{"id":12041,"date":"2026-06-26T12:10:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=12041"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:20:31","slug":"how-to-connect-the-hermes-desktop-app-to-a-hostinger-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-connect-the-hermes-desktop-app-to-a-hostinger-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect the Hermes desktop app to a Hostinger VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The Hermes desktop app includes a Remote Gateway feature that connects your local desktop application to a Hermes Agent instance running on a Hostinger VPS. This setup ensures your Hermes Agent runs continuously in the background, even when your local computer is turned off.<\/p><h3 data-path-to-node=\"5\">Before you start<\/h3><ul data-path-to-node=\"6\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\">An active Hostinger VPS with the Hermes Agent installed from the VPS Application Catalog.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\">The Hermes desktop app installed on your local computer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 data-path-to-node=\"7\" id=\"h-step-1-copy-the-vps-url\">Step 1 &ndash; Copy the VPS URL<\/h2><ol>\n<li data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\">Log in to your <strong>Hostinger VPS<\/strong> dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\">Navigate to the Application Catalog and ensure <strong>Hermes Agent is deployed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\">Copy the URL address of your Hermes Agent dashboard.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 data-path-to-node=\"9\" id=\"h-step-2-configure-the-remote-gateway\">Step 2 &ndash; Configure the Remote Gateway<\/h2><ol start=\"1\" data-path-to-node=\"10\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\">Open the Hermes desktop app on your computer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\">Navigate to <b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"12\">Settings<\/b> &#10095; <b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"23\">Gateway<\/b> &#10095; <b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"33\">Remote Gateway<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0\">Enter the remote URL you copied from your VPS into the input field.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,3,0\">Click <b data-path-to-node=\"10,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"6\">Save<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 data-path-to-node=\"11\" id=\"h-step-3-restart-the-application\">Step 3 &ndash; Restart the application<\/h2><ol start=\"1\" data-path-to-node=\"12\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\">Close the Hermes desktop app completely.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,1,0\">Reopen the application to apply the new gateway settings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p data-path-to-node=\"13\">Your Hermes desktop app is now <strong>connected to the remote backend running on your VPS<\/strong>. Your agent will remain active and accessible across multiple devices without requiring manual terminal configuration.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">The Remote Gateway eliminates the need for manual file editing or complex terminal commands. Ensure your Hostinger VPS remains running to maintain an uninterrupted connection.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect your local desktop application to a virtual private server for a continuous background agent workflow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hermes"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13315,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041\/revisions\/13315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}