Enabling the Project Feature in setting.js - Crashes Node red

Hey ,

When I enable the Projects feature in Node Red , It crashes and freezing in the initial loading screen.

But when i disable back that option it starts working fine.

Checked the Other Closed Topics too but no help

Welcome to the forum!

Have you installed Git?

I don't have an answer, but maybe others can help if you provide more information. Just enabling Projects doesn't crash Node-RED, there must be some combination of things going on.

So it will be helpful if you list things like Node-RED version, NodeJS version, operating system, any other non-default settings and nodes you use etc. Your screenshot cuts of the top part where some of these things are shown.

  • Yes I already have git installed inside the image. also using the official Docker Image by node red using NODE RED v 4.0.2

  • Just moved my resources and settings.js file to the /data/ folder

Also regarding my setting.js file i have attached it below

/**
 * This is the default settings file provided by Node-RED.
 *
 * It can contain any valid JavaScript code that will get run when Node-RED
 * is started.
 *
 * Lines that start with // are commented out.
 * Each entry should be separated from the entries above and below by a comma ','
 *
 * For more information about individual settings, refer to the documentation:
 *    https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/configuration
 *
 * The settings are split into the following sections:
 *  - Flow File and User Directory Settings
 *  - Security
 *  - Server Settings
 *  - Runtime Settings
 *  - Editor Settings
 *  - Node Settings
 *
 **/

const logDirectory = process.env.LOG_DIRECTORY || "log";
const resourcesDirectory = process.env.RESOURCES_DIRECTORY || "resources";

module.exports = {

    /*******************************************************************************
     * Flow File and User Directory Settings
     *  - flowFile
     *  - credentialSecret
     *  - flowFilePretty
     *  - userDir
     *  - nodesDir
     ******************************************************************************/

    /** The file containing the flows. If not set, defaults to flows_<hostname>.json **/
    flowFile: 'flows.json',

    /** By default, credentials are encrypted in storage using a generated key. To
     * specify your own secret, set the following property.
     * If you want to disable encryption of credentials, set this property to false.
     * Note: once you set this property, do not change it - doing so will prevent
     * node-red from being able to decrypt your existing credentials and they will be
     * lost.
     */
    credentialSecret: "ussd-flow-builder",

    /** By default, the flow JSON will be formatted over multiple lines making
     * it easier to compare changes when using version control.
     * To disable pretty-printing of the JSON set the following property to false.
     */
    flowFilePretty: true,

    /** By default, all user data is stored in a directory called `.node-red` under
     * the user's home directory. To use a different location, the following
     * property can be used
     */
    //userDir: '/home/nol/.node-red/',

    /** Node-RED scans the `nodes` directory in the userDir to find local node files.
     * The following property can be used to specify an additional directory to scan.
     */
    //nodesDir: '/home/nol/.node-red/nodes',

    /*******************************************************************************
     * Security
     *  - adminAuth
     *  - https
     *  - httpsRefreshInterval
     *  - requireHttps
     *  - httpNodeAuth
     *  - httpStaticAuth
     ******************************************************************************/

    /** To password protect the Node-RED editor and admin API, the following
     * property can be used. See https://nodered.org/docs/security.html for details.
     */
    adminAuth: {
        type: "credentials",
        users: [{
            username: "admin",
            password: "$2a$08$8OjWc7El3MhEfFKUa.Lnl.n5J8qkT11pNIQng/c5ftzlyg6hY6ahu",
            permissions: "*",

            username: "bereket.zelalem",
            password: "$2a$08$8OjWc7El3MhEfFKUa.Lnl.n5J8qkT11pNIQng/c5ftzlyg6hY6ahu",
            permissions: "*"

        }]
    },

    /** The following property can be used to enable HTTPS
     * This property can be either an object, containing both a (private) key
     * and a (public) certificate, or a function that returns such an object.
     * See http://nodejs.org/api/https.html#https_https_createserver_options_requestlistener
     * for details of its contents.
     */

    /** Option 1: static object */
    //https: {
    //  key: require("fs").readFileSync('privkey.pem'),
    //  cert: require("fs").readFileSync('cert.pem')
    //},

    /** Option 2: function that returns the HTTP configuration object */
    // https: function() {
    //     // This function should return the options object, or a Promise
    //     // that resolves to the options object
    //     return {
    //         key: require("fs").readFileSync('privkey.pem'),
    //         cert: require("fs").readFileSync('cert.pem')
    //     }
    // },

    /** If the `https` setting is a function, the following setting can be used
     * to set how often, in hours, the function will be called. That can be used
     * to refresh any certificates.
     */
    //httpsRefreshInterval : 12,

    /** The following property can be used to cause insecure HTTP connections to
     * be redirected to HTTPS.
     */
    //requireHttps: true,

    /** To password protect the node-defined HTTP endpoints (httpNodeRoot),
     * including node-red-dashboard, or the static content (httpStatic), the
     * following properties can be used.
     * The `pass` field is a bcrypt hash of the password.
     * See https://nodered.org/docs/security.html#generating-the-password-hash
     */
    //httpNodeAuth: {user:"user",pass:"$2a$08$zZWtXTja0fB1pzD4sHCMyOCMYz2Z6dNbM6tl8sJogENOMcxWV9DN."},
    //httpStaticAuth: {user:"user",pass:"$2a$08$zZWtXTja0fB1pzD4sHCMyOCMYz2Z6dNbM6tl8sJogENOMcxWV9DN."},

    /*******************************************************************************
     * Server Settings
     *  - uiPort
     *  - uiHost
     *  - apiMaxLength
     *  - httpServerOptions
     *  - httpAdminRoot
     *  - httpAdminMiddleware
     *  - httpAdminCookieOptions
     *  - httpNodeRoot
     *  - httpNodeCors
     *  - httpNodeMiddleware
     *  - httpStatic
     *  - httpStaticRoot
     *  - httpStaticCors
     ******************************************************************************/

    storageModule: require('node-red-contrib-storage-mongodb'),
    mongodbSettings: {
        mongoURI: process.env["MONGO_URL"] || "mongodb://mongoadmin:mongoadmin@mongodb:27017/sampleUSSD?authSource=admin",
        appname: process.env["APP_NAME"] || "sampleUSSD"
    },








    /** the tcp port that the Node-RED web server is listening on */
    uiPort: process.env.PORT || 1880,

    /** By default, the Node-RED UI accepts connections on all IPv4 interfaces.
     * To listen on all IPv6 addresses, set uiHost to "::",
     * The following property can be used to listen on a specific interface. For
     * example, the following would only allow connections from the local machine.
     */
    //uiHost: "127.0.0.1",

    /** The maximum size of HTTP request that will be accepted by the runtime api.
     * Default: 5mb
     */
    //apiMaxLength: '5mb',

    /** The following property can be used to pass custom options to the Express.js
     * server used by Node-RED. For a full list of available options, refer
     * to http://expressjs.com/en/api.html#app.settings.table
     */
    //httpServerOptions: { },

    /** By default, the Node-RED UI is available at http://localhost:1880/
     * The following property can be used to specify a different root path.
     * If set to false, this is disabled.
     */
    //httpAdminRoot: '/admin',

    /** The following property can be used to add a custom middleware function
     * in front of all admin http routes. For example, to set custom http
     * headers. It can be a single function or an array of middleware functions.
     */
    // httpAdminMiddleware: function(req,res,next) {
    //    // Set the X-Frame-Options header to limit where the editor
    //    // can be embedded
    //    //res.set('X-Frame-Options', 'sameorigin');
    //    next();
    // },

    /** The following property can be used to set addition options on the session
     * cookie used as part of adminAuth authentication system
     * Available options are documented here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#cookie
     */
    // httpAdminCookieOptions: { },

    /** Some nodes, such as HTTP In, can be used to listen for incoming http requests.
     * By default, these are served relative to '/'. The following property
     * can be used to specify a different root path. If set to false, this is
     * disabled.
     */
    //httpNodeRoot: '/red-nodes',

    /** The following property can be used to configure cross-origin resource sharing
     * in the HTTP nodes.
     * See https://github.com/troygoode/node-cors#configuration-options for
     * details on its contents. The following is a basic permissive set of options:
     */
    //httpNodeCors: {
    //    origin: "*",
    //    methods: "GET,PUT,POST,DELETE"
    //},

    /** If you need to set an http proxy please set an environment variable
     * called http_proxy (or HTTP_PROXY) outside of Node-RED in the operating system.
     * For example - http_proxy=http://myproxy.com:8080
     * (Setting it here will have no effect)
     * You may also specify no_proxy (or NO_PROXY) to supply a comma separated
     * list of domains to not proxy, eg - no_proxy=.acme.co,.acme.co.uk
     */

    /** The following property can be used to add a custom middleware function
     * in front of all http in nodes. This allows custom authentication to be
     * applied to all http in nodes, or any other sort of common request processing.
     * It can be a single function or an array of middleware functions.
     */
    //httpNodeMiddleware: function(req,res,next) {
    //    // Handle/reject the request, or pass it on to the http in node by calling next();
    //    // Optionally skip our rawBodyParser by setting this to true;
    //    //req.skipRawBodyParser = true;
    //    next();
    //},

    /** When httpAdminRoot is used to move the UI to a different root path, the
     * following property can be used to identify a directory of static content
     * that should be served at http://localhost:1880/.
     * When httpStaticRoot is set differently to httpAdminRoot, there is no need
     * to move httpAdminRoot
     */
    //httpStatic: '/home/nol/node-red-static/', //single static source
    /**
     *  OR multiple static sources can be created using an array of objects...
     *  Each object can also contain an options object for further configuration.
     *  See https://expressjs.com/en/api.html#express.static for available options.
     *  They can also contain an option `cors` object to set specific Cross-Origin
     *  Resource Sharing rules for the source. `httpStaticCors` can be used to
     *  set a default cors policy across all static routes.
     */
    //httpStatic: [
    //    {path: '/home/nol/pics/',    root: "/img/"},
    //    {path: '/home/nol/reports/', root: "/doc/"},
    //    {path: '/home/nol/videos/',  root: "/vid/", options: {maxAge: '1d'}}
    //],

    /**
     * All static routes will be appended to httpStaticRoot
     * e.g. if httpStatic = "/home/nol/docs" and  httpStaticRoot = "/static/"
     *      then "/home/nol/docs" will be served at "/static/"
     * e.g. if httpStatic = [{path: '/home/nol/pics/', root: "/img/"}]
     *      and httpStaticRoot = "/static/"
     *      then "/home/nol/pics/" will be served at "/static/img/"
     */
    //httpStaticRoot: '/static/',

    /** The following property can be used to configure cross-origin resource sharing
     * in the http static routes.
     * See https://github.com/troygoode/node-cors#configuration-options for
     * details on its contents. The following is a basic permissive set of options:
     */
    //httpStaticCors: {
    //    origin: "*",
    //    methods: "GET,PUT,POST,DELETE"
    //},

    /** The following property can be used to modify proxy options */
    // proxyOptions: {
    //     mode: "legacy", // legacy mode is for non-strict previous proxy determination logic (node-red < v4 compatible)
    // },

    /*******************************************************************************
     * Runtime Settings
     *  - lang
     *  - runtimeState
     *  - diagnostics
     *  - logging
     *  - contextStorage
     *  - exportGlobalContextKeys
     *  - externalModules
     ******************************************************************************/

    /** Uncomment the following to run node-red in your preferred language.
     * Available languages include: en-US (default), ja, de, zh-CN, zh-TW, ru, ko
     * Some languages are more complete than others.
     */
    // lang: "de",

    /** Configure diagnostics options
     * - enabled:  When `enabled` is `true` (or unset), diagnostics data will
     *   be available at http://localhost:1880/diagnostics
     * - ui: When `ui` is `true` (or unset), the action `show-system-info` will
     *   be available to logged in users of node-red editor
    */
    diagnostics: {
        /** enable or disable diagnostics endpoint. Must be set to `false` to disable */
        enabled: true,
        /** enable or disable diagnostics display in the node-red editor. Must be set to `false` to disable */
        ui: true,
    },
    /** Configure runtimeState options
     * - enabled:  When `enabled` is `true` flows runtime can be Started/Stopped
     *   by POSTing to available at http://localhost:1880/flows/state
     * - ui: When `ui` is `true`, the action `core:start-flows` and
     *   `core:stop-flows` will be available to logged in users of node-red editor
     *   Also, the deploy menu (when set to default) will show a stop or start button
     */
    runtimeState: {
        /** enable or disable flows/state endpoint. Must be set to `false` to disable */
        enabled: false,
        /** show or hide runtime stop/start options in the node-red editor. Must be set to `false` to hide */
        ui: false,
    },
    /** Configure the logging output */
    logging: {
        console: {
            /** Level of logging to be recorded. Options are:
             * fatal - only those errors which make the application unusable should be recorded
             * error - record errors which are deemed fatal for a particular request + fatal errors
             * warn - record problems which are non fatal + errors + fatal errors
             * info - record information about the general running of the application + warn + error + fatal errors
             * debug - record information which is more verbose than info + info + warn + error + fatal errors
             * trace - record very detailed logging + debug + info + warn + error + fatal errors
             * off - turn off all logging (doesn't affect metrics or audit)
             */
            level: "debug",
            /** Whether or not to include metric events in the log output */
            metrics: false,
            /** Whether or not to include audit events in the log output */
            audit: true,
        },
        myCustomLogger: {
            level: "debug",
            metrics: false,
            audit: true,
            handler: function (settings) {
                // Called when the logger is initialised
                const log4js = require("log4js");

                log4js.configure({
                    appenders: {
                        "Node-Red": {
                            type: "dateFile",
                            filename: logDirectory + "/node-red.log",
                            numBackups: 30,
                            keepFileExt: true,
                            compress: true,
                        },
                    },
                    categories: {
                        default: { appenders: ["Node-Red"], level: this.level },
                    },
                });

                const logger = log4js.getLogger("Node-Red");

                // Return the logging function
                return function (msg) {
                    const levelNames = {
                        10: "fatal",
                        20: "error",
                        30: "warn",
                        40: "info",
                        50: "debug",
                        60: "trace",
                        98: "audit",
                        99: "metric",
                    };

                    const log = {
                        FATAL: 10,
                        ERROR: 20,
                        WARN: 30,
                        INFO: 40,
                        DEBUG: 50,
                        TRACE: 60,
                        AUDIT: 98,
                        METRIC: 99,
                    };

                    if (msg.level === log.METRIC || msg.level === log.AUDIT) {
                        logger.info(JSON.stringify(msg));
                    } else {
                        if (msg.msg && msg.msg.stack) {
                            logger[levelNames[msg.level]](
                                (msg.type
                                    ? "[" + msg.type + ":" + (msg.name || msg.id) + "] "
                                    : "") + msg.msg.stack
                            );
                        } else {
                            let message = msg.msg;
                            if (
                                typeof message === "object" &&
                                message !== null &&
                                message.toString() === "[object Object]" &&
                                message.message
                            ) {
                                message = message.message;
                            }
                            logger[levelNames[msg.level]](
                                (msg.type
                                    ? "[" + msg.type + ":" + (msg.name || msg.id) + "] "
                                    : "") + message
                            );
                        }
                    }
                };
            },
        },
    },

    /** Context Storage
     * The following property can be used to enable context storage. The configuration
     * provided here will enable file-based context that flushes to disk every 30 seconds.
     * Refer to the documentation for further options: https://nodered.org/docs/api/context/
     */
   // contextStorage: {
     //   default: {
       //     module: "localfilesystem"
        //},
    //},

    /** `global.keys()` returns a list of all properties set in global context.
     * This allows them to be displayed in the Context Sidebar within the editor.
     * In some circumstances it is not desirable to expose them to the editor. The
     * following property can be used to hide any property set in `functionGlobalContext`
     * from being list by `global.keys()`.
     * By default, the property is set to false to avoid accidental exposure of
     * their values. Setting this to true will cause the keys to be listed.
     */
    exportGlobalContextKeys: false,

    /** Configure how the runtime will handle external npm modules.
     * This covers:
     *  - whether the editor will allow new node modules to be installed
     *  - whether nodes, such as the Function node are allowed to have their
     * own dynamically configured dependencies.
     * The allow/denyList options can be used to limit what modules the runtime
     * will install/load. It can use '*' as a wildcard that matches anything.
     */
    externalModules: {
        autoInstall: false,   /** Whether the runtime will attempt to automatically install missing modules */
        autoInstallRetry: 30, /** Interval, in seconds, between reinstall attempts */
        palette: {              /** Configuration for the Palette Manager */
            allowInstall: true, /** Enable the Palette Manager in the editor */
            allowUpdate: true,  /** Allow modules to be updated in the Palette Manager */
            allowUpload: true,  /** Allow module tgz files to be uploaded and installed */
            allowList: ['*'],
            denyList: [],
            allowUpdateList: ['*'],
            denyUpdateList: []
        },
        modules: {              /** Configuration for node-specified modules */
            allowInstall: true,
            allowList: [],
            denyList: []
        }
    },


    /*******************************************************************************
     * Editor Settings
     *  - disableEditor
     *  - editorTheme
     ******************************************************************************/

    /** The following property can be used to disable the editor. The admin API
     * is not affected by this option. To disable both the editor and the admin
     * API, use either the httpRoot or httpAdminRoot properties
     */
    //disableEditor: false,

    /** Customising the editor
     * See https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/configuration#editor-themes
     * for all available options.
     */
    editorTheme: {
        /** The following property can be used to set a custom theme for the editor.
         * See https://github.com/node-red-contrib-themes/theme-collection for
         * a collection of themes to chose from.
         */
        theme: "solarized-dark",

        /** To disable the 'Welcome to Node-RED' tour that is displayed the first
         * time you access the editor for each release of Node-RED, set this to false
         */
        //tours: false,

        palette: {
            /** The following property can be used to order the categories in the editor
             * palette. If a node's category is not in the list, the category will get
             * added to the end of the palette.
             * If not set, the following default order is used:
             */
            categories: ["USSD Nodes", 'subflows', 'common', 'function', 'network', 'sequence', 'parser', 'storage'],
        },

        page: {
            title: "FLOWBUILDER -  DEV",
            favicon: "/data/resources/favicon.ico",
            css: "/data/resources/style.css",
        },
        header: {
            title: "Flow Builder - INTERNAL DEV",
            image: "/data/resources/logo.png", // or null to remove image
            //url: "" // optional url to make the header text/image a link to this url
        },

        projects: {
            /** To enable the Projects feature, set this value to true */
            enabled: true,
            workflow: {
                /** Set the default projects workflow mode.
                 *  - manual - you must manually commit changes
                 *  - auto - changes are automatically committed
                 * This can be overridden per-user from the 'Git config'
                 * section of 'User Settings' within the editor
                 */
                mode: "auto"
            }
        },

        codeEditor: {
            /** Select the text editor component used by the editor.
             * As of Node-RED V3, this defaults to "monaco", but can be set to "ace" if desired
             */
            lib: "monaco",
            options: {
                /** The follow options only apply if the editor is set to "monaco"
                 *
                 * theme - must match the file name of a theme in
                 * packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/vendor/monaco/dist/theme
                 * e.g. "tomorrow-night", "upstream-sunburst", "github", "my-theme"
                 */
                // theme: "vs",
                /** other overrides can be set e.g. fontSize, fontFamily, fontLigatures etc.
                 * for the full list, see https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/docs.html#interfaces/editor.IStandaloneEditorConstructionOptions.html
                 */
                //fontSize: 14,
                //fontFamily: "Cascadia Code, Fira Code, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
                //fontLigatures: true,
            }
        },

        markdownEditor: {
            mermaid: {
                /** enable or disable mermaid diagram in markdown document
                 */
                enabled: true
            }
        },

        login: {
            image: "/data/resources/mpesalogo.png", // a 256x256 image
        },

        multiplayer: {
            /** To enable the Multiplayer feature, set this value to true */
            enabled: true
        },
    },

    /*******************************************************************************
     * Node Settings
     *  - fileWorkingDirectory
     *  - functionGlobalContext
     *  - functionExternalModules
     *  - functionTimeout
     *  - nodeMessageBufferMaxLength
     *  - ui (for use with Node-RED Dashboard)
     *  - debugUseColors
     *  - debugMaxLength
     *  - debugStatusLength
     *  - execMaxBufferSize
     *  - httpRequestTimeout
     *  - mqttReconnectTime
     *  - serialReconnectTime
     *  - socketReconnectTime
     *  - socketTimeout
     *  - tcpMsgQueueSize
     *  - inboundWebSocketTimeout
     *  - tlsConfigDisableLocalFiles
     *  - webSocketNodeVerifyClient
     ******************************************************************************/

    /** The working directory to handle relative file paths from within the File nodes
     * defaults to the working directory of the Node-RED process.
     */
    //fileWorkingDirectory: "",

    /** Allow the Function node to load additional npm modules directly */
    functionExternalModules: true,

    /** Default timeout, in seconds, for the Function node. 0 means no timeout is applied */
    functionTimeout: 0,

    /** The following property can be used to set predefined values in Global Context.
     * This allows extra node modules to be made available with in Function node.
     * For example, the following:
     *    functionGlobalContext: { os:require('os') }
     * will allow the `os` module to be accessed in a Function node using:
     *    global.get("os")
     */
    functionGlobalContext: {
        // os:require('os'),
    },

    /** The maximum number of messages nodes will buffer internally as part of their
     * operation. This applies across a range of nodes that operate on message sequences.
     * defaults to no limit. A value of 0 also means no limit is applied.
     */
    //nodeMessageBufferMaxLength: 0,

    /** If you installed the optional node-red-dashboard you can set it's path
     * relative to httpNodeRoot
     * Other optional properties include
     *  readOnly:{boolean},
     *  middleware:{function or array}, (req,res,next) - http middleware
     *  ioMiddleware:{function or array}, (socket,next) - socket.io middleware
     */
    //ui: { path: "ui" },

    /** Colourise the console output of the debug node */
    debugUseColors: true,

    /** The maximum length, in characters, of any message sent to the debug sidebar tab */
    debugMaxLength: 1000,

    /** The maximum length, in characters, of status messages under the debug node */
    //debugStatusLength: 32,

    /** Maximum buffer size for the exec node. Defaults to 10Mb */
    //execMaxBufferSize: 10000000,

    /** Timeout in milliseconds for HTTP request connections. Defaults to 120s */
    //httpRequestTimeout: 120000,

    /** Retry time in milliseconds for MQTT connections */
    mqttReconnectTime: 15000,

    /** Retry time in milliseconds for Serial port connections */
    serialReconnectTime: 15000,

    /** Retry time in milliseconds for TCP socket connections */
    //socketReconnectTime: 10000,

    /** Timeout in milliseconds for TCP server socket connections. Defaults to no timeout */
    //socketTimeout: 120000,

    /** Maximum number of messages to wait in queue while attempting to connect to TCP socket
     * defaults to 1000
     */
    //tcpMsgQueueSize: 2000,

    /** Timeout in milliseconds for inbound WebSocket connections that do not
     * match any configured node. Defaults to 5000
     */
    //inboundWebSocketTimeout: 5000,

    /** To disable the option for using local files for storing keys and
     * certificates in the TLS configuration node, set this to true.
     */
    //tlsConfigDisableLocalFiles: true,

    /** The following property can be used to verify WebSocket connection attempts.
     * This allows, for example, the HTTP request headers to be checked to ensure
     * they include valid authentication information.
     */
    //webSocketNodeVerifyClient: function(info) {
    //    /** 'info' has three properties:
    //    *   - origin : the value in the Origin header
    //    *   - req : the HTTP request
    //    *   - secure : true if req.connection.authorized or req.connection.encrypted is set
    //    *
    //    * The function should return true if the connection should be accepted, false otherwise.
    //    *
    //    * Alternatively, if this function is defined to accept a second argument, callback,
    //    * it can be used to verify the client asynchronously.
    //    * The callback takes three arguments:
    //    *   - result : boolean, whether to accept the connection or not
    //    *   - code : if result is false, the HTTP error status to return
    //    *   - reason: if result is false, the HTTP reason string to return
    //    */
    //},
}