# If Hermes is opening a site, the IP is the VM

When a Hermes cloud agent drives Chrome, the website sees the VM's country. Use Aluvia only for that browser case, not for model-API region blocks.

A Hermes cloud agent that drives Chrome uses the VM's country. The site may say the content is not available in your region because that VM is in the wrong country.

## The command

```sh
npx aluvia-cli setup
aluvia geos
aluvia proxy-on --geo US
```

Replace `US` when the website is choosing a different country. Sticky sessions last up to 30 minutes.

## The problem

Some Hermes reports are the model itself being blocked by region. That is a different failure. This page is only for the case where Hermes is opening a website and the website is choosing a country.

## The solution

When the failure is a website — prices, a catalog, or not available in your region — run `npx aluvia-cli setup` and `aluvia proxy-on --geo US` on that VM so the browser's exit IP is in the country the page needs.

## What this does not do

Nous and Hermes model availability by region is not a browser-IP fix. If the error came from the model API, Aluvia will not clear it.

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Source: https://aluvia.io/geo/hermes