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

The data directory will be created after first running.

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

The arm directory is only needed for ARM deployments, delete it if you are not using arm.

docker-compose.yml

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

set-up

Copy only the docker-compose.yml to your desired installation folder. And follow these steps:

$ docker-compose up -d

$ docker-compose exec node-red node-red-admin hash-pw
>>> Password: ******
... $2a$08$zZWtXTja0fB1pzD4sHCMyOCMYz2Z6dNbM6tl8sJogENOMcxWV9DN.

# Uncomment the adminAuth section and add your hashed password
$ sudo 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.

settings.js

module.exports = {
...
    adminAuth: {
        type: "credentials",
        users: [{
            username: "admin",
            password: "ADD_HERE_YOUR_HASH_PASSWORD",
            permissions: "*"
        }],
        default: {
            permissions: "read"
        }
    },
...
}

Password hash can be generated by running node-red-admin hash-pw https://nodered.org/docs/security