# Getting bluetooth working

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-bluetooth-working/680>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** bluetooth, raspberrypi3\
**Created:** [March 20, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-bluetooth-working/680 "2017-03-20T03:51:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![aramzadikian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@aramzadikian](https://forums.balena.io/u/aramzadikian)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-bluetooth-working/680/1 "2017-03-20T03:51:53Z")

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Hi, wondering if anyone can list the steps to work with bluetooth in node with a RPI 3

Is there a base docker image I should use? That already has the bluetooth libs installed?

I am trying to use Bleno: [https://github.com/sandeepmistry/bleno](https://github.com/sandeepmistry/bleno)

Can’t seem to get bluetooth working though on the RPi

Here is the dockerfile: [https://gist.github.com/brancusi/a181ab634c62ff5dfb358c494d1cc823](https://gist.github.com/brancusi/a181ab634c62ff5dfb358c494d1cc823)

When I run: /etc/init.d/bluetooth status  
I get: [FAIL] bluetooth is not running … failed!

Any help much appreciated. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![josephroberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/josephroberts/32/233_2.png) [@josephroberts](https://forums.balena.io/u/josephroberts)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-bluetooth-working/680/2 "2017-03-20T09:05:11Z")

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Hey @aramzadikian

You can find an example using Bluetooth [here](https://github.com/resin-io-projects/rpi3-bluetooth).

Its important you run [these lines](https://github.com/resin-io-projects/rpi3-bluetooth/blob/master/scan.sh#L7-L14) on the Raspberry Pi when your container starts up.

Hope that helps.