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Node-RED - Flow-based programming for the Internet of Things

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    ctrl
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    https://nodered.org/

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    Source
    https://github.com/node-red

    Node-RED - Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node-RED

    Node Red in 5 minutes - YouTube

    Open Source Self-Hosted Node-RED Alternatives
    https://alternativeto.net/software/node-red/?license=opensource&platform=self-hosted

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    Here is a good 3 part series:
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    The main interfaces or node RED are raspberry pi and conventional arduino boards but there is also a more industrial PLC: https://www.controllino.biz/ that use the arduino framework and in turn can leverage node-RED

    My main use cases are for Smart Home Automation & Microgreens
    This would be such a valuable addition!

    ✌💙+1

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    We can sponsor this if someone wants to package?

    We're not here for a long time - but we are here for a good time :)
    Jersey/UK
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    There is an industrial grade PLC that is 100% Arduino compatible = https://www.controllino.biz/
    I will have to dig up the additional resources I had but all in all you one can use: Node-RED + Arduino IDE + Controllino PLC 😎

    ✌💙+1

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    Another upvote for this app!

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    I'm a long-time Node-RED user. I was able to get a custom app packaged for Cloudron. So far, so good...

    c786303d-fff3-4e10-b473-d649896c489c-image.png

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    @staypath cool, can you let us know where the repo is and @staff can help get it into the App store.

    Life of sky tech

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    @staypath Very cool! 🥇

    We're not here for a long time - but we are here for a good time :)
    Jersey/UK
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    @robi Cloudron customizations are in the docker-custom folder

    https://github.com/jsonsmth/node-red-docker

    Feedback is welcome as this is my first foray into Cloudron app customization.

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    @staypath That's a good start! I haven't used node-red before but does it require "plugins" or arbitrary node modules to be installed to be usable? A quick look into your package suggests that you decided to put everything into /app/data. Is it because of that?

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    @girish Yes. Any new "plugins" installed are node modules that would be installed in /app/data/data/node_modules

    I installed a couple of Node-RED modules (plugins), took a backup of the app in Cloudron, cloned the app from backup, etc... and all seemed to work well. Anything I'm missing? Thanks!

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    @staypath Usually, we keep the code in Cloudron read-only. As a convention, the code is placed in /app/code. The data the app generates is put in /app/data and this is backed up. The idea is when we have an update, we can just throw out the old container, replace it with the new container, keep /app/data alone as-is (it's mounted into the new container) and things will work.

    If the code itself is in /app/data, then it's part of the backup and also the update path is not clear. All the operations like backup/clone etc will work. Only update is an issue. Do you have any idea how to solve this?

    One idea, if it's possible, is to put node-red code and npm install in /app/code in the Dockerfile. For additional plugins, if we can set some node module path which can be picked up from say /app/data/node_modules or something, that would be ideal. Is that possible though?

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    Per https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_loading_from_the_global_folders, we can maybe set NODE_PATH=/app/data/node_modules maybe?

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    @girish Ok, I understand a bit more about the Cloudron build process now. I have updated my Dockerfile.cloudron and moved the repo here:

    https://github.com/jsonsmth/node-red-docker-cloudron

    The updated build process stores all app code in /app/code and only the user-specific data (including user node_modules) in /app/data.

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    @girish Also, I think we're following along with the recommended method for preserving user data within the app:

    https://github.com/jsonsmth/node-red-docker-cloudron#managing-user-data

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    I have updated the repo here with built-in LDAP auth:

    https://github.com/jsonsmth/node-red-docker-cloudron

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    Repo has been updated to include the following:

    • split the Dockerfile into Dockerfile.cloudron and start.sh to match Cloudron app standards
    • built-in LDAP auth

    I've tested backup,restore and package upgrade.

    https://github.com/jsonsmth/node-red-docker-cloudron

    Thanks!

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    @staypath awesome, I will take a look later this week!

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    I've been working on a Cloudron-app for Node-RED as well. Using node-red-docker and adapting it to Cloudron felt too complicated to me. So, as opposed to the app package that @staypath has been working on, I started with a Cloudron package from scratch.

    You can find my repo here: https://git.vereint-digital.de/hendrik/node-red-app

    Node-RED itself is simply installed through npm, so the code does not come bundled in the repo itself. Since Node-RED does rely on npm quite a lot anyhow, that seemed more straightforward to me. Plus it makes the Dockerfile really simple.

    The code of Node-RED itself (including three modules that are installed out of the box) is located in /app/code. The node-red userdir is in /app/data. So updates of node-red should work, but I've not been testing it long enough to tell.

    The app package uses the Cloudron sendmail and mongodb addons. Mails can be sent using node-red-contrib-sendmail and the database can be accessed using node-red-contrib-mongodb4. Both modules come preinstalled and are preconfigured using the environment variables that Cloudron exports.

    I must say though, that I do not feel too confident about my solution to send mails. I initially thought, that it would be easier to utilize a command line mail utility, but it turned out to be quite complex as well. In the end, I had to write my own script to act as mail utility, so that it matches the assumptions of node-red-contrib-sendmail. Writing a custom Node-RED module that uses Nodemailer and accesses the Cloudron environment variables probably would have been a better approach.

    For authorization, I currently use Cloudron proxyauth and only leave one route (/public) unprotected. Since custom user authentication can be implemented in Node-RED quite easily, it would be highly beneficial to have the authenticated user as part of the request headers, as discussed here. Implementing LDAP, as @staypath has done, also has its benefits though. I'm currently a bit indecisive which approach is preferable.

    I hope this is helpful to others, who want to use Node-RED on Cloudron. And maybe we get the discussion on including Node-RED in the app-store going again.

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