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## [Dashboard 2 ui-template config error](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-ui-template-config-error/84785)

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**Author:** [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [26 January 2024 09:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-ui-template-config-error/84785 "2024-01-26T09:58:55Z")

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Using Dashboard 2.0, after upgrade to 0.11.6 a previously working ui-template is showing config error when I open and close it. Am I doing something wrong? Hovering over the red triangle says Invalid properties: - u…

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## [Would anybody help me?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-anybody-help-me/84930)

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**Author:** [@whizzypages](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/whizzypages)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [26 January 2024 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-anybody-help-me/84930 "2024-01-26T09:35:29Z")

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Would anybody help me with a real tutorial that would allow me to build something step by step? I have programs in mind. My logic is very good. I have installed node-RED. However, I am totally lost. Each new tutorial I s…

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## [Looping through an object by incrementing an object name](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looping-through-an-object-by-incrementing-an-object-name/84929)

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**Author:** [@Rgrove](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Rgrove)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [26 January 2024 07:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looping-through-an-object-by-incrementing-an-object-name/84929 "2024-01-26T07:19:12Z")

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I get a JSON variable with sequentially numbered objects, and need to loop through it to pull out some data. In the past, I've had success with \["name" + i\], but NR is calling it an unknown object in this case. Anyone …

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## [Mysql search term in valid](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mysql-search-term-in-valid/84821)

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**Author:** [@HenryTrang](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HenryTrang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [26 January 2024 06:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mysql-search-term-in-valid/84821 "2024-01-26T06:24:02Z")

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hello all i search for today's data but mysql ignore the term. what can i do. this is the sql i wrote, it work on mysql, but it fail in red-node. select \* from records where create\_time \>CURDATE() AND create\_time \< CUR…

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## [Design advice needed - large dashboard with multiple MQTT topics](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/design-advice-needed-large-dashboard-with-multiple-mqtt-topics/84853)

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**Author:** [@snowfrogblues](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/snowfrogblues)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 23:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/design-advice-needed-large-dashboard-with-multiple-mqtt-topics/84853 "2024-01-25T23:50:58Z")

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HI there; I have a large Indoor Air quality dashboard (see below). From the picture I hope you can approximate the complexity of the flow associated with it. The issue is that I have many identical sensors in various lo…

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## [Duplicate msg output (undefined and value)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/duplicate-msg-output-undefined-and-value/84928)

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**Author:** [@ratigoal](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ratigoal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 22:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/duplicate-msg-output-undefined-and-value/84928 "2024-01-25T22:06:33Z")

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Hi all, I am new with Node-red and started with my AhoyDTU solar panels streaming values to an influxdb - worked perfect. Now I am trying to stream my smart meter values via MQTT. Data are coming in perfect, but I have…

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## [Visual Obfuscation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/visual-obfuscation/84923)

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**Author:** [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 22:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/visual-obfuscation/84923 "2024-01-25T22:00:38Z")

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Hi There, Just a little to the left of left-field is this obfuscation node. What it does is create an obfuscated version of the current flow. Everything should continue to work, just the flow is harder to understand. S…

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## [Dynamic config dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-config-dashboard/84531)

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**Author:** [@nygma2004](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nygma2004)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 21:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-config-dashboard/84531 "2024-01-25T21:52:03Z")

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I assume the anwser to this question is going to be uibulder, but still let me ask. I am building a custom automation process, where define rules, conditions and actions for each rule. This is working so far, now it is …

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## [Dashboard 2 Beta development](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-beta-development/83550)

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**Author:** [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Replies:** 173\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 21:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-beta-development/83550 "2024-01-25T21:08:26Z")

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...Continued from Dashboard 2.0 Pre-Alpha Available There is also a dashboard-2 tag which you can subscribe to, by going to Topics tagged dashboard-2 and then selecting how you wish to be alerted about new posts.

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## [Help for bot twitch writing in excel sheet](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-for-bot-twitch-writing-in-excel-sheet/84805)

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**Author:** [@Kabrut](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kabrut)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 20:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-for-bot-twitch-writing-in-excel-sheet/84805 "2024-01-25T20:52:56Z")

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Hello everyone. I'm working on my twitch bot. My goal is to be able to create racing tournaments on my channel. For that i create a bot twich to help me record participants and their results from commands in chat. In …

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## [HTTP Request - Bearer Token truncated](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-bearer-token-truncated/84854)

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**Author:** [@troyhodges](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/troyhodges)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 20:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-bearer-token-truncated/84854 "2024-01-25T20:47:59Z")

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Hello, I am new so please go gentle on me. I am having trouble receiving a complete/working bearer token from a HTTP request. I can use a cURL command external to Node-RED and all is ok and receive a code 200 along with…

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## [Podman Installation - Permissions Issue](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/podman-installation-permissions-issue/84835)

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**Author:** [@luckylinux](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/luckylinux)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 19:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/podman-installation-permissions-issue/84835 "2024-01-25T19:10:06Z")

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I am trying to install nodered using rootless Podman (which should be compatible with Docker) with Bind Mount, but I am running into some permission issues where the converter crashes/exits at startup. This is my compos…

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## [Lost connection to server, reconnecting... (DietPi)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lost-connection-to-server-reconnecting-dietpi/84914)

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**Author:** [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 18:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lost-connection-to-server-reconnecting-dietpi/84914 "2024-01-25T18:30:11Z")

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Hi! today I tried to install a fresh Node-RED on DietPi Bookworm, but immediately get the error message "Lost connection to server, reconnecting". There is no Firewall active and everything else should be like "out-of-…

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## [e Node-RED is not available in IBM Cloud Watson](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/e-node-red-is-not-available-in-ibm-cloud-watson/84921)

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**Author:** [@ayoub09](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ayoub09)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 18:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/e-node-red-is-not-available-in-ibm-cloud-watson/84921 "2024-01-25T18:34:50Z")

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I've encountered an issue where Node-RED is not available in IBM Cloud Watson. Could you please guide me on how to integrate Node-RED into IBM Cloud? I appreciate any assistance you can provide. Thank you.

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## [Using api to insert general config nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-api-to-insert-general-config-nodes/84917)

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**Author:** [@msmthng](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/msmthng)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 18:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-api-to-insert-general-config-nodes/84917 "2024-01-25T18:32:09Z")

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is there a way to insert config nodes in a way that they appear within the all nodes section? if i use the configs attribute on flows, config nodes will be stored with the flow and deleted if the flow gets deleted. thx…

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## [Type error: Cannot read property of undefined (reading \`category\`) when importing flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/type-error-cannot-read-property-of-undefined-reading-category-when-importing-flow/84912)

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**Author:** [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 17:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/type-error-cannot-read-property-of-undefined-reading-category-when-importing-flow/84912 "2024-01-25T17:05:18Z")

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This is an odd one. Below are two flow exports. Each individually will import and run ok. However if I import one and then the other (either order) then importing the second one shows a popup error in the browser - Typ…

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## [How to control switch 'state\_l1' in Zigbee2MQTT](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-control-switch-state-l1-in-zigbee2mqtt/84811)

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**Author:** [@christianbalz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/christianbalz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 16:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-control-switch-state-l1-in-zigbee2mqtt/84811 "2024-01-25T16:27:40Z")

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I'm using an MS-104BZ device with two gangs, and I would like that when I say 'Alexa, turn off the office light,' gang 1 is turned off. In other words, how to pass the payload '{"state\_l1": "ON"}' to Zigbee2MQTT Any id…

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## [Telegram bot EFATAL: Error: self-signed certificate in certificate chain](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-bot-efatal-error-self-signed-certificate-in-certificate-chain/83522)

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**Author:** [@struland](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/struland)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 15:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-bot-efatal-error-self-signed-certificate-in-certificate-chain/83522 "2024-01-25T15:41:28Z")

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The error poped up with the telegram sender node. I successfully tested the setup in my home lab and then installed the MiniPC with Node-Red running in a podman container to a different location. EFATAL: Error: self-sig…

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## [Node-red-contrib-zwave-js node will not update to 9.0.3](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-zwave-js-node-will-not-update-to-9-0-3/84911)

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**Author:** [@magicman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/magicman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 15:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-zwave-js-node-will-not-update-to-9-0-3/84911 "2024-01-25T15:12:23Z")

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Hi, I am trying to update Zwave.js to the latest version and it is failing 535 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--no-audit" "--no-update-notifier" "--no-fund" "--save" "--save-prefix=~" "--product…

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## [Is there a known issue where flow.set is inconsistently failing?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-known-issue-where-flow-set-is-inconsistently-failing/84855)

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**Author:** [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 13:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-known-issue-where-flow-set-is-inconsistently-failing/84855 "2024-01-25T13:51:39Z")

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Is there any known issue where flow.set is inconsistently failing? I have run into this three times now, where an existing working flow that does flow.set (write to file system, i.e. persistent) seems to fail to write o…

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## [Delay node rate limit by topic starts limiting](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-node-rate-limit-by-topic-starts-limiting/84857)

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**Author:** [@afonsoc12](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afonsoc12)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 13:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-node-rate-limit-by-topic-starts-limiting/84857 "2024-01-25T13:35:17Z")

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Hi, So I want to rate limit the amount of output messages, by topics. I have a node that fires messages with different msg.topics and msg.payload, which is exemplified with inject nodes in the photo. The idea is: Th…

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## [Node-RED user api to restart the application (Node-RED)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-user-api-to-restart-the-application-node-red/84884)

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**Author:** [@iAmSKU](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/iAmSKU)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 12:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-user-api-to-restart-the-application-node-red/84884 "2024-01-25T12:23:23Z")

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Hello, Greeting! I came across a requirement where I am using Node-RED remotely, so I have no direct control to the UI. To perform all the usecase I am using Node-Red admin API: https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/meth…

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## [Multi line label in Dashboard 2.0 Button?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multi-line-label-in-dashboard-2-0-button/84882)

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**Author:** [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 09:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multi-line-label-in-dashboard-2-0-button/84882 "2024-01-25T09:37:49Z")

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Is it possible to have multi line text in a dashboard 2.0 Button widget? I tried \\n and \<br/\> but was not surprised when neither did the job.

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## [Dashboard 2.0 Top Bar Icon](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-top-bar-icon/84655)

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**Author:** [@guillad](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/guillad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 10:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-top-bar-icon/84655 "2024-01-25T10:11:20Z")

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Hi everyone, In dashboard 2.0, I'm trying to change/override the hamburger icon of the top bar logo, but no luck so far. It's different than previous dashboard 1.x posts. I tried using the \<v-app-bar-nav-icon\> componen…

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## [Protecting Node-RED from itself](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/protecting-node-red-from-itself/84904)

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**Author:** [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 09:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/protecting-node-red-from-itself/84904 "2024-01-25T09:55:07Z")

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Because Node-RED is a general-purpose computing tool, it has the capabilities to make changes to the underlying Operating System environment. So if you want your instance of Node-RED to be "safe", especially in producti…

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## [Uncaught Exception crashing Node-RED, uncertain how to proceed](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uncaught-exception-crashing-node-red-uncertain-how-to-proceed/84903)

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**Author:** [@Kingwizar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kingwizar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 09:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uncaught-exception-crashing-node-red-uncertain-how-to-proceed/84903 "2024-01-25T09:47:34Z")

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Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with Node-RED. It consistently reports that there is no connection, and I'm uncertain about how to proceed with troubleshooting this issue. 25 Jan 10:26:12 - \[info\] Welcome to Node-RE…

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## [Payload address has a decimal (period)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/payload-address-has-a-decimal-period/84899)

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**Author:** [@jdexmchine](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jdexmchine)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 09:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/payload-address-has-a-decimal-period/84899 "2024-01-25T09:36:22Z")

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Hello, I am receiving these data from a sensor: { "pm25": 27, "pm10": 30, "pm1.0": 20, "temperature": 17.5, "humidity": 35.5 } I have success in getting the data using below code, as an example: var newMsg = { …

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## [Deploy failing. No response from server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/deploy-failing-no-response-from-server/14952)

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**Author:** [@terri1769](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/terri1769)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [5 July 2021 07:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/deploy-failing-no-response-from-server/14952 "2021-07-05T07:32:54Z")

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Hi, This was all working fine until about an hour ago. All of a sudden I'm getting "Deploy failed. No response from server" every time I try to deploy changes. Even a change as small as physically moving a node on th…

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## [AutoStart Pythonshell](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/autostart-pythonshell/84895)

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**Author:** [@edduda1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edduda1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 07:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/autostart-pythonshell/84895 "2024-01-25T07:10:34Z")

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Hello, I am able to start Node-Red when the Raspberry PI resets or on power up. How can the Python script start when node red is open with a manual inject to start the program. I am using a Raspberry PI to monitor se…

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## [Not see tcp in port in the server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/not-see-tcp-in-port-in-the-server/84897)

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**Author:** [@iamlaobie](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/iamlaobie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [25 January 2024 05:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/not-see-tcp-in-port-in-the-server/84897 "2024-01-25T05:40:36Z")

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I want to use "tcp in" create a tcp server using port 8899. After deploy, I can't see the port by netstat command in docker container,How can I connect this port from outside of node-red?

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