[Solved] NodeRed settings-user.js not working

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jsladen asked Mar 25, '24

[Solved] NodeRed settings-user.js not working

Hi,

I am using Node Red on several of my setups, and I am trying to enable the persistent file context to keep a few things over a reboot. For now I am testing on a Cerbo and a Pi, both running v3.30

I am creating the file /data/home/nodered/.node-red/settings-user.js as suggested, and have added the following which I believe is correct?

module.exports = {
  contextStorage: {
    default: "memoryOnly",
    memoryOnly: { module: 'memory' },
    file: { module: 'localfilesystem' }
  },
},

However this does not appear to work. I've tried restarting NodeRed via Remote Console, and rebooting the entire device, but no change.

On every boot I see the following in the log file, but I don't understand why it is not loading.

[info]: loading /data/home/nodered/.node-red/settings-user.js failed

The settings-user.js file is owned by nodered, as is the .node-red folder

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dansonamission answered · Mar 25 at 11:24 AM

Mine looks like this, it looks like you have too many commas.

module.exports = {
  uiHost: "",
  contextStorage: {
    default: "memoryOnly",
    memoryOnly: { module: 'memory' },
    file: { module: 'localfilesystem' }
  }
}

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Answer 1 · 2024-03-25T12:10:17Z

jsladen answered · Mar 25 at 12:10 PM

I thought I tried with every combination of closing commas that might or might not work already, but apparently not!

Solved, Thank you

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Answer 2 · 2024-03-25T15:47:12Z

derrick thomas answered · Mar 25 at 03:47 PM

I have created a package just for this purpose that is installed via Kevin Windrem's setuphelper. This enables context storage and will reinstall after firmware updates.

Package name: ContextStorage

GitHub username: drtinaz

Branch/tag: main

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