n8n-nodes-cove

An n8n community node for integrating with Cove Data Protection (formerly N-able Backup) JSON-RPC API.

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

``bash
npm install n8n-nodes-cove
`

Prerequisites

- 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)

Setup

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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

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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.

Supported Operations

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Manage partner/reseller hierarchy and relationships:
- Create - Create a new partner
- Delete - Delete a partner
- Get by ID - Retrieve a specific partner by ID
- Get Many - Enumerate partners with optional recursive fetching
- Update - Update partner information

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Manage backup accounts (devices) with comprehensive operations:
- Create - Create a new backup account
- Delete - Delete an account
- Get by ID - Retrieve a specific account by ID
- Get Many - Enumerate accounts for a partner
- Get Statistics - Get detailed account statistics with column codes (normalized field names)
- Update - Update account information

#### Account Statistics Column Codes
The Get Statistics operation automatically normalizes Cove's column codes to friendly field names:

Common Mappings:
- I0 → deviceId - Unique device identifier
- I1 → deviceName - Device/account name
- I4 → creationDate - Unix timestamp of creation
- I14 → usedStorage - Storage used in bytes
- I16 → osVersion - Operating system version
- I17 → clientVersion - Backup client version
- I18 → computerName - Computer/hostname
- I19 → internalIps - Internal IP addresses
- I20 → externalIps - External IP addresses
- I21 → macAddress - MAC address
- I78 → activeDataSources` - Active backup data sources (D1=Files, D2=System State, etc.)

For a complete list of column codes, see the Column Codes Documentation.

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Comprehensive user management operations:
- Create - Create a new user with role assignment
- Delete - Delete a user
- Get by ID - Retrieve a specific user by ID
- Get Many - Enumerate users for a partner
- Update - Update user information

API Authentication

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

Resources

- Cove Data Protection API Documentation
- Column Codes Reference
- JSON-RPC Schema
- n8n Documentation
- Repository

License

MIT