# Cannot connect to external redis instance - solved

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-connect-to-external-redis-instance-solved/34508>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [19 October 2020 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-connect-to-external-redis-instance-solved/34508 "2020-10-19T15:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrsteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@mrsteve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mrsteve)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2020 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-connect-to-external-redis-instance-solved/34508/1 "2020-10-19T15:45:48Z")

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![redis-instance](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/7/a7413201ccf9d80eb290db659478b2207420582c.jpeg) ![nodered1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/4/74155bea735c9869bec63414fe076559a187af98.jpeg)

I deployed nodered via docker/dockerhub

As shown in the attachment, I'm hosting my redis on a seperate server within the same subnet as my nodered.

I changed the redis instance information to point to the IP of the server, however the debug logs point to nodered connecting to localhost instead of the 192.168.66.51

Can somebody please advise?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2020 15:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-connect-to-external-redis-instance-solved/34508/2 "2020-10-19T15:58:32Z")

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If you click on the pen next to the server field what does it show?

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**Author:** ![mrsteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@mrsteve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mrsteve)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2020 16:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-connect-to-external-redis-instance-solved/34508/3 "2020-10-19T16:01:49Z")

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Yes, using the pen button was how I initially added my external redis instance

Here is the screenshot:

 ![redis-instance2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/f/0f6c98d6cbbfd8bfad0f88a1fc2cde7af761aab9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2020 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-connect-to-external-redis-instance-solved/34508/4 "2020-10-19T16:05:18Z")

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Sorry, don't know. Hopefully someone with knowledge of these nodes will be able to help.

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**Author:** ![mrsteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@mrsteve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mrsteve)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2020 19:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-connect-to-external-redis-instance-solved/34508/5 "2020-10-19T19:54:17Z")

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![solution](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/f/0fb276ad7ef5e2a5554dcfa9002ca86f211b2c45.png)

Connection Options parameter receives IORedis object or string ([https://github.com/luin/ioredis#connect-to-redis](https://github.com/luin/ioredis#connect-to-redis)).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [2 November 2020 19:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-connect-to-external-redis-instance-solved/34508/6 "2020-11-02T19:54:33Z")

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