# Node-Red Failure

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-failure/78114>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [2 May 2023 16:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-failure/78114 "2023-05-02T16:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![freddy9910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc29f/32.png) [@freddy9910](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/freddy9910)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2023 16:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-failure/78114/1 "2023-05-02T16:42:15Z")

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Hey there,  
I have a Problem with starting Node Red on my Raspberry Pi and i dont know what to do...  
I hope someone of you can help me with that Problem.  
Sincery,  
Freddy

 ![Node-Red-Störung](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/3/c3b36682ce1aa31a7f7c11114850e5fb5ef7172c.png)

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**Author:** ![marcus-j-davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcus-j-davies/32/103435_2.png) [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2023 16:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-failure/78114/2 "2023-05-02T16:52:29Z")

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Welcome to the forums @freddy9910

The node you have installed, is trying to open up port 22 (reserved for SSH)  
and this port **SHOULD NOT** be used for anything else (IMO).

I would question the reasoning in this port being used by the developer

Your OS is doing a good thing, protecting your system - its not to say its foul play, but that's a very odd (and unsafe) port to be using for a HTTP based system (that Apples HAP protocol uses)

+ The node has not been updated in 5+ years

EDIT  
as a shamless plug, I would

- Remove that node ASAP
- use something more substantial, like (Disclaimer - I am close friends with these guys):  
[node-red-contrib-homekit-bridged (node) - Node-RED](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-homekit-bridged)

You can start Node RED in safe mode `--safe`, so you can remove any nodes, that are causing the issue

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**Author:** ![greengolfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/greengolfer/32/28276_2.png) [@greengolfer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/greengolfer)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2023 16:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-failure/78114/3 "2023-05-02T16:55:49Z")

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> [@marcus-j-davies](#):
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> open up port 22 (reserved for SSH)

and toward 0.0.0.0 IP address which is really strange.

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2023 17:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-failure/78114/4 "2023-05-02T17:30:13Z")

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also that node: [@boneskull/node-red-contrib-homekit](https://github.com/boneskull/node-red-contrib-homekit) hasn't been updated in over 6 years and since the author doesn't seem to allow issues to be opened, I would trash the plugin and find another way to solve your issue.

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**Author:** ![freddy9910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc29f/32.png) [@freddy9910](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/freddy9910)\
**Post date:** [4 May 2023 15:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-failure/78114/5 "2023-05-04T15:30:45Z")

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Thank you so much! I have deleted the Homekit-Node and now everything is running normaly.

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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:** [3 July 2023 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-failure/78114/6 "2023-07-03T15:31:19Z")

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