How to Install Node-RED on Your UGREEN NAS

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How to Install Node-RED on Your UGREEN NAS

Node-RED is a flow-based development tool for visual programming developed originally by IBM for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services as part of the Internet of Things. Node-RED provides a web browser-based flow editor, which can be used to create JavaScript functions. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Node-REDĀ on your UGREEN NAS using Docker & Portainer.

šŸ’”Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Node-RED 4.1.1 release.

šŸ’”Note: Check out my guide on how to Install Node-RED on Your Synology NAS.

  • STEP 1

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  • STEP 2

āš ļøMandatory: Update your UGREEN NAS Firmware to the latest version. Go to Control Panel / Update and update your NAS with the latest Firmware.

  • STEP 3

Install TextEditĀ via UGREEN ā€œApp Centerā€. (Mandatory STEP.) If you already have TextEdit installed on your UGREEN NAS, skip this STEP.

TextEdit UGREEN NAS

  • STEP 4

InstallĀ Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your UGREEN NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

  • STEP 5

Go toĀ FilesĀ and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it node-redĀ Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

Node-RED UGREEN NAS Set up 1

  • STEP 6

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click onĀ HomeĀ thenĀ Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Portainer Add Stack NAS 1

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on StacksĀ thenĀ + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Portainer Add Stack NAS 2

  • STEP 7

In the Name field type in nodered. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  node-red:
    image: nodered/node-red:latest
    container_name: Node-RED
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/1880' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s  
    hostname: node-red
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    read_only: true
    user: 999:10
    ports:
      - 6336:1880
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/node-red:/data:rw
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers forĀ userĀ with your own UID and GID values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.)Ā 999Ā is my personal UID value andĀ 10Ā is my personal GID value. You have to type in your own values.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ.Ā (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)

BookStack Synology NAS Set up 13 new2 2028 master

  • STEP 8

Scroll down on the page until you see a button namedĀ Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

Node-RED UGREEN NAS Set up 3

  • STEP 9

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: ā€œSuccess Stack successfully deployedā€œ.

Portainer Success Stack NAS

  • STEP 10

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  • STEP 11

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser andĀ type in http://ugreen-ip-address:6336Ā Follow the instructions in the image below.

Node-RED UGREEN NAS Set up 4

Enjoy Node-RED!

šŸ†˜TROUBLESHOOTING

Note: If you want to protect your Node-RED installation with a Username and Password, check out the official documentation on how to do it. You will need to modify the settings.js file that you will find in your volume1/docker/node-red folder. To open the settings.js file and start modifying it, you need the TextEdit app installed on your UGREEN NAS as per the instructions at STEP 4. Once you have modified the settings.js file, remember to restart the Node-RED container.
Note: If you want to run the Node-RED container over HTTPS, check out How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS on Your UGREEN NAS.
šŸ†™Note/Update/Container: How to Update Your Docker Containers on UGREEN NAS Using Portainer.
šŸ³Note: How to Create Docker Shortcuts on Desktop.
šŸ†•Note: How to Update Portainer to the latest version.

This post was updated on Wednesday / November 12th, 2025 at 1:07 AM

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