# Start flow with user and password

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/start-flow-with-user-and-password/48709>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [21 July 2021 12:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/start-flow-with-user-and-password/48709 "2021-07-21T12:40:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![federico.barenghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@federico.barenghi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/federico.barenghi)\
**Post date:** [21 July 2021 12:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/start-flow-with-user-and-password/48709/1 "2021-07-21T12:40:54Z")

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Hi,

there is the possibilty to start a node-red istance with user and password? Like using the command " node-red -p 1880" and add the login credentials?

Regards,

Federico

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [21 July 2021 12:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/start-flow-with-user-and-password/48709/2 "2021-07-21T12:45:12Z")

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Do you mean you want the `node-red` command to prompt for a username/password before it begins?

That is not something that is possible today and would be trivial to bypass from the command line.

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**Author:** ![federico.barenghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@federico.barenghi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/federico.barenghi)\
**Post date:** [21 July 2021 12:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/start-flow-with-user-and-password/48709/3 "2021-07-21T12:50:48Z")

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Hi @knolleary,

Thank for the rapid support. This help me a lot because I was searching a way to that, but this confirms is impossibile. So I am no longer wasting time on it.

😄

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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 August 2021 12:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/start-flow-with-user-and-password/48709/4 "2021-08-04T12:51:17Z")

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