Customer tried to create a node-red application using a name with 32 characters. The node-red application is not created and no error message is displayed in UI. I believe the problem could be the limitation in Cloudant or Monitoring&Analytics service names.

Hi,

I've been experiencing problems in creating Node-Red boiler plate on Bluemix (have raised a ticket for it) - so I'm trying to do a manual deployment with this in the mean time instead.

It's failing with error of 'Can not find Node-red module', logs:

2016-03-15T17:19:40.726-0000[DEA/103]OUTStarting app instance (index 0) with guid f2eeaa9c-c331-4e18-8dd3-129af0418a47
2016-03-15T17:19:51.215-0000[App/0]ERRmodule.js:328
2016-03-15T17:19:51.215-0000[App/0]ERR throw err;
2016-03-15T17:19:51.215-0000[App/0]ERR ^
2016-03-15T17:19:51.216-0000[App/0]ERRError: Cannot find module '/home/vcap/app/node_modules/node-red/red.js'
2016-03-15T17:19:51.221-0000[App/0]ERR at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:326:15)
2016-03-15T17:19:51.222-0000[App/0]ERR at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:442:10)
2016-03-15T17:19:51.222-0000[App/0]ERR at Function.Module._load (module.js:277:25)
2016-03-15T17:19:51.222-0000[App/0]ERR at startup (node.js:136:18)
2016-03-15T17:19:51.223-0000[App/0]OUT
2016-03-15T17:19:51.223-0000[App/0]ERR at node.js:966:3
2016-03-15T17:19:51.396-0000[DEA/103]ERRInstance (index 0) failed to start accepting connections
2016-03-15T17:19:51.423-0000[API/1]OUTApp instance exited with guid f2eeaa9c-c331-4e18-8dd3-129af0418a47 payload: {"cc_partition"=>"default", "droplet"=>"f2eeaa9c-c331-4e18-8dd3-129af0418a47", "version"=>"cb3061b2-27ad-4719-aab6-d4783709d6ca", "instance"=>"de4fdb8b28514b8d88d68f542de09bda", "index"=>0, "reason"=>"CRASHED", "exit_status"=>1, "exit_description"=>"failed to accept connections within health check timeout", "crash_timestamp"=>1458062391}

I saw that you have modules to storage the Workflows inside mongoDB with mongostorage.js but how can I configure node-red to use this module and save my workflows in my mongodb instance???

Regards

Node-red on IBM suddenly failed within days and does not work.

Error: Cannot find module '/home/vcap/app/node_modules/node-red/red/red' (line:17)

efected nodes;

Flows stopped due to missing node types.
postgresdb
postgres

I would like to enforce SSL connections to my Node-Red instance running in Bluemix.

There are lots of examples on best practices for this if you wrap Node-Red in an express app.

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/answers/18076/view.html

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25734691/how-do-i-enforce-ssl-for-my-bluemix-application

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/8617/how-to-tell-if-my-application-was-requested-using-ssl/?smartspace=bluemix

However, I would like to use the existing structure as it is quite simple and elegant... Any thoughts on the best way to do this?

(One option might be to allow middlewares to be passed into Node-Red's settings.js?)

If you rename the app, you get a "No cloudant service found" error at app startup.
This is due to the nodeRed application code making an assumption that the Cloudant servicename will always contain the name of the original application name. So, if the app name changes, it means that the nodeRED application fails as it attempts to find Cloudant service.
The problem seems to be in the following lines of the bluemix-settings.js file:
settings.couchAppname = VCAP_APPLICATION['application_name'];
var storageServiceName = process.env.NODE_RED_STORAGE_NAME || new RegExp("^"+settings.couchAppname+".cloudantNoSQLDB");
var couchService = appEnv.getService(storageServiceName);

I add the node-red-node-msgpack into node_module by means of chaning package.json and deploy.
now I can see the module were installed from the dashboard of Bluemix.
but, msgpack dosen't work. this happend before when I using the old version of the node-RED.
so, I'm douting the latest version is not deploied by Bluemix.
How can I upgrade the node-RED version in Bluemix ?

and, How can I change the setting.js in Bluemix ?