# IoT Tech Talk - Cloud Remote Access

**URL:** <https://community.cumulocity.com/t/iot-tech-talk-cloud-remote-access/2048>\
**Category:** Video\
**Tags:** thin-edge-io, cloud-remote-access, cumulocity\
**Created:** [June 5, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/iot-tech-talk-cloud-remote-access/2048 "2024-06-05T13:35:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Witschel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/stefan_witschel/32/31955_2.png) [@Stefan\_Witschel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Stefan_Witschel)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/iot-tech-talk-cloud-remote-access/2048/1 "2024-06-05T13:35:44Z")

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[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/cumulocity/original/3X/a/f/af7dc61c0dd36a605a67fa491638dcadfcad49c6.jpeg "IoT Tech Talk - Cloud Remote Access") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCHZ1yVlE8I)

## Overview

In this IoT Tech Talk I invited three guests. Marco (Presales), Christian (Device Ecosystem) and Reuben ([thin-edge.io](http://thin-edge.io) Product Owner) to talk about a hidden champion of Cumulocity IoT Device Management: Cloud Remote Access.

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~~\> What were the main reasons merging the Cumulocity Remote Access Local Proxy to go-c8y-cli?~~

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## Resources

- Getting started with Cloud Remote Access - [How to get started with Cloud Remote Access for Cumulocity IoT](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/how-to-get-started-with-cloud-remote-access-for-cumulocity-iot/7440)
- Cloud Remote Access Documentation - [Introduction - Cumulocity documentation](https://cumulocity.com/docs/cloud-remote-access/cra-introduction/)
- [thin-edge.io](http://thin-edge.io) - [Remote Access | Thin-edge](https://thin-edge.github.io/thin-edge.io/operate/c8y/remote-access/)
- Cumulocity Remote Access Local Proxy - [GitHub - Cumulocity-IoT/cumulocity-remote-access-local-proxy: Cumulocity IoT Remote Access Local Proxy](https://github.com/Cumulocity-IoT/cumulocity-remote-access-local-proxy)
- Cumulocity Remote Access HTTP Proxy - [GitHub - Cumulocity-IoT/cumulocity-remote-access-cloud-http-proxy: A Cumulocity IoT microservice that allows to proxy HTTP requests through the cloud to an HTTP server running on a Cumulocity IoT connected device.](https://github.com/Cumulocity-IoT/cumulocity-remote-access-cloud-http-proxy)
- go-c8y-cli Remote Access - [Remote Access | Cumulocity CLI](https://goc8ycli.netlify.app/docs/examples/remoteaccess/)

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Neale](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/robert_neale/32/31965_2.png) [@Robert\_Neale](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Robert_Neale)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/iot-tech-talk-cloud-remote-access/2048/2 "2024-06-05T14:23:25Z")

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Users don’t want to install lots of things locally - go-c8y-cli is a single binary.  
Better user experience.  
Better integration with existing tooling.