Your Raspberry Pi Projects

PhireSide said:
Check out this list as well:

github.com

GitHub - awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted: A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers - awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
github.com github.com
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While I am definitely pro the awesome-selfhosted list, just note that not all of those projects will work (or at least, not necessarily very easily) on a Pi.
 
newby_investor said:
While I am definitely pro the awesome-selfhosted list, just note that not all of those projects will work (or at least, not necessarily very easily) on a Pi.
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This is very true. In my experience, the 'major' containers have ARM support and it 's only your more obscure ones that only have amd64 support, but some of them have the option to RYO in terms of compiling it yourself.

A good start is to use linuxserver.io's images, as they seem to pretty much be guaranteed to have a ARM-compatible build for their images: https://hub.docker.com/u/linuxserver

EDIT: I have switched back to the Pi3B+ and got rid of the Pi4B 4G, as I got my hands on an HP MicroServer that now runs the majority of my services through the Docker plugin on OpenMediaVault.

I have split them as follows:

N40L MicroServer:
-Watchtower
-Portainer
-Jackett
-Transmission
-Sonarr
-Radarr
-Smokeping-speedtest
-Heimdall
-Plex

Pi3B:
-Watchtower
-Portainer
-PiHole
-Unifi
-CUPS

The MicroServer only has 2GB of RAM which is why I moved the memory hog that is Unifi off if it, and I wanted PiHole on a separate device away from my NAS. CUPS is running on there because the 3B lives in my study above my printer, so I have it hooked up to one of the USB ports to turn it into a networked printer. I will upgrade to perhaps 4 or 8GB RAM going forward, but finding cheap unbuffered ECC DDR3 is a real PITA so I may just remove the existing ECC RAM and run conventional RAM instead.

I have mentioned before but Portainer is just a nice GUI for Docker, and Watchtower automatically updates the containers with the latest images on a set schedule and rebuilds it with your set variables. Watchtower isn't really recommended if you are running critical services, but I am not running production stuff on here and if something goes wrong on my network I can easily fix it if need be, and having the containers update themselves whenever there are newer versions available is a win in my books.
 
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PhireSide said:
This is very true. In my experience, the 'major' containers have ARM support and it 's only your more obscure ones that only have amd64 support, but some of them have the option to RYO in terms of compiling it yourself.

A good start is to use linuxserver.io's images, as they seem to pretty much be guaranteed to have a ARM-compatible build for their images: https://hub.docker.com/u/linuxserver

EDIT: I have switched back to the Pi3B+ and got rid of the Pi4B 4G, as I got my hands on an HP MicroServer that now runs the majority of my services through the Docker plugin on OpenMediaVault.

I have split them as follows:

N40L MicroServer:
-Watchtower
-Portainer
-Jackett
-Transmission
-Sonarr
-Radarr
-Smokeping-speedtest
-Heimdall
-Plex

Pi3B:
-Watchtower
-Portainer
-PiHole
-Unifi
-CUPS

The MicroServer only has 2GB of RAM which is why I moved Unifi off if it, and I wanted PiHole on a separate device away from my NAS. CUPS is running on there because the 3B lives in my study above my printer, so I have it hooked up to one of the USB ports to turn it into a networked printer.

I have mentioned before but Portainer is just a nice GUI for Docker, and Watchtower automatically updates the containers with the latest images on a set schedule and rebuilds it with your set variables. Watchtower isn't really recommended if you are running critical services, but I am not running production stuff on here and if something goes wrong on my network I can easily fix it if need be, and having the containers update themselves whenever there are newer versions available is a win in my books.
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I actually almost exactly the same as you :P

Have the following:
Synology DS218+ which I got for free from MyBB. It had 2GB memory but was super slow, so bought an additional 8GB laptop DDR3 module which I installed and now it flies with 10GB memory.

Then instead of a Pi I have 3x Minnowboard Turbot boards which I got on special from Ebay as they were testing boards before production but they work fine. Only using 1 for now. It has 2GB memory, runs AMD64 architecture and the main drive is a 120GB WD SSD.

Synology DS218+:
  • Watchtower
  • Traefik
    • (automatic reverse proxy containers to eg. sonarr.heaven.za.net or radarr.heaven.za.net etc)
    • Also does letsencrypt automatic built-in
  • hydra2
  • radarr
  • sonarr
  • sabnzbd (this was the memory hog that kills the DiskStation on big downloads)
  • transmission
  • resilio-sync
  • smokeping
  • mediawiki - my own wiki for notes
  • plex
Minnowboard Turbot:
  • watchtower
  • traefik
  • adguardhome - same as pihole, I prefer adguardhome
  • homeassistant
  • influxdb
  • grafana
  • tasmoadmin
  • mosquitto mqtt server
  • nodered
  • cloudflare-ddns to keep my DynDNS updated using CloudFlare DNS
There miniscule stuff I left out as it is very specific to my setup.
 
Tinuva said:
I actually almost exactly the same as you :p

Have the following:
Synology DS218+ which I got for free from MyBB. It had 2GB memory but was super slow, so bought an additional 8GB laptop DDR3 module which I installed and now it flies with 10GB memory.

Then instead of a Pi I have 3x Minnowboard Turbot boards which I got on special from Ebay as they were testing boards before production but they work fine. Only using 1 for now. It has 2GB memory, runs AMD64 architecture and the main drive is a 120GB WD SSD.

Synology DS218+:
  • Watchtower
  • Traefik
    • (automatic reverse proxy containers to eg. sonarr.heaven.za.net or radarr.heaven.za.net etc)
    • Also does letsencrypt automatic built-in
  • hydra2
  • radarr
  • sonarr
  • sabnzbd (this was the memory hog that kills the DiskStation on big downloads)
  • transmission
  • resilio-sync
  • smokeping
  • mediawiki - my own wiki for notes
  • plex
Minnowboard Turbot:
  • watchtower
  • traefik
  • adguardhome - same as pihole, I prefer adguardhome
  • homeassistant
  • influxdb
  • grafana
  • tasmoadmin
  • mosquitto mqtt server
  • nodered
  • cloudflare-ddns to keep my DynDNS updated using CloudFlare DNS
There miniscule stuff I left out as it is very specific to my setup.
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Why are you using traefic on both of them? I was under the impression that traefic could manage an entire cluster.

I'm considering switching over to it from nginx for reverse-proxying.
 
Tinuva said:
I actually almost exactly the same as you :p

Have the following:
Synology DS218+ which I got for free from MyBB. It had 2GB memory but was super slow, so bought an additional 8GB laptop DDR3 module which I installed and now it flies with 10GB memory.

Then instead of a Pi I have 3x Minnowboard Turbot boards which I got on special from Ebay as they were testing boards before production but they work fine. Only using 1 for now. It has 2GB memory, runs AMD64 architecture and the main drive is a 120GB WD SSD.

Synology DS218+:
  • Watchtower
  • Traefik
    • (automatic reverse proxy containers to eg. sonarr.heaven.za.net or radarr.heaven.za.net etc)
    • Also does letsencrypt automatic built-in
  • hydra2
  • radarr
  • sonarr
  • sabnzbd (this was the memory hog that kills the DiskStation on big downloads)
  • transmission
  • resilio-sync
  • smokeping
  • mediawiki - my own wiki for notes
  • plex
Minnowboard Turbot:
  • watchtower
  • traefik
  • adguardhome - same as pihole, I prefer adguardhome
  • homeassistant
  • influxdb
  • grafana
  • tasmoadmin
  • mosquitto mqtt server
  • nodered
  • cloudflare-ddns to keep my DynDNS updated using CloudFlare DNS
There miniscule stuff I left out as it is very specific to my setup.
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That is very nice. I very nearly bought a Synology instead, but I have always loved the little HP's so it was a natural 'upgrade' path from the Pi 4B. I should start looking at traefik as well, but haven't had the time to sit down and figure it out yet. You are running a nice complement of services on your network
 
newby_investor said:
Why are you using traefic on both of them? I was under the impression that traefic could manage an entire cluster.

I'm considering switching over to it from nginx for reverse-proxying.
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It can manage a whole cluster, but in this case, the docker on each is running as a single standalone system. It is just 2 devices, no reason to cluster it. I wanted it as simple as possible. So the router only forward port 80/443 to a a single device, in my case the minnowboard. The traefik on there will then route to either the containers on it, but I configured a manual fall-through route, so anything else will go to the traefik on the Synology, which then routes to the containers on there, or throw a 404 error.

If nginx works for you, nothing wrong with it but I will admit, I like how traefik makes it easy on containers. When I add a new container, I just add a few labels to it and traefik will reconfigure itself in realtime.

PhireSide said:
That is very nice. I very nearly bought a Synology instead, but I have always loved the little HP's so it was a natural 'upgrade' path from the Pi 4B. I should start looking at traefik as well, but haven't had the time to sit down and figure it out yet. You are running a nice complement of services on your network
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Thank you :)

If you do want to learn traefik, start with traefik2 instead of traefik1.x legacy. Was a bit of learning moving from 1.x to 2.x but I prefer it now.

Best guide that suites it for our needs: https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/traefik-2-docker-tutorial/
In fact, a lot of my setup is based on that guide and an older version.

Dylan_G said:
Dude, don't post your real web address on the internet.
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This address is already out there on multiple locations, no difference hiding it. I don't believe in security by obscurity. Thats a false sense of security in my opinion.

You should see the multiple bots out there scanning a bunch of stuff. If you for example just plain port forward to random things in your network, its far far from secure. At least have the things behind a reverse proxy which makes it less obvious whats on the port, or dont make it available at all and use a vpn instead. In my post above, Radarr is limited to what it can access, so its ok to know about it.
 
Tinuva said:
If nginx works for you, nothing wrong with it but I will admit, I like how traefik makes it easy on containers. When I add a new container, I just add a few labels to it and traefik will reconfigure itself in realtime.
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Thanks for the info! This is basically what I want to do. Just haven't gotten 'round to doing it yet...
 
Finally - a year later - hooked up an ultrasonic sensor and arduino - and outputing my future water tank water level statistics.

Has anyone installed one of these in a largish, 2500L, water tank - and have any advise on doing so? Wondering where and how to run the cabling.

Thinking of creating a small housing out of a plastic container, drilling holes for the sensor and cabling - and then sealing with marine silicone. Either keeping the Arduino at the power source, or with the sensor in the makeshift housing.
 
xrapidx said:
Finally - a year later - hooked up an ultrasonic sensor and arduino - and outputing my future water tank water level statistics.

Has anyone installed one of these in a largish, 2500L, water tank - and have any advise on doing so? Wondering where and how to run the cabling.

Thinking of creating a small housing out of a plastic container, drilling holes for the sensor and cabling - and then sealing with marine silicone. Either keeping the Arduino at the power source, or with the sensor in the makeshift housing.
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Sensor used , will maybe try this later with an esp for our water tanks.
 
xrapidx said:
Has anyone installed one of these in a largish, 2500L, water tank - and have any advise on doing so? Wondering where and how to run the cabling.
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I have not done it , but was thinking of using one or perhaps two of these
www.diyelectronics.co.za

Non-Contact Water Level Sensor | Indirect Capacitance Sensor

This fancy little Non-Contact Digital Water Level Sensor uses clever capacitance to accurately measure water levels from the outside of a container.
www.diyelectronics.co.za www.diyelectronics.co.za
non contact and fits on the outside of the tank.

:)If you would be the guinea pig....
 
thehuman said:
Sensor used , will maybe try this later with an esp for our water tanks.
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HC-SR04 - really rought calculation - taken the height of the water when full, subtract the distance from the sensor to the water, divided by the height of the tank to get the full %. If its below 90% - turn on the pump.

Düber said:
I have not done it , but was thinking of using one or perhaps two of these
www.diyelectronics.co.za

Non-Contact Water Level Sensor | Indirect Capacitance Sensor

This fancy little Non-Contact Digital Water Level Sensor uses clever capacitance to accurately measure water levels from the outside of a container.
www.diyelectronics.co.za www.diyelectronics.co.za
non contact and fits on the outside of the tank.

:)If you would be the guinea pig....
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Already done with the other sensor - will see how it goes.
 
Napalm said:
Howmuch would it cost to make? if you had to sell such a setup ? Alexa Mirror ?
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Cost me around R4k absolutely all in ( Pi, pre-loved monitor, actual mirror, 3mm glass with mirror film, wood, cables, sundries ).

You could do it for less. Mine was a little more involved ( read expensive ). I put conduits in the wall for the long cables as the Pi sits hidden in a cupboard. This was to keep the mirror super thin and still look like a regular mirror and not a box frame mirror
 

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I'm thinking of getting into this.

Long term, I want to build a Raspberry Pi into a Gameboy Advance shell. You get PCBs that can help with this - Freeplaytech makes boards that use either the Pi0 or CM3. But, I want to do something different. I want to connect a cartridge reader, and then see if I can patch the emulator to load the ROM from the emulator and then write the savefile back to the cartridge. So that it plays like the real thing.

Why? I'm into retro gaming, and it would be cool if this functioned like the real thing as much as possible, while also being able to play other non GBA games.

But first step would be to get the cartridge reader integration working. So I might buy a Pi3 or a Pi4 and the cartridge reader, just to get that working.
 
Ancalagon said:
I'm thinking of getting into this.

Long term, I want to build a Raspberry Pi into a Gameboy Advance shell. You get PCBs that can help with this - Freeplaytech makes boards that use either the Pi0 or CM3. But, I want to do something different. I want to connect a cartridge reader, and then see if I can patch the emulator to load the ROM from the emulator and then write the savefile back to the cartridge. So that it plays like the real thing.

Why? I'm into retro gaming, and it would be cool if this functioned like the real thing as much as possible, while also being able to play other non GBA games.

But first step would be to get the cartridge reader integration working. So I might buy a Pi3 or a Pi4 and the cartridge reader, just to get that working.
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Have you seen this?

GPi CASE - Retroflag

Game Boy inspired Raspberry Pi case. As a homage to the 8-bit handheld game console, Game Boy, not only does it carry the same looks, it also includes additional features like X/Y buttons Compatible with Raspberry Pi ZERO, ZERO W
retroflag.com retroflag.com

A friend got me one. REALLY cool!
 
Napalm2880 said:
Have you seen this?

GPi CASE - Retroflag

Game Boy inspired Raspberry Pi case. As a homage to the 8-bit handheld game console, Game Boy, not only does it carry the same looks, it also includes additional features like X/Y buttons Compatible with Raspberry Pi ZERO, ZERO W
retroflag.com retroflag.com

A friend got me one. REALLY cool!
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Thanks, yes I've seen it. But I prefer the form factor of the Gameboy Advance - its wider and easier to hold.
 
hilt_ctn said:
Cost me around R4k absolutely all in ( Pi, pre-loved monitor, actual mirror, 3mm glass with mirror film, wood, cables, sundries ).

You could do it for less. Mine was a little more involved ( read expensive ). I put conduits in the wall for the long cables as the Pi sits hidden in a cupboard. This was to keep the mirror super thin and still look like a regular mirror and not a box frame mirror
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That looks fantastic
 
Hi guys. i just started with a Pi4 plex server installation. My challenge is when i add a library on an ext hdd the movies dont load onto the server. any idea what it could be?
 
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