First issue that I ran into was that Node js has been deprecated on the ARM6 Pi-Zero architecture.
I found this post about installing the 'experimental' versions.
Now when I run the node-red installer it seems to run but I do not end up with a node-red or a node-red-pi executable in my /usr/bin directory.
ls /usr/bin/node*
/usr/bin/node /usr/bin/node-red-reload /usr/bin/node-red-start
/usr/bin/node-red-log /usr/bin/node-red-restart /usr/bin/node-red-stop
There were no ominous warnings in the log file and the only visual from the installer was the final two lines of output
Running Node-RED install for user me at /home/me on raspbian
This can take 20-30 minutes on the slower Pi versions - please wait.
Stop Node-RED ✔
Remove old version of Node-RED ✔
Node option not specified : --node18 or --node20
Leave existing Node.js : v20.11.1 Npm 10.2.4
Clean npm cache -
Install Node-RED core ✔ 4.0.2
Move global nodes to local -
Leave existing nodes -
Install extra Pi nodes ✔
Add shortcut commands ✔
Update systemd script ✔
Any errors will be logged to /var/log/nodered-install.log
All done.
You can now start Node-RED with the command node-red-start
or using the icon under Menu / Programming / Node-RED
Then point your browser to localhost:1880 or http://{your_pi_ip-address}:1880
Started : Mon 8 Jul 09:36:43 EDT 2024
Finished: Mon 8 Jul 09:48:40 EDT 2024
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### WARNING ###
DO NOT EXPOSE NODE-RED TO THE OPEN INTERNET WITHOUT SECURING IT FIRST
Even if your Node-RED doesn't have anything valuable, (automated) attacks will
happen and could provide a foothold in your local network
Follow the guide at https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/securing-node-red
to setup security.
### ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ###
- Remove the /etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd file to require entering your password
when performing any sudo/root commands:
sudo rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd
- You can customise the initial settings by running:
node-red admin init
- After running Node-RED for the first time, change the ownership of the settings
file to 'root' to prevent unauthorised changes:
sudo chown root:root ~/.node-red/settings.js
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sudo: /usr/bin/node-red: command not found
chown: cannot access '/home/me/.node-red/settings.js': No such file or directory
ls -la .node-red
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 3 me me 4096 Jul 8 09:43 .
drwx------ 6 me me 4096 Jul 8 09:42 ..
drwxr-xr-x 16 me me 4096 Jul 8 09:43 node_modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 me me 448 Jul 8 09:43 package.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 me me 13066 Jul 8 09:43 package-lock.json
