# Updating a live system from a development node-red

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updating-a-live-system-from-a-development-node-red/5998>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [20 December 2018 18:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updating-a-live-system-from-a-development-node-red/5998 "2018-12-20T18:49:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![kilnageer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kilnageer/32/4611_2.png) [@kilnageer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kilnageer)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2018 18:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updating-a-live-system-from-a-development-node-red/5998/1 "2018-12-20T18:49:49Z")

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Sorry in advance if this has been answered already. But I searched and couldn't find it 🙂  
I have two Linux based systems: a live RPI Rasbian one and a development Lubuntu one.

When I deploy my latest development system I export all nodes to a text file from the dev system. Then on the live system I have to manually delete all tabs on screen and also in the layout before importing as a new flow the dev text file.

Am I missing something? Is there an easy way to zero your node-red system before importing? Otherwise I get double the tabs.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2018 20:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updating-a-live-system-from-a-development-node-red/5998/2 "2018-12-20T20:35:46Z")

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If you use the Projects feature with the project stored in a git repository accessible to both devices then all you have to do on the production system is pull the latest version and restart node-red. Apart from installing any new nodes that is.

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**Author:** ![kilnageer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kilnageer/32/4611_2.png) [@kilnageer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kilnageer)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2018 20:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updating-a-live-system-from-a-development-node-red/5998/3 "2018-12-20T20:48:44Z")

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Thanks Colin. Yes that sounds a good solution. So I'll stop messing around at the GUI level and go under the hood. I can practice on the dev machine 🙂