Install and run Node-RED

Install Node-RED using your Terminal or cmd. We recommending adding Node-RED as a global module which adds the command Node-RED to your system path using the following commands:

On Mac, we recommend a sudo install, using the following set of steps.

$ sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red

On Windows:

$ npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red

For more information, please refer to the Node-RED official website here.

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Run Node-RED for the first time to create ~/.node-red folder on the cmd/terminal:

$ node-red

Go to http://127.0.0.1:1880/ to access the Node-RED interface.