# Serialport access in Node-Red of IBM

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serialport-access-in-node-red-of-ibm/335>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [23 May 2018 16:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serialport-access-in-node-red-of-ibm/335 "2018-05-23T16:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![gustavosolano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@gustavosolano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gustavosolano)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2018 16:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serialport-access-in-node-red-of-ibm/335/1 "2018-05-23T16:25:22Z")

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Hello, is it possible to access the raspberry serial ports with the NODE-RD in IBM?

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**Author:** ![shrickus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/shrickus/32/517_2.png) [@shrickus](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shrickus)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2018 16:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serialport-access-in-node-red-of-ibm/335/2 "2018-05-23T16:40:51Z")

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Your BlueMix service is running on some virtual machine on a server in the cloud. It has no access back to the RPi you are using, or any of its hardware, like serial ports.

It sounds like you want to install/run `node-red` locally on the RPi hardware. Then your node-red server can access your serial ports. However, you will only have access to node-red from either the RPi or another PC/Mac/Pi that is also connected to the same local network.