Docker Node-Red in Azure

Dashboard
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Hi forum,
I'm Jochen from Germany and I'm new to node-red and have 2 questions for anybody who could help:
I installed the docker container of Node-Red to MS Azure. Works fine.

  1. I want to use node-red-contrib-ui-led but it doesn't show up. Had the same problem on my local installation but after a restart of node-red it worked. Did the same to node-red on Azure but LED is not showing up on dashboard. Any suggestion?

  2. Restart of docker-container results in a completely new Node-Red setup. Already installed packages like dashboard aren't present any more and have to be reinstalled. Even the flows are gone.
    How can I make this persistent so that a restart of the whole container will keep flows and installed packages?

thanks in advance,

Jochen

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Did you try the method in the docs?

https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/docker

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Hi,
problem starts where keyword "docker" is not accepted in console. any npm ... works as described in the doc but for example "docker stop mynodered" can't be executed: command not found

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So how did you install Node-RED / where did you get your docker image from?

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Hi,
sorry for my late answer.
to create the Azure docker container for node red I used the container from https://hub.docker.com/r/nodered/node-red-docker/
Image: nodered/node-red-docker
If I start the console in Azure via "Connect" I can select where to start: /bin/bash or /bin/sh or custom
In any case command "docker" is not accepted/not found

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Fixed my problem by setting up a vm in Azure as described in your tutorial.
Thanks for your help!