node-red-contrib-mysql-storage-plugin v0.1.2

Node Red Microsoft SQL Server Storage Plugin

This plugin allows you to store your flows and library entries in MySQL. Thanks to adibenmati whose MongoDb storage plugin served as a template to create this one.

Getting Started

For this one, you'll need a separate script to start your Node Red, as per the guide for running a custom Node-Red inside your process:

http://nodered.org/docs/embedding.html

Firstly, require the module:

npm install --save node-red-contrib-mysql-storage-plugin

Then, in your settings, add:

const storageModule = require('node-red-contrib-mysql-storage-plugin');
const sqlConfig = {
  user: 'sa',
  password: 'myPassword',
  host: 'SQL01',
  database: 'NodeRed',
  port: 3306
};

// Node-RED settings
const settings = {
  ...
  storageModule,
  storageModuleOptions: {
    sqlConfig,
    //optional
    //set the collection name that the module would be using
    tableNames:{
      flows: 'NodeRedFlows',
      sessions: 'NodeRedSessions',
      credentials: 'NodeRedCredentials',
      settings: 'NodeRedSettings',
      library: 'NodeRedLibrary'
    }
  },
  ...
};

Note that for sqlConfig I recommend storing all of the values in your .env file instead of hardcoding them like above. Then your sqlConfig could just look like this:

const sqlConfig = {
  user: process.env.MYSQL_USER,
  password: process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD,
  host: process.env.MYSQL_SERVER,
  database: process.env.MYSQL_DATABASE,
  port: process.env.MYSQL_PORT
};

Lastly, you will need to create the tables by running the CreateTables.sql file against your database.

TODO

1. I do not have the library functions working completely yet - you can save library entires but I haven't figured out what I am missing to recall them. PRs welcome!