# Azure node-red settings.js

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/azure-node-red-settings-js/16802>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [17 October 2019 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/azure-node-red-settings-js/16802 "2019-10-17T09:31:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jochen1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@Jochen1980](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jochen1980)\
**Post date:** [17 October 2019 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/azure-node-red-settings-js/16802/1 "2019-10-17T09:31:37Z")

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Hi guys,  
me again... I'm looking for the setting.js file in my azure installation of node-red.  
I feel like always locked in the startup directory of the console. cd~ command is not found. even node-red-stop doesn't work there.  
Can anybody please give me a hint?

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [17 October 2019 09:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/azure-node-red-settings-js/16802/2 "2019-10-17T09:51:12Z")

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Hi @Jochen1980

Node-RED logs the location of the settings file it uses when it starts - if you have access to that log output then that will point you in the right direction.

By default, it will be in the directory `~/.node-red` - where `~` is the home directory of whatever user is running Node-RED.

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**Author:** ![Jochen1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@Jochen1980](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jochen1980)\
**Post date:** [17 October 2019 10:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/azure-node-red-settings-js/16802/3 "2019-10-17T10:57:32Z")

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Thanks, found it!