# Configuring the setting.js file

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**Created:** [15 January 2024 14:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configuring-the-setting-js-file/84563 "2024-01-15T14:48:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [15 January 2024 14:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configuring-the-setting-js-file/84563/1 "2024-01-15T14:48:57Z")

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Hello. How can I configure /.node-red/settings.js from the node-red interface? Is there such a node or flow?

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [15 January 2024 14:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configuring-the-setting-js-file/84563/2 "2024-01-15T14:59:35Z")

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Hi,  
With `RED.settings.set(key, value)`

I don't know if there is any documentation on this.

But, if you use it you have to expose it  
[https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/node-js#exposing-settings-to-the-editor](https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/node-js#exposing-settings-to-the-editor)

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**Post date:** [15 January 2024 15:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configuring-the-setting-js-file/84563/3 "2024-01-15T15:03:04Z")

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To be clear, the `RED.settings.set()` api only allows you to modified node-specific settings that have been properly exposed.

It is _not_ a general mechanism for editing the settings file. Most runtime settings (such as adminAuth, context store settings, logging etc) can _not_ be modified whilst Node-RED is running.

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**Post date:** [15 January 2024 20:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configuring-the-setting-js-file/84563/4 "2024-01-15T20:19:53Z")

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> [@sercancetin](#):
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> Hello. How can I configure /.node-red/settings.js from the node-red interface? Is there such a node or flow?

In general, this would be quite a serious security problem if there were I'm afraid. And, in any case, the file is only read when Node-RED starts so you would have to restart Node-RED anyway.

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**Post date:** [15 March 2024 20:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configuring-the-setting-js-file/84563/5 "2024-03-15T20:20:36Z")

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