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Manage Node-RED instances via Admin API or CLI. Automate flow deployment, install nodes, and troubleshoot issues. Use when user wants to "build automation", "connect devices", or "fix node-red".

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Node-RED Manager

Setup

  1. Copy .env.example to .env.
  2. Set NODE_RED_URL, NODE_RED_USERNAME, and NODE_RED_PASSWORD in .env.
  3. The script automatically handles dependencies on first run.

Infrastructure

  • Stack Location: deployments/​node-red
  • Data Volume: deployments/​node-red/​data
  • Docker Service: mema-node-red
  • URL: https://flow.glassgallery.my.id

Usage

Flow Management

# List all flows
scripts/​nr list-flows

# Get specific flow by ID
scripts/​nr get-flow <flow-id>

# Deploy flows from file
scripts/​nr deploy --file assets/​flows/​watchdog.json

# Update specific flow
scripts/​nr update-flow <flow-id> --file updated-flow.json

# Delete flow
scripts/​nr delete-flow <flow-id>

# Get flow runtime state
scripts/​nr get-flow-state

# Set flow runtime state
scripts/​nr set-flow-state --file state.json

Backup & Restore

# Backup all flows to file
scripts/​nr backup
scripts/​nr backup --output my-backup.json

# Restore flows from backup
scripts/​nr restore node-red-backup-20260210_120000.json

Node Management

# List installed nodes
scripts/​nr list-nodes

# Install node module
scripts/​nr install-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Get node information
scripts/​nr get-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Enable/​disable node
scripts/​nr enable-node node-red-contrib-http-request
scripts/​nr disable-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Remove node
scripts/​nr remove-node node-red-contrib-http-request

Runtime Information

# Get runtime settings
scripts/​nr get-settings

# Get runtime diagnostics
scripts/​nr get-diagnostics

Context Management

# Get context value
scripts/​nr get-context flow my-key
scripts/​nr get-context global shared-data

# Set context value
scripts/​nr set-context flow my-key '"value"'
scripts/​nr set-context global counter '42'
scripts/​nr set-context global config '{"key": "value"}'

Docker Operations

# Restart Node-RED
cd deployments/​node-red && docker compose restart

# View logs
docker logs mema-node-red --tail 100

# Follow logs
docker logs -f mema-node-red

Environment Variables

  • NODE_RED_URL: Node-RED API endpoint (default: http://localhost:1880)
  • NODE_RED_USERNAME: Admin username
  • NODE_RED_PASSWORD: Admin password

Legacy variable names (NR_URL, NR_USER, NR_PASS) are supported for backward compatibility.

API Reference

See references/​admin-api.md for complete Admin API endpoint documentation.