Node-RED IBM Cloud Starter Application (modification)

Build

docker build --platform=linux/amd64 -t quay.io/jpetnik/node-red-app-ic .
docker push quay.io/jpetnik/node-red-app-ic:latest

Run locally (from code)

export CLOUDANT_URL="https://hostname"
export CLOUDANT_APIKEY="apikeyvalue"

npm i
npm start

Run locally (Docker)

export CLOUDANT_URL="https://hostname"
export CLOUDANT_APIKEY="apikeyvalue"

docker run -it --rm -p 3000:3000 -e CLOUDANT_URL=$CLOUDANT_URL -e CLOUDANT_APIKEY=$CLOUDANT_APIKEY quay.io/jpetnik/node-red-app-ic:latest

Run in K8s / OCP cluster

Steps:

• Copy k8s/cloudant.Secret.yaml.template into k8s/cloudant.Secret.yaml.
• In the k8s/cloudant.Secret.yaml file, fill in your cloudant service credentials (CLOUDANT_URL only, or including CLOUDANT_APIKEY).
• Log into the K8s/OCP cluster.
• Apply yamls by: kubectl apply -f k8s/

Disclaimer: Since this repository mainly targets a deployment to the free Kubernetes service in IBM cloud, the service is of the NodePort type.

Environment variables

Among other defaults (node-red specific variables), this repository adds the following envs:

Name	Description
CLOUDANT_URL	Cloudant url. Set "https://hostname" for IAM authentication or "https://username:password@hostname" for basic authentication.
CLOUDANT_APIKEY	IAM apiKey. Set "apikey value" for IAM authentication. Or use "" or do not set this variable at all for basic authentication.