From 9735d3dfb8405c63a7bbcad473d695f574659db4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simonox Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:54:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] described how NodeRed is built using an own Dockerfile --- docs/flow/README.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/flow/README.md b/docs/flow/README.md index b75a4d6..26fbc8e 100644 --- a/docs/flow/README.md +++ b/docs/flow/README.md @@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ Flows are an organized sequence of nodes. Let's do the "first steps" by creating ## 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).