# Extracting NodeRed flows out of broken Hassio

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extracting-nodered-flows-out-of-broken-hassio/27933>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [7 June 2020 09:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extracting-nodered-flows-out-of-broken-hassio/27933 "2020-06-07T09:13:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![santaklon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/santaklon/32/16737_2.png) [@santaklon](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/santaklon)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2020 09:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extracting-nodered-flows-out-of-broken-hassio/27933/1 "2020-06-07T09:13:35Z")

</div>

Hello all,

so I have been messing around with NodeRed within Hassio for about a year now. I had an insane amount of trouble with HA from the beginning on and it only got worse - NodeRed however was a delight and never gave me grief! Now my whole Hassio-install shot itself in the head while updating and has been rendered unresponsive. Instead of trying to reinstall this piece of crap i want to go the clean NR-route now and just have NR (and Deconz) running on Raspbian. Obviously i want to save all my flows that i spent hundreds of hours building, so:

Is there any way to extract the Node-Red flows from within the Hassio filesystem and "transplant" them into NR running on Raspbian?

Thank you all in advance!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2020 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extracting-nodered-flows-out-of-broken-hassio/27933/2 "2020-06-07T09:34:09Z")

</div>

Will need a Hassio user to step up here also as I don't know exactly where they save the Node-RED install - but there should be a directory called `.node-red` (with a dot) that then contains all your flows, config and any extra installed nodes. If you need a specific file to search for try `cd / && sudo find . -iname .config.json` (but make sure you backup all the others as well..

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [6 August 2020 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extracting-nodered-flows-out-of-broken-hassio/27933/3 "2020-08-06T09:34:11Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 60 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.