Hello i read something in the past that if i need to export flows from one device, and insert them in an other device, the credentials, passwords, etc... are lost. But i think there is a way to make nodeRed work in the same way about the security/credentials on several machines, so that a flow cre…

[image] Export functionality clears node properties General If you have full access to the server file system then of course you can copy anything. The flows_{name}_cred.json file contains the encrypted credentials for the flows_{name}.json flow file.

Or use projects and transfer via GitHub. If you have done the setup once it is a very convenient way including version control. I use it for transfers between my develomnent laptop and my server. And if anybody lives under as stone :wink: you don’t have to share your project with the rest of the w…

hello and where is this file, From: "Andrei Ochmat via Node-RED Forum" nodered@discoursemail.com To: mschneider@phoenixcontact.fr , Date: 19/02/2020 12:31 Subject: [Node-RED Forum] [General] Export flows form one device to an other one

[image] mike67: and where is this file, In Node-RED (hidden) home directory: ~/.node-red/flows_{computer_name}_cred.json

To be more precise, Node-RED logs the full name of the file it is using when it starts. And when you come to copy it, you must also copy the matching _creds file - as that is what holds the credentials that the editor cannot export.

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Export flows form one device to an other one

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