# How to run mosquitto in parallel to node-red outside "local" mode?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423
**Category:** General
**Created:** [22 October 2022 14:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423 "2022-10-22T14:10:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Gawan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gawan)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 14:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/1 "2022-10-22T14:10:38Z")
Hi,
I am running Node-Red successfully on a raspberry pi and now I want to run mosquitto the same way on this pi to have a MQTT Broker.
I tried several explanations (they are all more or less the same), but when I start the broker I get this error message:
and the only device that is allowed to connect to the broker is the raspberry itself.
I edited the conf-file as described here, but with no success:
> **[Install Mosquitto Broker Raspberry Pi | Random Nerd Tutorials](https://randomnerdtutorials.com/how-to-install-mosquitto-broker-on-raspberry-pi/)**
>
> This tutorial shows how to install the Mosquitto Broker for MQTT communication on a Raspberry Pi board.
What am I doing wrong ?
BR
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 14:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/2 "2022-10-22T14:22:36Z")
Normally after installing mosquitto on a Pi, it gets installed as a system service so no need to manually start it
Can you just check if this is case by re-booting the Pi and then doing
` ps -aux | grep mosquitto`
and see if you get similar to this which shows it running
```auto
pi@pi128gb:~/.nrmqtt $ ps -aux | grep mosquitto
mosquit+ 489 0.0 0.3 12232 3540 ? Ss Oct19 3:48 /usr/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
pi 12186 1.0 0.0 7452 568 pts/2 S+ 15:19 0:00 grep --color=auto mosquitto
pi@pi128gb:~/.nrmqtt $
```
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/3 "2022-10-22T14:32:07Z")
Did you configure mosquitto for anonymous access or require a user name and password?
What changes have you made to /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf?
Have you restarted mosquitto?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 14:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/4 "2022-10-22T14:39:57Z")
> [@Gawan](#):
>
> What am I doing wrong
The tutorial is misleading in this area. When you run `mosquitto -v` I think it does not use the config file you editted. Instead you should run it as a service by running
`sudo systemctl start mosquitto`
Then run
`systemctl status mosquitto`
to check it is running ok.
Also I suggest including this in the config file, otherwise the timestamps in the log are not readable.
```auto
# human readable timestamps in log
log_timestamp true
log_timestamp_format %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
```
Then if you look in the mosquitto log using
`sudo cat /var/log/mosquitto/mosquitto.log`
you should see everything that is going on.
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### Author:  [@Gawan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gawan)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 15:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/5 "2022-10-22T15:30:54Z")
Ah ok, I see
I was always starting the service with
> mosquitto -v
to do the R&D activities in node-red, but never did the final service startup procedures.
Thanks a lot, I will try this immediately after I return home.
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### Author:  [@Gawan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gawan)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/6 "2022-10-22T15:31:37Z")
for anonymous access and I restarted it several times but as Colin mentioned below I never started the mosquitto as a service
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### Author:  [@Gawan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gawan)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 15:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/7 "2022-10-22T15:51:01Z")
Ok, unfortunately no success
The service is running fine, even after restarting the Raspi:
This is how the CONF looks like:
But the MQTT explorer is unable to connect (although the raspberry itself CAN connect to the broker)
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 16:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/8 "2022-10-22T16:20:11Z")
Run
`sudo tail -f /var/log/mosquitto/mosquitto.log`
then in another terminal window
`sudo systemctl restart mosquitto`
Attempt to connect with MQTTExplorer, and post the log outputs from the mosquitto starting message.
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### Author:  [@Gawan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gawan)
#### Post date: [24 October 2022 07:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/9 "2022-10-24T07:02:21Z")
I did that, but unfortunately the output does not explain much.
In green you can see when I restart the service
In red you can see when I try to connect with MQTT Explorer from my Laptop
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [24 October 2022 08:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/10 "2022-10-24T08:19:19Z")
In MQTT explorer did you intentionally select Encryption? De-select Encryption and try again.
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### Author:  [@Gawan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gawan)
#### Post date: [25 October 2022 05:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/11 "2022-10-25T05:24:20Z")
yes ... exactly this was the problem 🙂
Thanks a lot, everything works fine now 😍
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 November 2022 05:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-mosquitto-in-parallel-to-node-red-outside-local-mode/69423/12 "2022-11-08T05:25:04Z")
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