# Red node does not start anymore
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441
**Category:** General
**Created:** [23 September 2021 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441 "2021-09-23T14:18:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@WernerM96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WernerM96)
#### Post date: [23 September 2021 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/1 "2021-09-23T14:18:22Z")
Hey,
since a edit on a template of the dashboard node red dont start anymore.
Starting manually in putty gives me this console output:
```auto
Welcome to Node-RED
===================
23 Sep 15:15:54 - [info] Node-RED version: v1.3.4
23 Sep 15:15:54 - [info] Node.js version: v10.24.0
23 Sep 15:15:54 - [info] Linux 5.10.60-v7l+ arm LE
23 Sep 15:15:56 - [info] Loading palette nodes
23 Sep 15:16:02 - [info] Dashboard version 2.30.0 started at /ui
23 Sep 15:16:02 - [info] Settings file : /home/pi/.node-red/settings.js
23 Sep 15:16:02 - [info] Context store : 'default' [module=memory]
23 Sep 15:16:02 - [info] User directory : /home/pi/.node-red
23 Sep 15:16:02 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
23 Sep 15:16:02 - [info] Flows file : /home/pi/.node-red/flows_raspberrypi.j son
(node:19231) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: ENOENT: no such file or di rectory, scandir '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/ex amples'
(node:19231) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejectio n id: 1)
(node:19231) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are depr ecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate th e Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
23 Sep 15:16:02 - [error] Uncaught Exception:
23 Sep 15:16:02 - [error] Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND node-red.example.com
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:56:26)
nodered.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
nodered.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
```
What can i do?
Best regards,
WernerM96
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [23 September 2021 15:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/2 "2021-09-23T15:12:26Z")
try starting in safe mode `node-red --safe` and then you should be able to edit the flow - undo/remove the error then deploy
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### Author:  [@WernerM96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WernerM96)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 13:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/3 "2021-09-24T13:45:35Z")
Didnt work. same error...
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 14:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/4 "2021-09-24T14:10:52Z")
What does this command show
`ls -l /usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/nodes`
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### Author:  [@WernerM96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WernerM96)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 14:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/5 "2021-09-24T14:11:36Z")
> [@Colin](#):
>
> ls -l /usr/lib/node\_modules/node-red/node\_modules/@node-red/nodes
```auto
total 44
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3992 Oct 26 1985 99-sample.html.demo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2468 Oct 26 1985 99-sample.js.demo
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Sep 5 18:24 core
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 5 18:24 icons
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 660 Oct 26 1985 index.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10243 Oct 26 1985 LICENSE
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Sep 5 18:24 locales
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Sep 5 18:24 node_modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2209 Apr 29 15:28 package.json
```
Its not possible for me to create a new directory manually. Why is this folder permisson denied?
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### Author:  [@WernerM96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WernerM96)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 14:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/6 "2021-09-24T14:24:18Z")
After creating this folder manually with sudo i got one error left:
```auto
24 Sep 15:22:59 - [info] Node-RED version: v1.3.4
24 Sep 15:22:59 - [info] Node.js version: v10.24.0
24 Sep 15:22:59 - [info] Linux 5.10.60-v7l+ arm LE
24 Sep 15:23:01 - [info] Loading palette nodes
24 Sep 15:23:08 - [info] Dashboard version 2.30.0 started at /ui
24 Sep 15:23:08 - [info] Settings file : /home/pi/.node-red/settings.js
24 Sep 15:23:08 - [info] Context store : 'default' [module=memory]
24 Sep 15:23:08 - [info] User directory : /home/pi/.node-red
24 Sep 15:23:08 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
24 Sep 15:23:08 - [info] Flows file : /home/pi/.node-red/flows_raspberrypi.json
24 Sep 15:23:08 - [error] Uncaught Exception:
24 Sep 15:23:08 - [error] Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND node-red.example.com
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:56:26)
```
Edit:
After that i followed this instructions: [https://blog.andrewmmc.com/node-js-error-getaddrinfo-enotfound-localhost-b7ee35e1bb60](https://blog.andrewmmc.com/node-js-error-getaddrinfo-enotfound-localhost-b7ee35e1bb60)
Now its running - but editor is not available at :1880/
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 14:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/7 "2021-09-24T14:46:06Z")
What exactly did you do to make the exception go away? The fix in the link (adding localhost to hosts file) would not make a difference.
Something is really messed up I think. Is this a new install of node-red or has you been using it successfully for a while? How did you install node-red? Editing a ui\_template would not cause the problems you are seeing. I suspect your system may be messed up in some way.
Also show us the full startup log you are now seeing.
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### Author:  [@WernerM96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WernerM96)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 14:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/8 "2021-09-24T14:49:04Z")
I dont understand what the problem was. Last thing i edited was to change the config from "[node-red.example.com](http://node-red.example.com)" to the current ip. Now everything is available and running.
I used it for a while and never changed anything of the settings. So i dont understand what caused the problem.
Maybe its helpful for others.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/9 "2021-09-24T14:51:04Z")
What config?
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### Author:  [@WernerM96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WernerM96)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/10 "2021-09-24T14:51:53Z")
settings.js in the /home/pi/node-red folder.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [24 September 2021 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/11 "2021-09-24T14:52:44Z")
Exactly what in that file?
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### Author:  [@WernerM96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WernerM96)
#### Post date: [25 September 2021 09:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/12 "2021-09-25T09:33:09Z")
The host adress and so on.
```auto
module.exports = {
// the tcp port that the Node-RED web server is listening on
uiPort: process.env.PORT || 1880,
// By default, the Node-RED UI accepts connections on all IPv4 interfaces.
// To listen on all IPv6 addresses, set uiHost to "::",
// The following property can be used to listen on a specific interface. For
// example, the following would only allow connections from the local machine.
uiHost: "192.168.178.38",
// Retry time in milliseconds for MQTT connections
mqttReconnectTime: 15000,
// Retry time in milliseconds for Serial port connections
serialReconnectTime: 15000,
...
```
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [25 September 2021 09:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/13 "2021-09-25T09:36:05Z")
> [@WernerM96](#):
>
> I dont understand what the problem was. Last thing i edited was to change the config from "[node-red.example.com](http://node-red.example.com)"
The host setting tells Node-RED what network interface to bind on. You'd typically use the IP address of the host on that interface, or `0.0.0.0` to listen on all interfaces (the default).
Setting to to a DNS name that doesn't exist like you did would cause the bind to fail in exactly the way you saw.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [24 November 2021 09:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-node-does-not-start-anymore/51441/14 "2021-11-24T09:37:02Z")
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