Ansible role node_red

THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AS OF DEC 2023.

Install and configure Node RED on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.node_red

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.ca_certificates
    - role: robertdebock.epel
    - role: robertdebock.npm
    - role: robertdebock.users
      users_groups:
        - name: nodered
      users:
        - name: nodered
          group: nodered

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for node_red

# The directory where Node RED should be running from.
node_red_working_directory: /opt/node_red

# The user Node RED should be running under.
# This roles does not create users, see `molecule/default/prepare.yml`.
node_red_user_name: nodered

# The group Node RED should be running under.
# This roles does not create groups, see `molecule/default/prepare.yml`.
node_red_group_name: nodered

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.ca_certificates
robertdebock.epel
robertdebock.npm
robertdebock.service
robertdebock.users

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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