# " cardano-cli: Network.Socket.connect: \: does not exist (No such file or directory) " **URL:** \ **Category:** Misc Dev Talk\ **Created:** [7 December 2021 19:31 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164 "2021-12-07T19:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:31 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/1 "2021-12-07T19:31:43Z")
Hey Guys, i’m currently running into this issue ! I’m trying to rotate my kes Keys but i get this error " cardano-cli: Network.Socket.connect: \: does not exist (No such file or directory) " can someone help me please ! ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:37 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/2 "2021-12-07T19:37:14Z")
coincashew or cntools guide? ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:40 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/4 "2021-12-07T19:40:14Z")
Everything was working just fine last time but i don’t know why i get this error ! ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:40 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/5 "2021-12-07T19:40:52Z")
I’m using coincashew ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:42 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/6 "2021-12-07T19:42:34Z")
The node is up and running? Try this ```auto echo export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH="$NODE_HOME/db/socket" >> $HOME/.bashrc source $HOME/.bashrc ``` ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:47 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/7 "2021-12-07T19:47:35Z")
> [@Alexd1985](#): > > ```auto > echo export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH="$NODE_HOME/db/socket" >> $HOME/.bashrc > source $HOME/.bashrc > > ``` Yes The Node is running ! ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/8 "2021-12-07T19:49:28Z")
> [@Alexd1985](#): > > ```auto > echo export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH="$NODE_HOME/db/socket" >> $HOME/.bashrc > source $HOME/.bashrc > > ``` Damn i’m getting the same error again ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:51 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/9 "2021-12-07T19:51:19Z")
Hmm, the node crashing sudo systemctl status cardano-node free -m and show me the output ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:56 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/10 "2021-12-07T19:56:12Z")
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**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 20:02 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/11 "2021-12-07T20:02:25Z")
free -m and share the output ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 20:10 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/12 "2021-12-07T20:10:30Z")
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**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 20:25 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/13 "2021-12-07T20:25:28Z")
Not ok, increase the swap file to 6G ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 20:29 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/14 "2021-12-07T20:29:10Z")
Do you know How can i do that please ? ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 20:33 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/15 "2021-12-07T20:33:50Z")
try ``` sudo swapoff -a ```auto free -m ``` ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 20:41 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/16 "2021-12-07T20:41:48Z")
![Capture d’écran 2021-12-07 à 21.40.43](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/cardano/original/3X/d/0/d0afdc7216f5dd6646708e23ef78cbd69174c438.png) I get this now ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 20:46 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/17 "2021-12-07T20:46:58Z")
Btw i just checked in the db folder and there is no file or folder named “Socket” ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 20:47 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/18 "2021-12-07T20:47:59Z")
sudo fallocate -l 6G /swapfile sudo chmod 600 /swapfile sudo mkswap /swapfile sudo swapon /swapfile free -m To make this change permanent type sudo nano /etc/fstab and add this line to the end (new line) /swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0 save the file, now the node should work fine ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 21:15 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/19 "2021-12-07T21:15:41Z")
> [@Alexd1985](#): > > ```auto > echo export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH="$NODE_HOME/db/socket" >> $HOME/.bashrc > source $HOME/.bashrc > > ``` Thanks for your help but i’m still having the same issue with the socket path. ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 21:16 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/20 "2021-12-07T21:16:15Z")
of course, does the node started in glive? ---
**Author:** ![Akani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/akani/32/39937_2.png) [@Akani](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Akani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 21:35 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-cli-network-socket-connect-socket-11-does-not-exist-no-such-file-or-directory/88164/21 "2021-12-07T21:35:07Z")
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