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 * After extracting, run ```bin/opensearch``` inside of the extracted build artifact dir
 
 To run Dashboards with OpenSearch
+* [Yarn](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install) is required for building and running the OpenSearch Dashboards
+* Install [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md) to use the Node 10.23.1 version as it is required
 * Run ```yarn osd bootstrap``` in the OpenSearch Dashboards directory
 * While OpenSearch is running locally, run ```yarn start```
 * You can now navigate to ```http://localhost:5603``` where Dashboards runs by default