# Running selenium tests using CircleCI against a stage that's behind a VPN

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/running-selenium-tests-using-circleci-against-a-stage-thats-behind-a-vpn/4186>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Created:** [May 24, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/running-selenium-tests-using-circleci-against-a-stage-thats-behind-a-vpn/4186 "2016-05-24T17:33:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![qwerty0222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/958977/32.png) [@qwerty0222](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/qwerty0222)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/running-selenium-tests-using-circleci-against-a-stage-thats-behind-a-vpn/4186/1 "2016-05-24T17:33:17Z")

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Hello, I have a bit a of a dilemma regarding CircleCI and running Selenium tests against a test stage that’s behind a VPN.

All of our testing stages are sitting behind a VPN.

If I use the specific test stage address, the tests fail because CircleCI cannot connect to the stage that’s sitting behind the VPN. If I switch the address to our production address, then naturally CircleCI connects and executes the tests successfully.

My question is- is there a way to for CircleCI to be connected to a specific VPN before executing the tests so that the tests pass? Or what would be the way to bypass this issue?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![gianrubio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@gianrubio](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/gianrubio)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/running-selenium-tests-using-circleci-against-a-stage-thats-behind-a-vpn/4186/2 "2016-06-02T13:50:15Z")

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read this thread [VPN connection from Build machine](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/vpn-connection-from-build-machine/4033)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/running-selenium-tests-using-circleci-against-a-stage-thats-behind-a-vpn/4186/3 "2018-06-18T11:38:23Z")

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