# Installing Node Red on freenas **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [11 January 2019 21:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706 "2019-01-11T21:52:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dayve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@Dayve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dayve)\ **Post date:** [11 January 2019 21:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/1 "2019-01-11T21:52:26Z")
I have Node Red running on one server and would like to move everything over to my FreeNAS. Node Red is installed and working on the new server but I can not install nodes or update any. I get a error like: Failed to update: node-red-node-email Module not locally installed Check the log for more information Could this be a permissions problem? ---
**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:** [11 January 2019 21:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/2 "2019-01-11T21:58:47Z")
that one isn’t , if you search the forum for email node and update you should find a full explanation. What happens if you try to install a new contrib-node? ---
**Author:** ![Dayve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@Dayve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dayve)\ **Post date:** [11 January 2019 22:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/3 "2019-01-11T22:02:29Z")
If I try to install a new node I get this: Failed to install: node-red-contrib-home-assistant Error: Install failed Check the log for more information ---
**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Post date:** [11 January 2019 22:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/4 "2019-01-11T22:19:45Z")
What does the log say? Also try installing manually from the command line. Note that the 0.20 beta gives you much better output from installing nodes. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Dayve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@Dayve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dayve)\ **Post date:** [11 January 2019 23:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/5 "2019-01-11T23:52:08Z")
Thanks guys. I found that git was not installed in the jail. How would I go about upgrading to 0.20 beta? ---
**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Post date:** [12 January 2019 00:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/6 "2019-01-12T00:16:34Z")
> [@Dayve](#): > > How would I go about upgrading to 0.20 beta? Just follow the instructions in Nick's release post. ---
**Author:** ![Dayve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@Dayve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dayve)\ **Post date:** [12 January 2019 14:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/7 "2019-01-12T14:13:38Z")
> [@TotallyInformation](#): > > Just follow the instructions in Nick's release post. Thanks that was easy to upgrade. My next thing is does anyone know how to auto start Node Red on Freenas/Freebsd running in a jail? Or should I start a new topic about this? ---
**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:** [12 January 2019 14:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/8 "2019-01-12T14:33:40Z")
i’d suggest doing some research to see how you autostart other things on a freenas ---
**Author:** ![Dayve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@Dayve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dayve)\ **Post date:** [12 January 2019 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/9 "2019-01-12T14:51:43Z")
Ya I have been reading and searching. Still cannot find the answer. I have the jail auto starting at boot but I need to open a shell in the Node Red jail and start it with "node-red". And if I log out of the jail or shell then Node Red stops. ---
**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:** [12 January 2019 14:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/10 "2019-01-12T14:53:14Z")
If you can’t find it on a freenas forum the chances of anyone on a NodeRED forum knowing the answer is slim ---
**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:** [12 January 2019 15:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/11 "2019-01-12T15:06:17Z")
The first hit I got on google suggested using pm2. I have no experience of it though. > **[Can someone help install node-red into a jail?](https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/can-someone-help-install-node-red-into-a-jail.48066/)** > > I recently found this awesome project: http://nodered.org/ and I thought I could give it a try inside a standard jail on freeNAS 9.10 U4 > > So I did > pkg update > pkg upgrade > pkg install node > pkg install npm > > followed by npm install -g --unsafe-perm... ---
**Author:** ![Dayve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@Dayve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dayve)\ **Post date:** [12 January 2019 15:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-freenas/6706/12 "2019-01-12T15:29:47Z")
Thanks Colin. Not sure how I missed that one but that worked 😄