Starting Node Red

I have installed Node Red, hopefully successfully. When I try to start it, it says “The add-on is starting, this can take some time…” for a few seconds, and then " Node-RED The add-on is not running. Do you want to start it now?" What is wrong here? How do I find out what is wrong? How do I get Node Red to start?

Thank you- Rowan

What is in the Log file?

Also, you might want to tag your post with “Node-Red”

Here is the log:

s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: starting
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner: starting


Add-on: Node-RED
Flow-based programming for the Internet of Things

Add-on version: 17.0.3
You are running the latest version of this add-on.
System: Home Assistant OS 11.4 (aarch64 / raspberrypi4-64)
Home Assistant Core: 2024.1.3
Home Assistant Supervisor: 2023.12.1

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s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level: starting
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx: starting
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations: starting
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations successfully started
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered: starting
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nodered: starting
s6-rc: info: service nodered successfully started
[18:14:21] FATAL:
[18:14:21] FATAL: SSL has been enabled using the ‘ssl’ option,
[18:14:21] FATAL: this requires an SSL certificate file which is
[18:14:21] FATAL: configured using the ‘certfile’ option in the
[18:14:21] FATAL: add-on configuration.
[18:14:21] FATAL:
[18:14:21] FATAL: Unfortunately, the file specified in the
[18:14:21] FATAL: ‘certfile’ option does not exist.
[18:14:21] FATAL:
[18:14:21] FATAL: Please ensure the certificate file exists and
[18:14:21] FATAL: is placed in the ‘/ssl/’ directory.
[18:14:21] FATAL:
[18:14:21] FATAL: In case you don’t have SSL yet, consider getting
[18:14:21] FATAL: an SSL certificate or setting the ‘ssl’ option
[18:14:21] FATAL: to ‘false’ in case you are not planning on using
[18:14:21] FATAL: SSL with this add-on.
[18:14:21] FATAL:
[18:14:21] FATAL: Check the add-on manual for more information.
[18:14:21] FATAL:
s6-rc: warning: unable to start service init-nginx: command exited 1
/run/s6/basedir/scripts/rc.init: warning: s6-rc failed to properly bring all the services up! Check your logs (in /run/uncaught-logs/current if you have in-container logging) for more information.
/run/s6/basedir/scripts/rc.init: fatal: stopping the container.
s6-rc: info: service nodered: stopping
[18:14:21] INFO: Service Node-RED exited with code 256 (by signal 15)
s6-rc: info: service nodered successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: stopping
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: stopping
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level: stopping
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner: stopping
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: stopping
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully stopped

From this I deduce that I must disable the SSL option. How do I do this? I can’t see any options for Node-Red

Thank you - Rowan

There’s a toggle in the configuration tab.

I would also recommend reading the “Documentation” tab.

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Thank you for that. I have now got it running, so can start trying to do what I need.

Rowan