feat: add upgrade script (for major releases), node log script

refactor: better run script

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/node_modules/

install-service

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/node-red@.service
+sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/node-red.service
 sudo ln -s /opt/node-red-run/node-red.service /etc/systemd/system/
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo systemctl enable node-red

node-red-log

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ journalctl -f -u node-red

node-red.service

@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ Description=Node-RED
 After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
-# uncomment environment and set for alternative user directory, default is /opt/node-red
-# run >  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-# Environment=NODE_RED_USER_DIR=/opt/node-red
+# uncomment environment and set for alternative user directory, default is /data/node-red
+# Environment=NODE_RED_USER_DIR=
 ExecStart=/bin/bash /opt/node-red-run/run ${NODE_RED_USER_DIR}
 Restart=on-failure
 KillSignal=SIGINT
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ SyslogIdentifier=node-red
 StandardOutput=syslog
 
 # non-root user to run as
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/node-red
+# WorkingDirectory=${NODE_RED_USER_DIR}
 User=sysadmin
 Group=sysadmin
 

run

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-GDIR="/usr/lib/node_modules"  # global install
+GDIR="/usr/lib/node_modules"  # global install, default global install directory
 DIR=${1:-$NODE_RED_USER_DIR}
-echo any dir set? $DIR
-DIR=${DIR:-/opt/node-red}
-echo any dir set? $DIR
-echo Starting Node Red with instance directory $DIR
-/usr/bin/node -r $GDIR/esm $GDIR/node-red/red.js --userDir $DIR
+[[ !$DIR ]] && echo using default user directory /data/node-red && DIR=/data/node-red
+echo Starting Node Red with user instance directory $DIR
+/usr/bin/node $GDIR/node-red/red.js --userDir $DIR

update

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# run global update on node-red and esm
-sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red
-sudo npm install -g esm
+# run global update on node-red
+sudo systemctl stop nodered
+sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm --prefix /usr node-red 
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo systemctl restart node-red

upgrade

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# run global update on node-red
+sudo systemctl stop nodered
+sudo npm uninstall -g --prefix /usr node-red
+sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm --prefix /usr  node-red
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl restart node-red