# Dashboard nodes not in palette

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-not-in-palette/666>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [7 June 2018 12:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-not-in-palette/666 "2018-06-07T12:13:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![ORLINTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@ORLINTech](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ORLINTech)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2018 12:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-not-in-palette/666/1 "2018-06-07T12:13:23Z")

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Hi, Noob question: I am using Node-Red on a Raspberry Pi 3. I installed the Dashboard node (node-red-dashboard) but the nodes do not appear in the palette. It seemed to install OK with no errors and I have rebooted the Pi.  
Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2018 12:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-not-in-palette/666/2 "2018-06-07T12:25:22Z")

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Have you installed any other “dashboard” nodes? Unfortunately the node-red-dashboard code has been forked and other similar nodes have been published. These disrupt the node-red-dashboard from running. If you have, you need to delete these and then reinstall node-red-dashboard.

If this is not the case, when node-red starts it prints startup info to the log. If you can copy and paste that info here it would be useful.

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**Author:** ![ORLINTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@ORLINTech](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ORLINTech)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2018 12:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-not-in-palette/666/3 "2018-06-07T12:44:47Z")

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Thanks UKMoose. No I haven’t installed any other dashboards.  
Here’s the start up log:

```
Once Node-RED has started, point a browser at http://192.168.0.100:1880
On Pi Node-RED works better with the Iceweasel browser
 
Use node-red-stop to stop Node-RED
Use node-red-start to start Node-RED again
Use sudo systemctl enable nodered.service to autostart Node-RED at every boot
Use sudo systemctl disable nodered.service to disable autostart on boot
 
To find more nodes and example flows - go to http://flows.nodered.org
You may also need to install and upgrade npm
      sudo apt-get install npm
      sudo npm i -g npm@2.x
 
Started Node-RED graphical event wiring tool..
Welcome to Node-RED
===================
7 Jun 12:40:49 - [info] Node-RED version: v0.13.4
7 Jun 12:40:49 - [info] Node.js version: v0.10.29
7 Jun 12:40:49 - [info] Linux 4.4.11-v7+ arm LE
7 Jun 12:40:49 - [info] Loading palette nodes
pi : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/python -u /usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/nodes/core/hardware/nrgpio.py info
pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
7 Jun 12:40:56 - [info] Settings file : /home/pi/.node-red/settings.js
7 Jun 12:40:56 - [info] User directory : /home/pi/.node-red
7 Jun 12:40:56 - [info] Flows file : /home/pi/.node-red/flows_smac-master.json
7 Jun 12:40:56 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/
7 Jun 12:40:56 - [info] Starting flows
7 Jun 12:40:56 - [info] Started flows
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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2018 12:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-not-in-palette/666/4 "2018-06-07T12:50:30Z")

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Ahh you are using a VERY old version of Node-RED. You can follow the instructions here to upgrade [https://nodered.org/docs/hardware/raspberrypi](https://nodered.org/docs/hardware/raspberrypi)

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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2018 12:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-not-in-palette/666/5 "2018-06-07T12:51:14Z")

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You will then be able to use the “Manage Palette” option under the menu with Node-RED to install nodes

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**Author:** ![ORLINTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@ORLINTech](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ORLINTech)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2018 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-not-in-palette/666/6 "2018-06-07T14:18:55Z")

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> [@ukmoose](#):
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> You will then be able to use the “Manage Palette” option under the menu with Node-RED to install nodes

This was going to be my next question!  
It's all working fine now and I've installed Dashboard successfully.

Thanks.