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.

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

Enabling API Authentication

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

Configuring Credentials 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.

Supported Operations

Partners

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

Accounts

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.

Users

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