# How to Remote ledger canister locally?

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-remote-ledger-canister-locally/15906>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-remote-ledger-canister-locally/15906 "2022-10-14T18:10:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![cryptoisgood](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/cryptoisgood/32/6364_2.png) [@cryptoisgood](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/cryptoisgood)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-remote-ledger-canister-locally/15906/1 "2022-10-14T18:10:28Z")

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I remember I saw a remote ledger canister way of installing a ledger canister. Does anyone have an example?

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**Author:** ![Vivienne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/vivienne/32/29170_2.png) [@Vivienne](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Vivienne)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-remote-ledger-canister-locally/15906/2 "2022-10-17T07:32:10Z")

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I’m not quite sure what you want to do. The general way to get ledger to work locally is to go through this tutorial: [Ledger Local Setup | Internet Computer Home](https://internetcomputer.org/docs/current/developer-docs/integrations/ledger/ledger-local-setup)

In case you’re talking about the remote canister feature in dfx, the ledger canister definition would look like this:

```auto
    "ledger": {
      "type": "custom",
      "candid": "ledger.public.did",
      "wasm": "ledger.wasm",
      "remote": {
        "candid": "ledger.public.did",
        "id": {
          "ic": "ryjl3-tyaaa-aaaaa-aaaba-cai"
        }
      }
    }

```