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Step 1: Create your IBM Cloud account

• create an account at https://consolecloud.eu-de.bluemix.netibm.com/
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• you will be asked to choose an organization and space name, enter whatever you want
• Click "Create app" and select "Node-RED Starter"
• give it the name you want, in my case "poipoi"

• IBM now creates a new server which hosts your Node-RED instance. Wait for is to start (it can take a couple of minutes)

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  you can access your Node-RED instance at https://poipoi.eu-de.mybluemix.net/

• select a username and password
once that is configured, you can access the flow editor at https://poipoi.eu-de.mybluemix.net/red/confirm your e-mail address: wait for e-mail, click on the confirmation link in that e-mail
• once confirmed, log in

Step 2: Start Node-RED instance on IBM Cloud

• From the https://cloud.ibm.com/ click on "Create resource"
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• In the search bar enter "Node-RED"
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• Click on the "Node-RED App" link
• In the "Create" tab
  • give your app a name. I chose "enstawireless"
  • leave all the default options

  • click "Create"

    Tip
    IBM Cloud is now creating your very own instance of Node-RED.

    
    

• To start the instance, click "Deploy your app"
  • Click "New" to create a new IBM Cloud API key
  • Select a region close to you (the datacenter the app will run from). "London" works well
  • Chose a URL for your application. I chose enstawireless.eu-gb.mybluemix.net (the domain "eu-gb.mybluemix.net" refers to the London datacenter)
  • Click "Deploy" to kick off the full starting process (this takes minutes to complete):
    • a "delivery pipeline"is created, which automated the way you launch the app
    • the pipeline starts automatically, be patient while the Status reads "In progress"
    • After a couple of minutes, the status is Success
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    • refresh the page to see the App URL, in my case https://enstawireless.eu-gb.mybluemix.net/

Step 3: Configure Node-RED

• Navigate to your App's URL

• Since this is the first time you access your brand new Node-RED it asks you to chose an admin password

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• Click Next until the dialog disappears.
• Click the "Go to your Node-RED flow editor" button
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• To be able to edit your flow make sure to log in using the username and password you just chose.
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