# Running node-RED as root

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-as-root/29889>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [11 July 2020 10:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-as-root/29889 "2020-07-11T10:40:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dynamicdave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dynamicdave/32/96_2.png) [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Post date:** [11 July 2020 11:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-as-root/29889/2 "2020-07-11T11:21:12Z")

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Have a look at this link... (I run Amazon Echo on port 8980 as a NORMAL Pi user).

> [@Alexa Voice Command to start the flow?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-voice-command-to-start-the-flow/15606/5):
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> I've used nearly all of them include the offering Simon mentioned. I'm currently using this node... On my Echo Dot I had to run the following as I didn't want to start Node-RED as root. It routes port 8980 to port 80. You need to enter 8980 as the port number in the amazon-alexa-hub You need to run these commands on your Pi if your using a WiFi connection. sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent sudo iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat …

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