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Setup Duplicati and Portainer credentials after the servers are up.

Creds

Duplicati Passphrase: L2@Ki

Docker env variables

Rename or copy the **.env file to .env and add the credentials.

Add DB User on MongoDB(New Installation)

First access the shell of the container docker exec -it mongo bash and run the following commands,

> use smarty
> db.createUser(
  {
    user: "root",
    pwd: "********", 
    roles: [
       { role: "readWrite", db: "smarty" }
    ]
  }
)

Setting up NodeRED Authentication

We need to add the following code snippet to the Node-RED settings.js file. The passwords need to be hashed and can be generated using this site

Edit the settings.js file using the command sudo nano /opt/volumes/node-red/data/settings.js, add the following snippet and restart the docker container, docker restart node_red

    adminAuth: {
        type: "credentials",
        users: [
            {
                username: "admin",
                password: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
                permissions: "*"
            },
            {
                username: "app",
                password: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
                permissions: "read"
            }
        ]
    }

To make the http calls to the platform secured, add the following line to the settings.js file,

    httpNodeAuth: {
        user:"app",
        pass:"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    },

For serving static assets like images, without going through the platform, add the following line to the file,

    httpStatic:"/assets/",

where you can upload all the static files to the /assets/ folder and can be accssed by using http(s)//<node_red_ip>:<port>/<aeet_path> endpoint.

Used Tools w/ Docker

1. Node-RED [Secured with Basic Auth]
2. Nginx to host the app.[Port 80 Open]
3. Duplicati for Backups. [Secured Later with password]
4. mongoDB for DB. [Secured not ceonnectible from outside]
5. Portainer for Health details. [Secured with basic Auth]