# Cluster Sharding: entity actor ask (?) standalone node actor

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/cluster-sharding-entity-actor-ask-standalone-node-actor/2093>\
**Category:** Akka Cluster\
**Created:** [September 11, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/cluster-sharding-entity-actor-ask-standalone-node-actor/2093 "2018-09-11T14:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcurkovic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/mcurkovic/32/1623_2.png) [@mcurkovic](https://discuss.akka.io/u/mcurkovic)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/cluster-sharding-entity-actor-ask-standalone-node-actor/2093/1 "2018-09-11T14:52:27Z")

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Hi is it possible to make ask (?) call from within entity actor, which is part of akka cluster shard, to some “standalone” actor using standalone actor actorRef (provided somehow to entity actor e.g through its props)?

By standalone actor I mean actor crated on cluster node directly as system.actorOf - out of cluster shard.

thanks in advance