# Does Node-RED support Federated Logic when it comes to multiple deployed node-RED instances?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-support-federated-logic-when-it-comes-to-multiple-deployed-node-red-instances/68221
**Category:** General
**Tags:** security
**Created:** [26 September 2022 07:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-support-federated-logic-when-it-comes-to-multiple-deployed-node-red-instances/68221 "2022-09-26T07:44:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Shan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Shan)
#### Post date: [26 September 2022 07:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-support-federated-logic-when-it-comes-to-multiple-deployed-node-red-instances/68221/1 "2022-09-26T07:44:55Z")
## Description
If one has more than 2 instances of node-RED deployed on distinct hardware and has authentication setup up, is there a feature where the end-user can generate a single Bearer Token which can be used to deploy dedicated flows on all the instances using the HTTP API?
### Potential Benefits
since node-RED does provide HTTP APIs to control / manage flows, nodes etc. it might be beneficial to have tools like Ansible configure these instances in a cluster to execute dedicated flows from a single control device.
However, assuming that each instance generates a different Bearer Token to interact with the APIs it might become tedious to manage multiple Bearer Tokens.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [26 September 2022 18:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-support-federated-logic-when-it-comes-to-multiple-deployed-node-red-instances/68221/2 "2022-09-26T18:56:58Z")
> [@Shan](#):
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> If one has more than 2 instances of node-RED deployed on distinct hardware and has authentication setup up, is there a feature where the end-user can generate a single Bearer Token which can be used to deploy dedicated flows on all the instances using the HTTP API?
Possibly, kind-of. By moving the authentication/authorisation to an external shared service such as a reverse proxy. That way you avoid the problem completely since both sets of admin endpoints will not be accessible without the same authentication. Much easier than messing with node-red's authentication.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 October 2022 18:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-support-federated-logic-when-it-comes-to-multiple-deployed-node-red-instances/68221/3 "2022-10-10T18:57:33Z")
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