# Dashboard only showing Welcome

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-only-showing-welcome/23286>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [18 March 2020 19:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-only-showing-welcome/23286 "2020-03-18T19:21:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![guidoleijten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@guidoleijten](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/guidoleijten)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2020 19:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-only-showing-welcome/23286/1 "2020-03-18T19:21:23Z")

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Hello all,

I 've a problem getting the node-red dashboard working.  
I did a new installation on ubuntu server 18.04 LTS.  
node-red is working fine. I entered and configured a "switch"-node and a "text-input"-node. Configured the dashboard settings and deployed the config.  
When I open or refresh the page http:localhost:1880/ui, ther is only a white screen showing: "Welcome to the Node-ReD Dashboard" Please add.......

I restarted my node-red and looked at the node-red-log (see beneath)  
Can't see what is going wrong,  
Can anybody help me get this thing going.  
NOTE: I'm not a Linux specialist (just a beginner ;-), so please guide me with clear instructions.  
Thanks in advance

# ================ Welcome to Node-RED

## 18 Mar 18:56:26 - [info] Node-RED version: v1.0.4 18 Mar 18:56:26 - [info] Node.js version: v13.11.0 18 Mar 18:56:26 - [info] Linux 4.15.0-91-generic x64 LE 18 Mar 18:56:26 - [info] Loading palette nodes 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [info] Dashboard version 2.19.4 started at /ui 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [info] Settings file : /home/guido/.node-red/settings.js 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [info] Context store : 'default' [module=memory] 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [info] User directory : /home/guido/.node-red 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [info] Flows file : /home/guido/.node-red/flows\_homesrv.json 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [warn]

## Your flow credentials file is encrypted using a system-generated key. If the system-generated key is lost for any reason, your credentials file will not be recoverable, you will have to delete it and re-enter your credentials. You should set your own key using the 'credentialSecret' option in your settings file. Node-RED will then re-encrypt your credentials file using your chosen key the next time you deploy a change.

# 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [info] Starting flows 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [info] Started flows 18 Mar 18:56:27 - [info] Server now running at [http://127.0.0.1:1880/](http://127.0.0.1:1880/)

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**Author:** ![guidoleijten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@guidoleijten](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/guidoleijten)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2020 20:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-only-showing-welcome/23286/2 "2020-03-18T20:49:28Z")

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Already solved the problem myself.  
Problem was in de nodejs version. I used the latest v13.11.0 which is not supported yet.  
After removing this version and installing v10.19.0 my UI is working fine.  
After that I also tried v12.16.1, which also works fine

Maybe this will be helpfull for any other beginner like me 😉

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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:** [18 March 2020 21:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-only-showing-welcome/23286/3 "2020-03-18T21:02:49Z")

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Well done for getting there before someone suggested that 🙂  
A good way to install (or update) node-red on Ubuntu is to use the recommended setup script which works for Raspbian and Ubuntu and other Debian based systems. That would have ensured you had a compatible nodejs version.  
[https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi](https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi)

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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:** [1 April 2020 21:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-only-showing-welcome/23286/4 "2020-04-01T21:02:49Z")

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