rapid dashbboard deployment on Raspberry Pi
##get started
ssh login to raspberry and clone the repository
ssh -l pi raspberrypi.local
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/ebirn/dash-deploy
Now form within the cloned directory dash-deploy
Install required software packages: mostly X server, fonts, browser
sudo apt install --yes $(cat packages.txt | tr \\n ' ')
Maybe follow up with a package update and reboot the system for good measure (and new kernels)
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo rpi-update
# patch fstab
sudo sh -c 'cat tmpfs.fstab >> /etc/fstab'
# disable swap
sudo dphys-swapfile swapoff
# journal on tmpfs
sudo sh -c 'echo "Storage=volatile" >> /etc/systemd/journald.conf'
# allow any user to start X
sudo sed -i 's/console/anybody/' /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
# noswap kernel cmdline
sudo sed -i ' 1 s/.*/& noswap/' /boot/cmdline.txt
sudo apt-get remove dphys-swapfile
# cleanup
sudo apt-get autoremove
# reboot for new kernel and firmware
sudo reboot
cp xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
set variable DASHBOARD_URL in ~/.xinitrc to the website that yould be used as dashboard
i.e. your Grafana Dasboad Playlist, Kibana Dashboard, etc.
sudo addgroup pi tty
sudo cp dashboard.service /etc/systemd/system/dashboard.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable dashboard.service
sudo systemctl start dashboard.service
The raspberry Pi will start the graphical user interface in fullscreen and load the dashboard website - also when rebooting the device
integrate read-only mounted rootfs https://help.ubuntu.com/community/aufsRootFileSystemOnUsbFlash
Enjoy the new insights 😎