# Loading newly installed nodes without restarting node-red server?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239
**Category:** General
**Created:** [27 August 2021 02:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239 "2021-08-27T02:02:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@kakyoism](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kakyoism)
#### Post date: [27 August 2021 02:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239/1 "2021-08-27T02:02:17Z")
I found that when installing new nodes, the dashboard won't know about the new nodes unless we restart the Node-RED server.
Is there a way to "live-inject" nodes into a running Node-RED session?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [27 August 2021 06:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239/2 "2021-08-27T06:08:21Z")
If you install using the palette manager then a restart is not necessary for most nodes.
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### Author:  [@kakyoism](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kakyoism)
#### Post date: [30 August 2021 02:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239/3 "2021-08-30T02:49:02Z")
Hi Colin, what about custom nodes that live on the local machine?
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [30 August 2021 05:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239/4 "2021-08-30T05:22:05Z")
For custom nodes, use npm pack to generate a tgz then
use the upload tgz button found on newer versions of node-red in the palette manager.
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### Author:  [@kakyoism](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kakyoism)
#### Post date: [30 August 2021 05:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239/5 "2021-08-30T05:58:45Z")
Thanks! That's good to know. However,
will that "upload tgz" upload the nodes as a module to the remote npm server?
I'd like to keep it private though.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [30 August 2021 06:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239/6 "2021-08-30T06:07:48Z")
> [@kakyoism](#):
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> will that "upload tgz" upload the nodes as a module to the remote npm server
Not 100% certain what you are asking but I think you are asking will your private node end up on npm for everyone else to see?
The answer is no, it will only upload the tgz file to your node red. If you want to publish your private node for everyone else to use, you would have to do an `npm publish` command.
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### Author:  [@kakyoism](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kakyoism)
#### Post date: [30 August 2021 06:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239/7 "2021-08-30T06:41:03Z")
Good to know! Thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [13 September 2021 06:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-newly-installed-nodes-without-restarting-node-red-server/50239/8 "2021-09-13T06:41:47Z")
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