# Can different entities in sharded cluster communicate with each other? **URL:** \ **Category:** Akka Cluster\ **Created:** [July 20, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/can-different-entities-in-sharded-cluster-communicate-with-each-other/6905 "2020-07-20T02:15:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amcontact](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@amcontact](https://discuss.akka.io/u/amcontact)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/can-different-entities-in-sharded-cluster-communicate-with-each-other/6905/1 "2020-07-20T02:15:51Z")
The materials on Cluster Sharding imply sending messages from outside the cluster to entities in the cluster. However, can entities (actors) in different sharding regions/shards of the same cluster communicate between each other? Is there some sample code for this? (on how we send a message from one entity to another within a cluster) ---
**Author:** ![ignasi35](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/ignasi35/32/62_2.png) [@ignasi35](https://discuss.akka.io/u/ignasi35)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/can-different-entities-in-sharded-cluster-communicate-with-each-other/6905/2 "2020-07-20T11:02:10Z")
This looks like a cross-post from [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62988337/akka-cluster-sharding-can-different-entities-within-the-cluster-communicate-wi](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62988337/akka-cluster-sharding-can-different-entities-within-the-cluster-communicate-wi) ---
**Author:** ![amcontact](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@amcontact](https://discuss.akka.io/u/amcontact)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/can-different-entities-in-sharded-cluster-communicate-with-each-other/6905/3 "2020-07-20T11:37:46Z")
Yes, the question can be closed as addressed neatly at stackoverflow, thank you!