If 'router-outlet' is an Angular component, then verify that it is part of this module.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import {DashboardComponent} from "./dashboard/dashboard.component"    

const appRoutes: Routes = [
{
    path: '',
    redirectTo: '/dashboard',
    pathMatch: 'full',
    component: DashboardComponent
},  
{
    path: 'dashboard',
    component: DashboardComponent
}
];
@NgModule({
imports: [
    RouterModule.forRoot(appRoutes),
    BrowserModule,
    FormsModule               
],
exports: [RouterModule],
declarations: [
    AppComponent,  
    DashboardComponent      
],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {

}@NgModule({
  imports: [
      BrowserModule,
      RouterModule