# Nssm + Log user

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [2 June 2026 16:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176 "2026-06-02T16:36:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlt57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jlt57](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jlt57)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2026 16:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176/1 "2026-06-02T16:36:20Z")

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Hello everyone,

I installed Node-RED a month ago and I'm testing it thoroughly.

For automatic startup, I'm using nssm.exe, which runs it as a service. This works very well, but there's a drawback: the connections made by the different clients aren't visible.

When starting with a command prompt session, the connection and disconnection logs were visible.

How can I see the connected clients once the service is running?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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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 June 2026 17:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176/2 "2026-06-02T17:01:56Z")

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Hi @jlt57  
Connections to what exactly?

The editor or dashboard?  
Im not aware of anything triggered in the editor (I could be wrong)

I don't use dashboard (1 or 2), But I believe there are events you can capture, based on the connected web socket.

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**Author:** ![hardillb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hardillb/32/12373_2.png) [@hardillb](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hardillb)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2026 07:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176/3 "2026-06-03T07:49:25Z")

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You can use nssm to configure the service to write the Node-RED console output to a log file (and to rotate them so they don't get too large).

Details are on the [NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager](https://nssm.cc/usage) page (which is having problems at the moment, if you get a 504 error reload the page)

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**Author:** ![jlt57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jlt57](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jlt57)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2026 16:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176/4 "2026-06-04T16:59:24Z")

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Hello everyone,

Thank you for your feedback.

I think I've configured NSSM for logging, but nothing is loading.

I'll check the link.

nssm set Node-RED AppParameters "-uc:\Users\P01JLHE.node-red \> c:\logstartNodeRed\node-red.log"

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**Author:** ![jlt57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jlt57](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jlt57)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2026 17:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176/5 "2026-06-04T17:40:42Z")

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I found a very interesting page on launching Node-RED, which I followed, changing a few parameters.

> **[Lancement au démarrage | Seald: documentation](https://docs.seald.io/desktop/admin-guide/watch-directory/autostart.html)**
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> Documentation de Seald

I now have the red-node logs and user disconnections, I don't understand why I don't have the connections, I'll look into it.

If this link can help others, all the better.

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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:** [4 June 2026 18:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176/6 "2026-06-04T18:56:51Z")

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> [@jlt57](#):
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> I don't understand why I don't have the connections

You haven't said what connections you are talking about. If you are talking about the flowfuse dashboard then I don't think it logs connections, only disconnections. I have always thought that a bit odd.

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**Author:** ![jlt57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jlt57](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jlt57)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2026 12:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176/7 "2026-06-06T12:20:42Z")

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Hello,  
yes, I was referring to the connections on the FlowFuse.  
Indeed, we can see the disconnections, but not the connections, which is a real shame.  
Perhaps there's a setting somewhere.  
I'll run detailed logs with the -v argument to see if there's more information.

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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:** [4 September 2026 12:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nssm-log-user/101176/8 "2026-09-04T12:20:47Z")

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