I've deployed a Node-RED Docker stack and can't work out how to access the node-red admin hash-pw command. I'm trying to hash a password to put into the settings.json so I can host my deployment for remote access. In the securing Node-RED page, it says to hash your password using the command: node…

Hi @MaxVRAM good question - the docker container doesn't put the node-red command on its path. But you can do this: docker exec -it node-red npx node-red admin hash-pw npx is a command provided by npm that can be used to run any npm-installed executable in the local directory.

MaxVRAM 21 July 2020 07:47 5

I can bash into the container, but the commands don't work:

node-red-admin

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