---
name: "CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-cpanplus"
version: "0.9916-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote/3pm"
---

# CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote(3pm)

connect to a remote CPANPLUS

## NAME

CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote - connect to a remote CPANPLUS

## SYNOPSIS

```
    CPAN Terminal> /connect localhost 1337 --user=foo --pass=bar
    ...
    CPAN Terminal@localhost> /disconnect
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a `"CPANPLUS::Shell::Default"` plugin that allows you to connect to a machine running an instance of `"CPANPLUS::Daemon"`, allowing remote usage of the `"CPANPLUS Shell"`.

A sample session, updating all modules on a remote machine, might look like this:

```
    CPAN Terminal> /connect --user=my_user --pass=secret localhost 1337
    Connection accepted
    Successfully connected to 'localhost' on port '11337'
    Note that no output will appear until a command has completed
    -- this may take a while
    CPAN Terminal@localhost> o; i *
    [....]
    CPAN Terminal@localhost> /disconnect
    CPAN Terminal>
```

## BUG REPORTS

Please report bugs or other issues to \<bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org\<gt\>.

## AUTHOR

This module by Jos Boumans \<kane@cpan.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT

The CPAN++ interface (of which this module is a part of) is copyright (c) 2001 - 2007, Jos Boumans \<kane@cpan.org\>. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO

CPANPLUS::Shell::Default, CPANPLUS::Shell, cpanp