Node Red Manager

Manage Node-RED instances via Admin API or CLI. Automate flow deployment, install nodes, and troubleshoot issues. Use when user wants to "build automation", "connect devices", or "fix node-red".

Setup

1. Copy .env.example to .env.
2. Set NODE_RED_URL, NODE_RED_USERNAME, and NODE_RED_PASSWORD in .env.
3. The script automatically handles dependencies on first run.

Infrastructure

• Stack Location: deployments/node-red
• Data Volume: deployments/node-red/data
• Docker Service: mema-node-red
• URL: https://flow.glassgallery.my.id

Usage

Flow Management

# List all flows
scripts/nr list-flows

# Get specific flow by ID
scripts/nr get-flow <flow-id>

# Deploy flows from file
scripts/nr deploy --file assets/flows/watchdog.json

# Update specific flow
scripts/nr update-flow <flow-id> --file updated-flow.json

# Delete flow
scripts/nr delete-flow <flow-id>

# Get flow runtime state
scripts/nr get-flow-state

# Set flow runtime state
scripts/nr set-flow-state --file state.json

Backup & Restore

# Backup all flows to file
scripts/nr backup
scripts/nr backup --output my-backup.json

# Restore flows from backup
scripts/nr restore node-red-backup-20260210_120000.json

Node Management

# List installed nodes
scripts/nr list-nodes

# Install node module
scripts/nr install-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Get node information
scripts/nr get-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Enable/disable node
scripts/nr enable-node node-red-contrib-http-request
scripts/nr disable-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Remove node
scripts/nr remove-node node-red-contrib-http-request

Runtime Information

# Get runtime settings
scripts/nr get-settings

# Get runtime diagnostics
scripts/nr get-diagnostics

Context Management

# Get context value
scripts/nr get-context flow my-key
scripts/nr get-context global shared-data

# Set context value
scripts/nr set-context flow my-key '"value"'
scripts/nr set-context global counter '42'
scripts/nr set-context global config '{"key": "value"}'

Docker Operations

# Restart Node-RED
cd deployments/node-red && docker compose restart

# View logs
docker logs mema-node-red --tail 100

# Follow logs
docker logs -f mema-node-red

Environment Variables

• NODE_RED_URL: Node-RED API endpoint (default: http://localhost:1880)
• NODE_RED_USERNAME: Admin username
• NODE_RED_PASSWORD: Admin password

Legacy variable names (NR_URL, NR_USER, NR_PASS) are supported for backward compatibility.

API Reference

See references/admin-api.md for complete Admin API endpoint documentation.