# Connect Node Red Victron Nodes running an instance of Node Red that is external to the Cerbo GX?

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**Category:** Node-RED\
**Tags:** node-red, signalk, marine, beginner, cerbo\_gx\
**Created:** [14 March 2026 23:05 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/connect-node-red-victron-nodes-running-an-instance-of-node-red-that-is-external-to-the-cerbo-gx/54925 "2026-03-14T23:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![rywessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f17d59/32.png) [@rywessel](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/rywessel)\
**Post date:** [14 March 2026 23:05 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/connect-node-red-victron-nodes-running-an-instance-of-node-red-that-is-external-to-the-cerbo-gx/54925/1 "2026-03-14T23:05:14Z")

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I’m using Node Red to do some simple automations and also run Signal K to mostly display dashboards and aggregate my NMEA network.

I have found that running my Signal K instance on the Cerbo is way too much for the Cerbo’s processor so I’m running it on a dedicated Raspberry Pi.

I would like to integrate Signal K nodes with Victron nodes in Nodes. I there an easy way to enable Victron Nodes to connect on an external to the Cerbo Raspberry PI OR is there a way I can link Signal K nodes running on Cerbo that point to an instance of Signal K that is running externally? My preference is to have both Node Red and Signal K run externally but I can’t seem to get the Victron Nodes to work.

thanks!

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**Author:** ![nickdb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/user_avatar/community.victronenergy.com/nickdb/32/51440_2.png) [@nickdb](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/nickdb)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2026 07:15 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/connect-node-red-victron-nodes-running-an-instance-of-node-red-that-is-external-to-the-cerbo-gx/54925/2 "2026-03-15T07:15:37Z")

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Follow option 2 in the link for an external nodered.

> <https://github.com/victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md>

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**Author:** ![rywessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f17d59/32.png) [@rywessel](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/rywessel)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2026 05:45 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/connect-node-red-victron-nodes-running-an-instance-of-node-red-that-is-external-to-the-cerbo-gx/54925/3 "2026-03-16T05:45:12Z")

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Nick-

Thanks for the response. I tried the instructions and could not get it to work. Any troubleshooting tips? The Victron nodes within Node Red inside Signal K are all grayed out.

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**Author:** ![nickdb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/user_avatar/community.victronenergy.com/nickdb/32/51440_2.png) [@nickdb](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/nickdb)\
**Post date:** [16 March 2026 06:30 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/connect-node-red-victron-nodes-running-an-instance-of-node-red-that-is-external-to-the-cerbo-gx/54925/4 "2026-03-16T06:30:27Z")

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Did you follow the step to enable unencrypted remote dbus comms on the GX?