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#Node red contrib image tools install#
#Node red contrib image tools update#

It is a base image in the sense that it never actually runs as a container on your Raspberry Pi. The FROM statement tells the build process to pull down the latest base image from DockerHub.

#Node red contrib image tools update#

Existing IOTstack installations will not update unless you re-create the service from its template, or hand-edit the Dockerfile. IOTstack switched to the -12 suffix in March 2021.

#Node red contrib image tools install#

On a first install of IOTstack, you are told to do this: See adding extra nodes.Ĭhoosing add-on nodes in the menu causes the Dockerfile to be created. You can also add nodes via Manage Palette once Node-RED is running. Do not be concerned if you can't find an add-on node you need in the list.Under old menu, the list of add-on nodes is displayed automatically. Under new menu, you must press the right arrow to access the supplementary menu.Node-RED will not build if you do not select at least one add-on node. We recommend accepting the default nodes, and adding others that you think you are likely to need. You choose add-on nodes from a supplementary menu. Under old menu, it is also copied to the working service definition and then not really used. When you select Node-RED in the IOTstack menu, the template service definition is copied into the Compose file. In other words, Node.js defaults to version 14.Īs you will see a bit further down, the current default for IOTstack is an image tag of latest-12 which means Node-RED 2.x.x with Node.js version 12.

If the version of Node-RED is 2.x.x then a suffix of -14 is implied.

In other words, Node.js defaults to version 10.

If the version of Node-RED is 1.3.x then a suffix of -10 is implied.

In the case of images without a numeric suffix: The suffixes refer to the version of "Node.js" installed when the image was built.

images with a suffix like -10, -12 or -14 and.

There's a lot of stuff at that page but it boils down to variations on two basic themes: Periodically, the source code is recompiled and pushed to nodered/node-red on DockerHub. The source code for Node-RED lives at GitHub node-red/node-red-docker. How Node-RED gets built for IOTstack ¶ Node-RED source code ( GitHub) ¶

Working service definition (old-menu only, copied from ❶).

Suppose you want to add another «HOSTNAME» Understanding what's where and what each file does Step 2: Exchange keys with target hosts (once per target host) Step 1: Generate SSH key-pair for Node-RED (one time) Sharing files between Node-RED and the Raspberry PiĮxecuting commands outside the Node-RED container Setting a username and password for Node-RED Setting an encryption key for your credentials