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Add ENV VAR for httpRoot

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, kubernetes

Research direction

The request concerns exposing httpRoot through an environment variable in the Node-RED Docker deployment for Kubernetes behind an ingress or proxy. Start by locating how httpRoot and existing environment variables are handled; done means the setting can be supplied in the deployment without loading a custom settings file.

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Description

Please consider adding env var for httpRoot,

I am deploying on kubernetes behind ingress/proxy. If there was a ENV var for httpRoot it could be added to the nodeRed deployment without having to load a custom settings file

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