Problem to copy an image from a server that is loacated behind NAT

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Hi,
I have an LXD server v.3.0.3 where I prepare my custom LXD images. This server is located on LAN and not accessible from the Internet. I would like to copy the prepared images to another Internet-based LXD server (v.5.0.1).
I have configured the ‘remote’ on the local server and can communicate with the remote server: get the list of images, etc. The only problem is that I am not able to copy an image from the local server to the remote server:

lxc image copy local:1d9edfcb4406  updates: --copy-aliases 
Error: Failed remote image download: Failed to connect to LXD server "https://192.168.0.206:8443": Get "https://192.168.0.206:8443/1.0": Unable to connect to: 192.168.0.206:8443 ([dial tcp 192.168.0.206:8443: i/o timeout])

where 192.168.0.206 is the IP address of my local server.
According to the error message, the remote server tries to connect to the local server.
If so, then how can I avoid it?

Thank you.

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Try --mode push or --mode relay – the default is pull, which does exactly what you’re seeing.

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The option ‘–mode’ is not available in LXD 3.0.3:

lxc image copy local:cuad-5.2.8rc4  updates: --copy-aliases  --mode push 
Error: unknown flag: --mode
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Well, then you don’t really have much choice. You can either upgrade LXD or export the image to a file and use e.g. SCP to copy the image to the target.

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Ok, thank you.