commit e69e6fb2dbe57a0db2d26306231936e049896600
Author: David Kebler <d@kebler.net>
Date:   Thu Jul 2 15:38:21 2020 -0700

    initial commit

diff --git a/install b/install
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+#!/bin/bash
+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
+sudo systemctl restart node-red
+sleep 5
+sudo journalctl --unit=node-red -n 50 --no-pager
+exit 1
diff --git a/node-red.service b/node-red.service
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+[Unit]
+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
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /opt/node-red-run/run ${NODE_RED_USER_DIR}
+Restart=on-failure
+KillSignal=SIGINT
+
+# log output to syslog as 'node-red'
+SyslogIdentifier=node-red
+StandardOutput=syslog
+
+# non-root user to run as
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/node-red
+User=sysadmin
+Group=sysadmin
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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+# Node Red - Runner
+
+This repo aids in keeping node-red up to date and running via a systemd Service
+
+install nodered and esm globally
+
+sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red && sudo npm install -g esm
+
+ Just clone repo to `/opt`
+
+ you can run the /.start script
diff --git a/run b/run
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+#!/bin/bash
+GDIR="/usr/lib/node_modules"  # global install
+DIR=${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
diff --git a/start b/start
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+sudo systemctl start node-red
diff --git a/stop b/stop
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+sudo systemctl stop node-red
diff --git a/update b/update
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+#!/bin/bash
+# run global update on node-red and esm
+sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red
+sudo npm install -g esm
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl restart node-red