described how NodeRed is built using an own Dockerfile

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## Plugins
Node-RED uses plugins (e.g. for InfluxDB or own Dashboard capabilites).
You can access the plugins in the right burger menu.
Node-RED uses plugins. You can access the plugins in the right burger menu. We already added plugins for InfluxDB, an aggregator/tranformer from watt to kwh and capabilites for Node-RED's own Dashboard capabilites, so you don't have to add them.
![Plugins](./docs/images/node-red-plugins.png)
Of course you can install more plugins in this section, but it's better, to add them to [package.json](../../software/flow/package.json) and build a new Docker image using the [Dockerfile](../../software/flow/Dockerfile) provided in this project.
## First steps
For debuging you can add Node-RED's own dashboard (sure, we are going to use Grafana, later).