dockerfiles/node-red/README.md

node-red

Node-RED is a tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.

directory tree

~/fig/node-red/
├── docker-compose.yml
└── data/
    ├── flows_cred.json
    ├── flows.json
    ├── lib/
    │   └── flows
    └── settings.js

The node-red directory will be created after first running.

docker-compose.yml

node-red:
  image: vimagick/node-red
  ports:
    - "1880:1880"
  volumes:
    - ./data:/data
  restart: always

settings.js

module.exports = {

    //...

    flowFile: 'flows.json',

    //...

    adminAuth: {
        type: "credentials",
        users: [{
            username: "admin",
            password: "$2a$08$zZWtXTja0fB1pzD4sHCMyOCMYz2Z6dNbM6tl8sJogENOMcxWV9DN.",
            permissions: "*"
        }],
        default: {
            permissions: "read"
        }
    },

    //...

}

Password hash can be generated by running node-red-admin hash-pw.

up and running

$ cd ~/fig/node-red/
$ docker-compose up -d
$ docker-compose exec node-red node-red-admin hash-pw
$ vi data/settings.js
$ docker-compose exec node-red bash
>>> cd /data
>>> apk add -U build-base
>>> npm install node-red-node-irc
>>> npm install node-red-node-daemon
>>> exit
$ docker-compose restart

Install nodes from node-red-nodes.