dceejay/openwrt-node-red

A packing up of Node-RED for OpenWRT

openwrt-node-red

A packaging up of Node-RED for OpenWRT.

The dist directory contains the .ipk file you need to download and install. For example

opkg install node-red_1.0.6.ipk

Build scripts

The scripts can help you to recreate this yourself.

• buildNR.sh - installs node.js and then Node-RED from npm and then several extra nodes into /etc/node-red. This is where you can add your customised nodes.
• ipk-pack.sh - removes un-needed cruft, creates needed control files, and then creates the .ipk file
• packit - a helper script that can be run on your host machine to automate the packaging by copying the necessary files to the target device, then calling ipk-pack, and then copying the created file back to your host.

Other files

• flows.json, flows_cred.json - Default flow file to load - Customise this if you want to start with something special.
• node-red - the init.d script that starts and stops Node-RED as a service.

OpenWRT admin menu - Luci files

OpenWRT uses Luci as it's admin web UI. The files in the luci directory can be used to add Node-RED to the admin menu so you can easily see the log (usually at /var/log/node-red.log).

The addluci.sh script will copy them into the correct place (as of Oct 2018), you will need to restart luci (or reboot).

The status.lua file currently just copies over the existing one. This may cause problems in the future if the order of items in the default file changes. There doesn't seem to be a good way to contribute an entry dynamically on install. Thus we don't automatically install these files for you. You may need to merge them manually.

openwrt-node-red's Issues

Can't find npm but it it is installed

I'm trying to install it on an Arduino Yùn (AR9331). I've installed node and npm but the package can't find it.

Installing node-red (0.20.5) to root...
Collected errors:
 * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for node-red:
 * 	node-npm * 
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package node-red.```

Illegal Instruction

I installed the node-red, but when i start the node-red in the command line with the "node-red" command, the node-red does not start and pops up this message: "Illegal Instruction". What is the process to resolve this issue?

Error when install with image buider

Hi,

We can't install the package properly using image builder:

Finalizing root filesystem...
~/openwrt-imagebuilder-bcm27xx-bcm2711.Linux-x86_64/staging_dir/host/bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua: No such file or directory
./usr/lib/opkg/info/node-red.postinst: line 1: /etc/init.d/node-red: No such file or directory
./usr/lib/opkg/info/node-red.postinst: line 2: /etc/init.d/node-red: No such file or directory

It may due to absolute path: with the image builder it should be relative as now /etc/init.d/node-red is ${IMAGE_BUILDER_PATH}/build_dir/target-${ARCH}/root-${TARGET}/etc/init.d/node-red

It doesn't stop the build tho... I'll try the build and come back to tell if the error if critical or not.

Install not working with OpenWrt 19.07.1

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install node-red_1.0.3.ipk
Collected errors:

• pkg_init_from_file: Malformed package file node-red_1.0.3.ipk.

Model: TP-Link Archer C2600
Firmware Version: OpenWrt 19.07.1 r10911-c155900f66 / LuCI openwrt-19.07 branch git-20.029.45734-adbbd5c

NodeRED Prerequisites

Hi Dceejay,

This is not an issue per say. I'm a noob seeking a little informtion.
I use the Teltonika RUTX11 product. I am able to load the latest version of your NodeRED (v1.3.1). I believe this can run on any ARM processor, with a UI based off Lua?
Last year, Teltonika updated thier system to run on Vue.js 2.6.12. Unfortunately, I am not able to use this code with the new changes.
I wanted to know if it is still possible to have this node red code ported across to new implementation. I'm curious to know what is required and will everything have to be re written from scratch?

Regards,

Howto Linkit 7688 running 18.06.0

Hi, could you share how to install?