# Remote access Anthias

**URL:** <https://forums.screenly.io/t/remote-access-anthias/1147>\
**Category:** Anthias\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/remote-access-anthias/1147 "2023-06-30T06:34:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ryryexpress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@ryryexpress](https://forums.screenly.io/u/ryryexpress)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/remote-access-anthias/1147/1 "2023-06-30T06:34:04Z")

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Hey team

Is there a way to remotely access Anthias. I can control it when I’m on the same wifi as the Pi but I would like to access it remotely

Do we run sudo raspi-config and then press option 3 and then 2 for SSH to allow remote access?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![nicomiguelino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nicomiguelino](https://forums.screenly.io/u/nicomiguelino)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/remote-access-anthias/1147/2 "2023-07-03T19:25:43Z")

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Thanks for creating this topic, @ryryexpress! Just to confirm, you’d like to do SSH access on your Raspberry Pi (running Anthias) outside your local network as well (i.e., via the Internet)?

If you’ve installed Anthias on a Pi running Raspberry Pi OS Lite (a.k.a Raspbian), you can give [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/) a shot, although I haven’t tried it yet. Also, Tailscale offers a [free tier](https://tailscale.com/pricing/) for users. Screenly wrote a [blog post on using Tailscale with Anthias](https://www.screenly.io/tutorials/tailscale/).

On the other hand, if you installed/deployed Anthias on a Pi with balenaOS installed, we’ve written [documentation for deploying on your own balenaCloud instance](https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias/blob/fad92c655cdca5e615db8f4c28a98978fddc9b3c/docs/balena-fleet-deployment.md), which includes steps that you can follow through.

I would love to hear back from you. 🙂

**_Edit:_** I’ll let you know when I got back to this and tried Tailscale with the Raspberry Pi (at the very least).

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**Author:** ![ryryexpress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@ryryexpress](https://forums.screenly.io/u/ryryexpress)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/remote-access-anthias/1147/3 "2023-07-03T23:23:31Z")

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Thank you for replying. Yes I would like ssh access outside of the local network.

I installed Anthias via os lite so i’ll try Tailscale 🙏

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**Author:** ![luisscreenly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@luisscreenly](https://forums.screenly.io/u/luisscreenly)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/remote-access-anthias/1147/4 "2023-07-05T01:21:44Z")

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Where ever I deploy a screenly box, I also install a VPN, specifically, openvpn on a dedicated pi.  
Once you establish a VPN connection from outside, you’re essentially on the same network as the VPN/screenly, so you just ssh to the private IP of the screenly box.

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**Author:** ![nicomiguelino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nicomiguelino](https://forums.screenly.io/u/nicomiguelino)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/remote-access-anthias/1147/5 "2023-07-05T17:48:30Z")

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@luisscreenly, thanks for sharing your thoughts! That can be put into documentation (like a how-to) in the future.