# Error SSH to device via balena-cli

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/error-ssh-to-device-via-balena-cli/4855>\
**Category:** openBalena\
**Created:** [December 29, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/error-ssh-to-device-via-balena-cli/4855 "2018-12-29T23:47:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dash](https://forums.balena.io/u/dash)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/error-ssh-to-device-via-balena-cli/4855/6 "2019-01-07T12:31:32Z")

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@violuke see @richbayliss’s response to this thread:

> [@SSH: Could not resolve hostname](https://forums.balena.io/t/ssh-could-not-resolve-hostname/4848/10):
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> @dash: Thanks for the reply. I will keep under control the SSH feature on openBalena for an official solution. Up to now I was able to access a Balena device by: Installing on the device host OS a protected SSH daemon which allows access only from the openBalena VPN IP range Entering in the open-balena-VPN container Launching the SSH command to reach the device’s VPN IP associated It’s far from being a decent solution but at least, it allows remote support using openBalena …

SSH is a work in progress for openBalena, I suspect the same for reboot and shutdown.

Cheers  
Chris

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