Hi, I use a different user folder than .node-red without problem. The only issue I'm not able to solve is the node_modules folder. Following other topics I created a simlink to the one inside the .node-red folder installation but it doesn't seem to work. For example: I copy all folders and files …

Do you mean you do not want node_modules to be the the folder where the flows and other files are? In settings.js you can use userDir to specify the user directory (that is the one that is normally $HOME/.node-red If you set that then it should expect node_modules to be in that folder too.

Hi Colin, I mean I would like to have just one folder where to have all the nodes installed. So even if I run more istances, installing a new node from them, it will be installed always in the same folder and I will have it available for all the instances (after restart them of course)

Regarding userDir, if I'm not wrong it is used as directory even for credentials, contexts and so on. If i modify it, calling node-red with the -u option do I still have all this staff dedicated in each "-u directory"? Summarizing I would like to have: a folder for each instance with its flows, c…

I think if you use userDir to specify the directory, then in that directory, make package.json, package-lock.json and node_modules be links to the master ones then you should get what you want. I haven't tried it though. If you add or remove nodes in one of your instances you will need to restart …

Having a single, central node_modules folder should work, you just use filing system links. However, you will then have to manually update the package.json file in each userDir. It is not recommended. What you could do instead would be to do a local install of Node-RED rather than a global install…

[image] TotallyInformation: Having a single, central node_modules folder should work, you just use filing system links. However, you will then have to manually update the package.json file in each userDir. It is not recommended. If package.json and package-lock.json are also links back to th…

Thanks a lot. For local installation I need to look at it when I have a bit of time to carefully try it. At the moment a quick solution could be link back package.json and package-lock.json. They are simlink, (Harfd link in windows), exactly? What do you mean i have to manually update them?

Windows (NTFS) supports hard and soft links as well as junctions. It is generally safer to use soft links as they are translated across filing system boundaries. [image] Lupin_III: What do you mean i have to manually update them? If you aren't linking the package.json then each instance will…

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Lupin_III 22 April 2021 15:30 6

Thanks. Unfortunately I cannot try it since I'm encountering another problem and I cannot install / update any nodes anymore. Now even the original flows doesn't work any more because doesn't find some nodes so it get blocked. I just started a new topic in order to avoid messing

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Specify node_modules folder in settings.js

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