{"id":301,"date":"2025-06-10T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2025\/06\/10\/11537408-how-to-use-the-node-red-vps-template-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T06:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:37:58","slug":"11537408-how-to-use-the-node-red-vps-template-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11537408-how-to-use-the-node-red-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Node-RED VPS Template at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Node-RED is a flow-based, low-code development tool for visual programming that enables anyone to build applications that collect, transform and visualize their data; building flows that can automate their world. Node-RED provides a web browser-based flow editor, which can be used to create JavaScript functions. Its low-code nature makes it accessible to users of any background, whether for home automation, industrial control systems or anything in between. With the &ldquo;Ubuntu 24.04 with Node-RED&rdquo; VPS template from Hostinger, Node-RED comes pre-installed via Docker, so you can start building your flows immediately.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_ff4b6796dc\">Accessing Node-RED<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once your VPS is deployed using this template, Node-RED is ready to use out of the box. Open your web browser and navigate to:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><pre><code>https:\/\/[your-vps-IP]:1880<\/code><\/pre><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">When accessing Node-RED, you must log in using the username &ldquo;admin&rdquo; and the password set during installation.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/06\/45a09e6f-3070-4552-961d-eb79849b5ea3.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_5cdc21be57\">Updating Node-RED<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">It&rsquo;s important to keep your Node-RED version up to date. This ensures you get the latest features and fixes. Follow these steps in SSH to update Node-RED:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><pre><code># Change to the Node-RED directory<br><br>cd \/root\/nodered\/<br><br># Pull the latest version<br><br>docker compose pull<br><br># Stop and remove the older version<br><br>docker compose down<br><br># Start the container with the updated image<br><br>docker compose up -d<br><\/code><\/pre><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Hostinger&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ubuntu 24.04 with Node-RED&rdquo; VPS template lets you quickly set up and manage flow-based automation solutions.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Additional Resources<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Official website:<a href=\"https:\/\/nodered.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/nodered.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Official documentation:<a href=\"https:\/\/nodered.org\/docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/nodered.org\/docs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting started with Node-RED VPS template on Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-os-and-templates"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11537408-how-to-use-the-node-red-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}