$ ./srvx -df
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    - srvx 1.3.1 (surge), Built: Jul 14 2016, 18:53:27.
    - Copyright (C) 2000 - 2005, srvx Development Team
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info: Initializing daemon...
error: Unable to open database file 'srvx.db' for reading: No such file or directory
error: Unable to open dictionary file /usr/share/dict/words: No such file or directory
error: Unable to open database file 'aliases.db' for reading: No such file or directory
info: Connecting to 127.0.0.1:4400...
info: Connection to server established.
W: PASS :password
W: SERVER Pyex.org 1 1468536262 1468536262 J10 AKAD] +s6 :services.Pyex.org
   ERROR :Closing Link: Pyex.org by Pyex.org (No Connect block)
error: Error: Closing Link: Pyex.org by Pyex.org (No Connect block)
error: Error received from uplink, squitting.
error: Disabling uplink.
fatal: All available uplinks exhausted; giving up.
--srvx.conf

"uplinks" {
    "private-network" {
        // IP address and port the server listens on
        "address"        "127.0.0.1";
        "port"           "4400";
        "password"       "password";
        "their_password" "password";
        "enabled"        "1";
        "max_tries"      "3";
         "bind_address"   "127.0.0.1"; // use this ip to link
    };

--ircd.conf

Connect {
        name = "services.Pyex.org";
        host = "127.0.0.1";
        vhost = "127.0.0.1";
        password = "password";
        port = 4400;
        class = "Server";
        hub;
        maxhops = 2;
        autoconnect = no;
};