# ERROR Management socket exception

**URL:** <https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-management-socket-exception/634>\
**Category:** Pritunl VPN\
**Created:** [December 20, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-management-socket-exception/634 "2022-12-20T21:25:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![atwskris](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@atwskris](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/atwskris)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-management-socket-exception/634/1 "2022-12-20T21:25:52Z")

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Hi!

I am seeing this message showing up on the servers in pritunl  
“ERROR Management socket exception”

I have been able to understand what it is telling me or how to fix it.  
Can anyone please point me in the right direction?

Thanks!  
Kris

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**Author:** ![zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/zach/32/1105_2.png) [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-management-socket-exception/634/2 "2022-12-21T18:12:43Z")

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Check the logs in the top right of the web console for error messages.

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**Author:** ![atwskris](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@atwskris](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/atwskris)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-management-socket-exception/634/3 "2022-12-21T22:32:04Z")

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Appears to be because we set the server to be available to multiple hosts. The errors stopped when I removed the extra hosts from the server.

```auto
[thriving-waterfall-5205][2022-12-21 14:18:10,812][ERROR] Error in management socket thread
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/instance_com.py", line 286, in _socket_thread
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/instance_com.py", line 372, in connect
    self.sock.connect(self.socket_path)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused
  server_id = "637d5a6ba7703884b8ae5326"
  instance_id = "63a38622c449929fe918de34"
  socket_path = "/var/run/pritunl_63a38622c449929fe918de34.sock"
[thriving-plains-7057][2022-12-21 14:18:10,860][ERROR] Error in management socket thread
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/instance_com.py", line 286, in _socket_thread
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/instance_com.py", line 372, in connect
    self.sock.connect(self.socket_path)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused
  server_id = "637d5a6ba7703884b8ae5326"
  instance_id = "63a3862293c77dcde53578aa"
  socket_path = "/var/run/pritunl_63a3862293c77dcde53578aa.sock"
[thawing-plateau-7543][2022-12-21 14:18:10,854][ERROR] Error in management socket thread
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/instance_com.py", line 286, in _socket_thread
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/instance_com.py", line 372, in connect
    self.sock.connect(self.socket_path)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused
  server_id = "637d5a6ba7703884b8ae5326"
  instance_id = "63a38622702ba4f3cd176ddb"
  socket_path = "/var/run/pritunl_63a38622702ba4f3cd176ddb.sock"

```