Setting up Multiple Node-Red instances on a college Network

[j6bay]

I want to teach my 6th formers how to use Node-Red as part of their course.
I cannot find an easy way to set up Node_Red on a sever so that multiple students can log in and write some IOT controlling code.
Yes I have seen the article on multiple instances using different ports, however I can' even get to that point yet as I can't load even on instance onto the server.
On standalone Windows PC or Pi's it's a doddle, but on a college network I am stuck.
Anybody got any ideas?
Somebody must have done it over the years.

Thank you in anticipation John. Cornwall UK

[JayDickson]

There's a lot of missing detail here. What OS is your server running? What have you tried to do so far?

[Steve-Mcl]

Also, is the college using a proxy / does the server have internet access / do you have to enter a username/password to access the internet from that server?

Do you have node-red installed?
are you having trouble starting node-red? If so, what does the console show you?

Or are you having trouble accessing the http editor of node-red?

NOTE: running multiple instances is a breeze once you have one running ...

Node red multiple instances

assuming windows (you didnt specify)... Create 4 folders... c:\node-red-1880 c:\node-red-1881 c:\node-red-1882 c:\node-red-1883 open 4 cmd windows Start >> Run >> cmd >> {enter} Start >> Run >> cmd >> {enter} Start >> Run >> cmd >> {enter} Start >> Run >> cmd >> {enter} In cmd1... node-red -p 1880 -u c:/node-red-1880 In cmd2... node-red -p 1881 -u c:/node-red-1881 In cmd3... node-red -p 1882 -u c:/node-red-1882 In cmd4... node-red -p 1884 -u c:/node-red-1884 The 4 folders wi…

[j6bay]

Hi there,

It took me a few days to be in college again.

Its all windows server based,

WPA2 enterprise, PEAP, Chapv2 authentication for the wireless

Wireless is aruba.

No proxy

All client machines are windows 10 builds but obviously locked down with group policies so the students can't fiddle.

My plan was to have Node-Red loaded on each windows client machine, then students could have their own version of Node-Red to work on. Live data being provided by various WiFi sensors, temp Humidity etc.... We will eventually have external sensor outside powered / connected to a LoRa Hub which we have just had installed.

I don't mind how we get multiple builds of Node_red onto the system but at present I can get NODE.JS loaded on each client machine but I it gets stuck at loading Node-Red via NPM from the CMD line.

John

[Steve-Mcl]

@j6bay

No proxy

Are you certain? What do you get if you run netsh winhttp show proxy in a cmd line terminal?

@j6bay

No proxy

Can you reach the internet from a command line? What heppens if you ping google.com from a cmd terminal? the reason I ask is npm is a command line tool that downloads packages from the internet.

@j6bay

but I it gets stuck at loading Node-Red via NPM from the CMD line.

You will have to be more specific

What command are you running? what reply do you get?

please copy and paste terminal text as code
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Other thoughts...

• Nodejs (by default) sets up the NPM Global directory per user. Are you expecting the users to perform the node-red install? On our servers, we tend to set npm global and cache to c:\ProgramData\npm-global and c:\ProgramData\npm-cache (search internet for how to do this)

• Why did you switch from setting up multiple instances on a server to setting up per client machine?

[j6bay]

First input I get: Direct access (no proxy Server).

Pinging Google.com I get 4 responses average 14 ms

npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.6: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.0: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.8: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node-red-pi -> C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\bin\node-red-pi
C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node-red -> C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\red.js

> bcrypt@3.0.6 install C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/releases/download/v3.0.6/bcrypt_lib-v3.0.6-node-v83-win32-x64-unknown.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for bcrypt@3.0.6 and node@14.15.0 (node-v83 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - found in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0"
gyp ERR! find VS - could not find MSBuild in registry for this version
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:351:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:384:20
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16                                                                                                  gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:315:5)                             gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)                                          gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)                                gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363                                                               gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\bcrypt\\lib\\binding\\bcrypt_lib.node" "--module_name=bcrypt_lib" "--module_path=C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\bcrypt\\lib\\binding" "--napi_version=7" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v83"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt
gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding\bcrypt_lib.node --module_name=bcrypt_lib --module_path=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.12.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding\bcrypt_lib.node --module_name=bcrypt_lib --module_path=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)

> bcrypt@3.0.8 install C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/releases/download/v3.0.8/bcrypt_lib-v3.0.8-node-v83-win32-x64-unknown.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for bcrypt@3.0.8 and node@14.15.0 (node-v83 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - found in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0"
gyp ERR! find VS - could not find MSBuild in registry for this version
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:351:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:384:20
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:315:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\node-red-admin\\node_modules\\bcrypt\\lib\\binding\\bcrypt_lib.node" "--module_name=bcrypt_lib" "--module_path=C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\node-red-admin\\node_modules\\bcrypt\\lib\\binding" "--napi_version=7" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v83"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt
gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding\bcrypt_lib.node --module_name=bcrypt_lib --module_path=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\node-red-admin\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.14.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding\bcrypt_lib.node --module_name=bcrypt_lib --module_path=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bcrypt@3.0.6 (node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bcrypt@3.0.6 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bcrypt@3.0.8 (node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bcrypt@3.0.8 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

+ node-red@1.2.6
updated 14 packages in 35.016s  ```

N:\>

[j6bay]

Sorry Missed of the first section.

npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.6: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.0: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.8: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node-red-pi -> C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\bin\node-red-pi
C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node-red -> C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\red.js

> bcrypt@3.0.6 install C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/releases/download/v3.0.6/bcrypt_lib-v3.0.6-node-v83-win32-x64-unknown.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for bcrypt@3.0.6 and node@14.15.0 (node-v83 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - found in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0"
gyp ERR! find VS - could not find MSBuild in registry for this version
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:351:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:384:20
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16                                                                                                  gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:315:5)                             gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)                                          gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)                                gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363                                                               gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\bcrypt\\lib\\binding\\bcrypt_lib.node" "--module_name=bcrypt_lib" "--module_path=C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\bcrypt\\lib\\binding" "--napi_version=7" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v83"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt
gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding\bcrypt_lib.node --module_name=bcrypt_lib --module_path=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.12.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding\bcrypt_lib.node --module_name=bcrypt_lib --module_path=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)

> bcrypt@3.0.8 install C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/releases/download/v3.0.8/bcrypt_lib-v3.0.8-node-v83-win32-x64-unknown.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for bcrypt@3.0.8 and node@14.15.0 (node-v83 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - found in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0"
gyp ERR! find VS - could not find MSBuild in registry for this version
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:351:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:384:20
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:315:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\node-red-admin\\node_modules\\bcrypt\\lib\\binding\\bcrypt_lib.node" "--module_name=bcrypt_lib" "--module_path=C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\node-red-admin\\node_modules\\bcrypt\\lib\\binding" "--napi_version=7" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v83"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt
gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding\bcrypt_lib.node --module_name=bcrypt_lib --module_path=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\johnbayfield\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-red\\node_modules\\node-red-admin\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.14.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding\bcrypt_lib.node --module_name=bcrypt_lib --module_path=C:\Users\johnbayfield\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt\lib\binding --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bcrypt@3.0.6 (node_modules\node-red\node_modules\bcrypt):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bcrypt@3.0.6 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bcrypt@3.0.8 (node_modules\node-red\node_modules\node-red-admin\node_modules\bcrypt):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bcrypt@3.0.8 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

+ node-red@1.2.6
updated 14 packages in 35.016s    ```



Other thoughts...

Nodejs (by default) sets up the NPM Global directory per user. Are you expecting the users to perform the node-red install? On our servers, we tend to set npm global and cache to c:\ProgramData\npm-global and c:\ProgramData\npm-cache (search internet for how to do this)

I do not have access to the servers directly.  They are heavily locked down. It was thought possibly mistakenly that it would be easier to load node-red on the client machines. My lack of knowledge I'm afraid

Why did you switch from setting up multiple instances on a server to setting up per client machine?

Would it be easier for me to set up a standalone micro server (for instance a Pi or laptop) and run multiple instances on that.   I will have an IOT server running on a Pi 4 using Docker containers.
But I could easily set up another.

Thank you for your help.

[Steve-Mcl]

OK, so by saying ...

@j6bay

but I it gets stuck at loading Node-Red via NPM from the CMD line.

... you mean you get errors when installing.


To get past that without error, you need windows build tools installed. You can do that from an elevated command prompt...

npm install --global --production --add-python-to-path windows-build-tools

HOWEVER* it is not absolutely necessary to fix this unless you are wanting to use serial ports or something that needs compilation because as you can see from this line...

@j6bay

+ node-red@1.2.6

... node-red was in fact installed!

Have you tried running node-red?

open a command line & enter node-red