# How do I unsecure the node red admin and dashboard?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-unsecure-the-node-red-admin-and-dashboard/70520>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 November 2022 01:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-unsecure-the-node-red-admin-and-dashboard/70520 "2022-11-13T01:34:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![emlarsen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/emlarsen/32/889_2.png) [@emlarsen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/emlarsen)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2022 01:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-unsecure-the-node-red-admin-and-dashboard/70520/1 "2022-11-13T01:34:09Z")

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I did an apt-get update/upgrade on my pi 3b OpenHABian system and now node red admin and dashboard ask for a sign in “[http://OpenHABian:1880](http://OpenHABian:1880) requires a username and password. Your connection to this site is not secure.” This is after I have signed in to the node red admin page. If I cancel the login the admin site comes up just fine but the dashboard reports unauthorized.

The update seems to have made a secure connection mandatory. I realize that in this day and age that would be preferable but this in internal and not exposed to the public.

Thanks for any advice on how to resolve this.

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**Author:** ![smanjunath211](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/smanjunath211/32/95742_2.png) [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2022 03:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-unsecure-the-node-red-admin-and-dashboard/70520/2 "2022-11-13T03:42:28Z")

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I had similar issues in windows environment, and had done some changes in settings.js file that I could not repair, so someone suggested to rename settings.js file to some other name, and launch node-red again, it created a new settings.js file with default settings, and that worked for me. If it doesn't you could delete the new file and rename the old one back to restore settings.

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**Author:** ![emlarsen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/emlarsen/32/889_2.png) [@emlarsen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/emlarsen)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2022 04:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-unsecure-the-node-red-admin-and-dashboard/70520/3 "2022-11-13T04:44:38Z")

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Perfect!!! Deleting the settings.js file and restarting node-red worked perfectly! Thank you !

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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:** [13 November 2022 07:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-unsecure-the-node-red-admin-and-dashboard/70520/4 "2022-11-13T07:12:23Z")

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Is your node red accessible via the internet?

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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:** [27 November 2022 07:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-unsecure-the-node-red-admin-and-dashboard/70520/5 "2022-11-27T07:12:34Z")

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