Node-Red (1) - Installation

We heard the term "IoT" for years, when people talking about IoT, MQTT and Node-red are usually mentioned. It seem Node-red is a user-friendly tools, so I start to evaluate. The first step is, of course, install the node-red.

 

Installation of node-red for windows

1.  Download node.js windows 64bit version from here . The latest version that I used is v6.10.2 LTS. The Windows that I used is Win 7 64-bit, CPU is i3.

2. Double click to run the file node-v6.10.2-x64.msi , just press next for each screen to finish the installation.

3. After node.js is install successfully, there will be a new item "Node.js" in the start menu. Click the "Node.js command prompt" inside the "Node.js", and you will see a cmd prompt like this

4. In the "Node.js command prompt", enter the following command, then it will install node-red.

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

5. After the installation finish, type "node-red" to run.

6. Then in browser, enter the link "127.0.0.1:1880" and you can see the node-red UI.