n8n node to connect to Cove Data Protection API
npm install n8n-nodes-coveAn n8n community node for integrating with Cove Data Protection (formerly N-able Backup) JSON-RPC API.
Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.
``bash`
npm install n8n-nodes-cove
- Cove Data Protection account with API access
- Partner name (company/reseller name)
- User credentials with API Authentication enabled
- API endpoint URL (default: https://api.backup.management/jsonapi)
1. Log into your Cove Data Protection Management Console
2. Navigate to Settings > Users
3. Edit your user account or create a dedicated API user
4. Enable API Authentication checkbox
5. Note down your partner name, username (email), and password for use in n8n
1. API URL: The JSON-RPC endpoint (default: https://api.backup.management/jsonapi)
2. Partner Name: Your company/reseller name as it appears in Cove
3. Username: Your email address for API access
4. Password: Your password
Important: The user account must have API Authentication enabled in the Management Console.
#### Account Statistics Column Codes
The Get Statistics operation automatically normalizes Cove's column codes to friendly field names:
Common Mappings:
- I0 → deviceId - Unique device identifierI1
- → deviceName - Device/account nameI4
- → creationDate - Unix timestamp of creationI14
- → usedStorage - Storage used in bytesI16
- → osVersion - Operating system versionI17
- → clientVersion - Backup client versionI18
- → computerName - Computer/hostnameI19
- → internalIps - Internal IP addressesI20
- → externalIps - External IP addressesI21
- → macAddress - MAC addressI78
- → activeDataSources` - Active backup data sources (D1=Files, D2=System State, etc.)
For a complete list of column codes, see the Column Codes Documentation.
Cove Data Protection uses a visa-based authentication system:
- Initial login with partner name, username, and password
- Receives a visa (session token) valid for 15 minutes
- Each API response includes a new visa to maintain the session
- The node automatically manages visa renewal and caching
- Cove Data Protection API Documentation
- Column Codes Reference
- JSON-RPC Schema
- n8n Documentation
- Repository
MIT