Hi. I'm brand new to node-red. I just installed node-red on my Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS server (node.js version 8.16.1, node-red version 0.20.8). Following https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/securing-node-red I edited /usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/settings.js with: adminAuth: { type: "cred…

[image] dj_segfault: Did I do something wrong? Possibility yes. The documentation on this site for installation has a script for installing and I'm pretty sure it specifically says to not install using sudo or root. I believe you will have issues going forwards too. Or maybe you are statin…

restart node-red (or check your pm2 logs) and check the settings.js file location that Node-RED is using (listed at startup) My guess is you've edited the master rather than the copy which is usually in your .node-red directory

Thanks. Yes, that seemed to do it. I guess /usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/settings.js is the master you referred to, and /root/.node-red/settings.js was the right file. As a long time Linux user, it certainly is confusing (bordering on worrying) to have files under /root configuring a service. O…

I followed https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/local which says to use sudo. It seems weird to use the script for RPi on Ubuntu, but there you go. Still uncomfortable with running services under user accounts, but that seems to be how this works Thanks

Raspbian is based on Debian as is Ubuntu so the script will run across all three. Yes you install it using sudo but run it as a user so it doesn’t have root privileges. You can set it up to run as a user that you don’t use for anything else to keep it cleanly separated.

I can't see anywhere on that page where it says to run (as opposed to install) using sudo. If you could point as to the part of that page where it says to do so we can make sure it is corrected.

Hi all, I have edited both files : the master and the copy and it still doesn't work. Anyone knows what might be the problem? I'm using node-red on a linux based PLC from Phoenix Contact : axc f 2152 starter kit. Any help would be greatlty appreciated. Thanks!

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ukmoose 12 September 2019 08:28 5

I'd start by checking the pm2 script you used.

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