.0.1 -S mix phoenix.server --no-halt`

At the begining when the dyno spins up I get this message in the logs. The app seems to start running without problems.

After that I do the heroku ps:forward 4371 -a <my_app>` which gives the following result
```
Establishing credentials… done
SOCKSv5 proxy server started on port 1080
Listening on 4371 and forwarding to web.1:4371
Use CTRL+C to stop port fowarding
```

From there I run
```
iex — erl “-proto_dist Elixir.Epmdless -start_epmd false \
-epmd_module Elixir.Epmdless_epmd_client \
-setcookie <omitted>” — name node0@127.0.0.1
```

But pinging always return :pang
I’ve got not idea how to solve it. Any tips?

    Sasha Fonseca

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