Manage application configuration in your Node-RED nodes

Provide configuration details for external services at runtime

By

Brian Innes

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Archive date: 2024-06-14

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After you complete the second tutorial, in this tutorial you'll learn how to provide configuration details for external services, such as a database or messaging service, at runtime. You'll learn how to access environment variables in Node-RED, replace node configuration settings with environment variables, and set environment variables when creating a Docker container.

You can use the written instructions for the this tutorial in the workshop in GitHub.