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title: Client Configuration
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### Overview
There are a number of ways to configure RustDesk Clients to use your own self-hosted server, we will cover some below.
### 1. Custom client generator (Pro only, basic plan or custom plan)
You can have your own name, logo, icon, configuration, be signed and more.
Currently, Windows X64, Mac Arm64 / X64, [Linux](https://twitter.com/rustdesk/status/1788905463678951787), Android Arm 64 are supported.
[Video](https://twitter.com/rustdesk/status/1769171628426944539)
### 2. Manual Config
In the main RustDesk Client home click on the Menu button [ ⋮ ] next to your ID then click on Network, you can now unlock the settings using elevated privileges and set your ID, Relay, API and Keys.
Enter the `hbbs` host or IP Address in the **ID Server** input box (local side + remote side). The other two addresses can be left blank, RustDesk will automatically deduce (if not specially set), and the Relay Server refers to `hbbr` (port 21117).
e.g.
```nolang
hbbs.example.com
```
or
```nolang
hbbs.example.com:21116
```
#### Set `Key`
In order to establish an encrypted connection to your self-hosted server, you need to enter its public key. The key is usualy generated on the first run of `hbbs` and can be found in the file `id_ed25519.pub` in your working directory / data folder.
As a `Pro` user you will additionally be able to retrieve the `Key` from the [web console](https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/self-host/rustdesk-server-pro/console/).
#### Set `API Server`
This is for `Pro` user only. When you can log in on web console, but fail to log in on RustDesk client, it probably you have not set `API Server` correctly.
If your API Server does not run on default `21114` port (you may not add this port to firewall if you come from open source version), please specify `API Server` explicitly.
e.g. your API Server runs on default HTTPS port, please specify `API Server` with `https://hbbs.example.com`.
If you still can not confirm the value of `API Server`, please go to the welcome page of web console, the `API Server` is shown in above picture (The input box with `API:` label).
### 3. Setup Using Import or Export
1. Use the steps [above](https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/self-host/client-configuration/#manual-config) to configure RustDesk Client on a Device.
2. Using the above machine go to Settings then Network and unlock.
3. Click on `Export Server Config`.
4. Paste the copied string into Notepad or similar.
5. Go to new client, copy the above to clipboard.
6. Go to Settings then Network in RustDesk Client, unlock and click `Import Server Config`.
7. It will automatically paste the settings in.
8. Click `Apply`.
### 4. Automatic Config
The easiest way to setup automatically is using deployment scripts found [here](https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/self-host/client-deployment/).
### 5. Import config from `Pro` via clipboard
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server-pro/discussions/372#discussioncomment-10473298
### 6. Use command line `--config`
`rustdesk.exe --config `
You can get the config string from web console (you can see it on above picture) or from RustDesk client "Settings → Network" ([here](https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/7118) is a discussion about this).