hassio-addons/addon-node-red

Installation instructions result in a different addon being installed #499

unikitty37 posted onGitHub

Problem/Motivation

Following the installation instructions in the README results in a different Node-RED addon being installed to HA, and the remaining instructions cannot be followed, resulting in a non-working installation.

HA version is 0.106.2, running on hassio 3.11. The only custom repo installed in HACS is rogro82/hass-variables.

Expected behaviour

Searching for "Node-RED" in HACS and clicking the install button results in this addon being installed, and the remaining install instructions being valid.

Actual behaviour

The addon at https://github.com/zachowj is installed. It does not offer a way to set a credential_secret, there is no "OPEN WEB UI" button, and it appears to need a server configured.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Search for Node-RED in HACS.
  2. Check the URL of the REPOSITORY link — it should be https://github.com/hassio-addons/addon-node-red but is https://github.com/zachowj/hass-node-red.
  3. Attempt to configure the credential_secret but fail because no config is exposed.
  4. Restart HA.
  5. Go to HACS > Installed and click on the Node-RED addon.
  6. Attempt to start the addon, but there is no Start button; instead, there are instructions to add an integration.
  7. Regardless of whether you add the integration or not, there is no button to open the web ui, and the add-on does not work straight out of the box.

Proposed changes

The addon that was installed is the only one that comes up in a search for Node-RED. I'm not sure that is the correct addon and the install instructions are out of date, or if HACS is returning a different addon and not this one.

If it is returning the correct version, could the instructions be changed to reflect the current install process?

(Unfortunately, the README does not contain instructions for a manual install — could these instructions be added, please? They would be useful in cases like this…)

<blockquote><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/37859597?s=400&v=4" width="48" align="right"><div><img src="https://github.githubassets.com/favicon.ico" height="14"> GitHub</div><div><strong><a href="https://github.com/zachowj">zachowj - Overview</a></strong></div><div>zachowj has 4 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.</div></blockquote> <blockquote><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/30772201?s=400&v=4" width="48" align="right"><div><img src="https://github.githubassets.com/favicon.ico" height="14"> GitHub</div><div><strong><a href="https://github.com/hassio-addons/addon-node-red">hassio-addons/addon-node-red</a></strong></div><div>Node-RED - Home Assistant Community Add-ons. Contribute to hassio-addons/addon-node-red development by creating an account on GitHub.</div></blockquote> <blockquote><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/37859597?s=400&v=4" width="48" align="right"><div><img src="https://github.githubassets.com/favicon.ico" height="14"> GitHub</div><div><strong><a href="https://github.com/zachowj/hass-node-red">zachowj/hass-node-red</a></strong></div><div>Companion Component for node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket to help integrate Node-RED with Home Assistant Core - zachowj/hass-node-red</div></blockquote>


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posted by addons-assistant[bot] about 5 years ago

HACS is for installing custom integrations and themes, not add-ons. Add-ons are in the add-on store.

Thanks.

posted by frenck about 5 years ago

Thanks — can't believe I didn't spot that 🤦‍♂

posted by unikitty37 about 5 years ago

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posted by addons-assistant[bot] about 5 years ago

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