# Accessing CerboGX

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-cerbogx/87217>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 April 2024 13:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-cerbogx/87217 "2024-04-13T13:54:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![rfg9585](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@rfg9585](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rfg9585)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2024 13:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-cerbogx/87217/1 "2024-04-13T13:54:20Z")

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I posted on Victron site but no luck with answer. Anyone here have the detail steps to remedy this situation?

I ran a flow accessing NR via vrm on my window11 box connected to my cerbogx. How can I from my w11 laptop correct this message? Thx!!

1. Your flow credentials file is encrypted using a system-generated key.

- If the system-generated key is lost for any reason, your credentials

1. file will not be recoverable, you will have to delete it and re-enter
2. your credentials.

- You should set your own key using the 'credentialSecret' option in

1. your settings file. Node-RED will then re-encrypt your credentials
2. file using your chosen key the next time you deploy a change.

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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2024 14:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-cerbogx/87217/2 "2024-04-13T14:06:07Z")

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If you have encrypted node credentials in the file and are worried about possibly losing them, the message tells you what to do about it - edit settings.js.

Do you have access via ssh to edit this file on the CerboGX device?

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**Author:** ![rfg9585](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@rfg9585](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rfg9585)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2024 18:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-cerbogx/87217/3 "2024-04-13T18:02:21Z")

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That's the $64k ?. I don't understand how or if I shouldn't be accessing the cerbo. Should I continue down this path and figure out how to change this file or is there a diff direction I should take?

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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2024 19:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-cerbogx/87217/4 "2024-04-13T19:49:28Z")

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The relevant section of settings.js says this

```auto

    /** By default, credentials are encrypted in storage using a generated key. To
     * specify your own secret, set the following property.
     * If you want to disable encryption of credentials, set this property to false.
     * Note: once you set this property, do not change it - doing so will prevent
     * node-red from being able to decrypt your existing credentials and they will be
     * lost.
     */
    //credentialSecret: "a-secret-key",

```

I never bother to change it, I just ignore the message on Node-red startup. After all it's not an error.

But I presume that if you simply uncommented the credentialSecret line it would somehow use "a-secret-key" and the credentials file would become magically obscure.

Note that if you just ignore it, and your flows\_cred.json file _is_ encrypted and stops working somehow, the worst that can happen is that you are forced to delete it and re-enter all the credentials. I am sure you have them all noted down somewhere.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [12 July 2024 19:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-cerbogx/87217/5 "2024-07-12T19:50:18Z")

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