# Balena tunnel does not forward port **URL:** \ **Category:** openBalena\ **Tags:** balena-cli\ **Created:** [November 14, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-tunnel-does-not-forward-port/44346 "2019-11-14T21:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gerb0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gerb0n](https://forums.balena.io/u/gerb0n)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-tunnel-does-not-forward-port/44346/1 "2019-11-14T21:25:05Z")
My device is running a development-image of BalenaOS. I can see my webapp running when I navigate to `http://.local/` inside the browser. Also when I SSH to the HostOS and check my running containers with `balena ps` I see it has one container exposing like such `0.0.0.0:80->3000/tcp`. However when I run the `balena tunnel -p 80:8080` command it does not forward the port and I cannot reach the webapp via browser on 8080. It just prompts that it’s ‘waiting for connection’. ``` Fetching application by name 6b35227b44c7d080a69158082d1587db (string) [Debug] Application not found [Debug] Fetching device by UUID 6b35227b44c7d080a69158082d1587db (string) [Info] Opening a tunnel to 6b35227b44c7d080a69158082d1587db... [Info] - tunnelling localhost:8080 to 6b35227b44c7d080a69158082d1587db:80 [Info] Waiting for connections... ``` And after a minute or so the following ``` 127.0.0.1:60471 => 127.0.0.1:8080 ===> 10.240.0.4:80 :: connect ETIMEDOUT 34.90.19.201:3128 [Error] :0 => undefined:undefined ===> 10.240.0.4:80 :: connect ETIMEDOUT 34.90.19.201:3128 [Error] :0 => undefined:undefined ===> 10.240.0.4:80 :: connect ETIMEDOUT 34.90.19.201:3128 [Error] 127.0.0.1:60479 => 127.0.0.1:8080 ===> 10.240.0.4:80 :: connect ETIMEDOUT 34.90.19.201:3128 [Error] :0 => undefined:undefined ===> 10.240.0.4:80 :: connect ETIMEDOUT 34.90.19.201:3128 ``` I tried it with other ports like 22222 to gain SSH access via the tunnel but no result. ---
**Author:** ![karaxuna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@karaxuna](https://forums.balena.io/u/karaxuna)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-tunnel-does-not-forward-port/44346/4 "2019-11-15T09:39:23Z")
Hi, I’ll try this on my local device. Which version of balenaos does the device use? ---
**Author:** ![gerb0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gerb0n](https://forums.balena.io/u/gerb0n)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-tunnel-does-not-forward-port/44346/5 "2019-11-15T09:52:37Z")
I am using balenaOS 2.44.0+rev3. My cli is v11.17.3-windows-x64. ---
**Author:** ![karaxuna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@karaxuna](https://forums.balena.io/u/karaxuna)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-tunnel-does-not-forward-port/44346/6 "2019-11-15T10:51:34Z")
I tested locally with [https://github.com/balena-io-projects/simple-server-node](https://github.com/balena-io-projects/simple-server-node) repo. Changed the port in server.js to listen to 3000 and added docker-compose.yml that looks like this: ```auto version: '2.1' services: server: build: context: . ports: - '80:3000' ``` Then I run `balena tunnel -p 80:8080` and was able to access the website on [http://localhost:8080/](http://localhost:8080/). Can you ensure that you are logged in balena-cli with same credentials which you are logged in dashboard? Also, can you run same steps as I did and see if it works? ---
**Author:** ![gerb0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gerb0n](https://forums.balena.io/u/gerb0n)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-tunnel-does-not-forward-port/44346/8 "2019-11-15T11:24:52Z")
I am using open-balena and don’t have access to any dashboard as far as I know. I logged with `balena login` and used my ‘super-user’ credentials. Is `balena tunnel` not working for open-balena maybe? ---
**Author:** ![karaxuna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@karaxuna](https://forums.balena.io/u/karaxuna)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-tunnel-does-not-forward-port/44346/16 "2019-11-15T12:22:42Z")
Sorry, did not notice you were talking about openBalena. `balena tunnel` should work with openBalena. CLI is unable to connect to the port 3128 on your openBalena instance IP. Can you check your network/firewall config? ---
**Author:** ![gerb0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gerb0n](https://forums.balena.io/u/gerb0n)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-tunnel-does-not-forward-port/44346/18 "2019-11-15T12:49:11Z")
Awesome, that indeed resolved the issue and in hindsight it was quite obvious. Maybe forwarding port 3128 is something worth mentioning on the [getting-started](https://www.balena.io/open/docs/getting-started/) page. Thanks karaxuna!