I have followed the instructions at:
Node Red runs OK when I start it manually but I can’t get it to run on startup like the instructions say it should. Any suggestions?
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Hi @mgirdner
So you can run it by using /usr/local/bin/node-red-pi --max-old-space-size=128 -v but it doesn’t work when you create the systemd configuration file?
What error do you get? Have you tried to look at the log?
journalctl -u node-red.service
Yes, removing the /local/ from the ExecStart command fixed the problem. Thanks so much for your help.
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