[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":251},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002F2023\u002F03\u002Fibmcloud-starter-removed":3,"blog-all-for-related":250},{"id":4,"title":5,"authors":6,"body":8,"cta":223,"date":224,"description":225,"extension":226,"image":227,"lastUpdated":223,"meta":228,"navigation":239,"path":240,"seo":241,"sitemap":242,"stem":243,"subtitle":244,"tags":245,"tldr":223,"video":223,"__hash__":249},"blog\u002Fblog\u002F2023\u002F03\u002Fibmcloud-starter-removed.md","IBM Cloud removes Node-RED starter application",[7],"joe-pavitt",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":211},"minimark",[11,29,33,36,39,47,56,60,68,71,82,89,98,105,113,117,125,146,150,153,158,166,170,173,201],[12,13,14,15,22,23,28],"p",{},"IBM Cloud has ",[16,17,21],"a",{"href":18,"rel":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ibm.com\u002Fcloud\u002Fblog\u002Fannouncements\u002Fdeprecation-of-ibm-cloud-starter-kits",[20],"nofollow","recently announced"," that they will no longer be providing their Cloud App Service Starter Kits, including the ",[16,24,27],{"href":25,"rel":26},"https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.ibm.com\u002Ftutorials\u002Fhow-to-create-a-node-red-starter-application\u002F",[20],"Node-RED Starter Application",".",[30,31,27],"h2",{"id":32},"node-red-starter-application",[12,34,35],{},"If you're looking for an alternative place to get started with Node-RED then FlowFuse, founded by Node-RED co-creator Nick O'Leary, are here to help you with Cloud-hosted Node-RED as well as infrastructure and tooling to scale your Node-RED instances in production.",[12,37,38],{},"As an ex-IBM Employee myself, over the years, I've been very dependant upon the Node-RED Starter Application in IBM Cloud. 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All of that is still available through Node-RED on FlowFuse.",[12,69,70],{},"You can install the relevant nodes in one of two places:",[72,73,74],"ol",{},[75,76,77,81],"li",{},[78,79,80],"strong",{},"Node-RED Palette Manager:"," Click \"Menu > Manage Palette > Install\". The menu is available via the icon in the top-right of your running Node-RED Instance)",[12,83,84],{},[85,86],"img",{"alt":87,"src":88,"title":87},"Screenshot of Node-RED's Manage Palette menu","\u002Fblog\u002F2023\u002F03\u002Fimages\u002Fnr-manage-palette-cloudant.png",[72,90,92],{"start":91},2,[75,93,94,97],{},[78,95,96],{},"FlowFuse Instance Settings:"," For a given Instance in FlowFuse, click \"Settings > Palette\". 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This also includes SSO if you have that configured for your FlowFoerge Team.",[30,147,149],{"id":148},"migrating-existing-instances","Migrating Existing Instances",[12,151,152],{},"If you're looking to move your Node-RED applications from IBM Cloud, then you can do so through one of two options:",[154,155,157],"h3",{"id":156},"node-red-tools-plugin","Node-RED Tools Plugin",[12,159,160,161,165],{},"You can use our Node-RED Tools plugin to migrate your flows and credentials over to FlowFuse. You can read the details in our ",[16,162,164],{"href":163},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fmigration\u002Fintroduction\u002F","Migration Guide",", which also includes instructions on how to export your environment variables too.",[154,167,169],{"id":168},"manual-import","Manual Import",[12,171,172],{},"This will only enable you to import your Flows, not the associated credentials.",[72,174,175,183,186,189,192,195],{},[75,176,177,178,182],{},"Export your existing ",[179,180,181],"code",{},"flows.json"," from your IBM Cloud-hosted Node-RED instance by choosing \"Export > All Flows > Download\" within Node-RED",[75,184,185],{},"Create a new Application on FlowFuse",[75,187,188],{},"Once created, click the Node-RED instance that has been generated within your Application",[75,190,191],{},"Click \"Settings\"",[75,193,194],{},"Scroll down and select the \"Import Instance\" option",[75,196,197,198,200],{},"Choose your ",[179,199,181],{}," file that you downloaded earlier.",[12,202,203],{},[204,205,206,207,28],"em",{},"If you have any questions about the above, or more generally about Node-RED or FlowFuse, then please do reach out and ",[16,208,210],{"href":209},"\u002Fcontact-us","get in touch",{"title":212,"searchDepth":213,"depth":213,"links":214},"",4,[215,216,217,218],{"id":32,"depth":91,"text":27},{"id":58,"depth":91,"text":59},{"id":115,"depth":91,"text":116},{"id":148,"depth":91,"text":149,"children":219},[220,222],{"id":156,"depth":221,"text":157},3,{"id":168,"depth":221,"text":169},null,"2023-03-29","IBM Cloud has recently announced that they will no longer be providing their Cloud App Service Starter Kits, including the Node-RED Starter Application. 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