pi3g | PiCockpit and picockpit-client How-To 2019 - Monitor up to five Pis for free! @pi3g | Uploaded October 2019 | Updated October 2024, 49 minutes ago.
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I'm creating PiCockpit.com to make the Pi easier to use! PiCockpit is a collection of web-based tools, which support you with your Raspberry Pi.
Currently you can monitor up to five Pis for free, from anywhere in the world with an Internet Connection.
You will get live updates in your PiCockpit web dashboard, with new data coming in every second.
I am currently developing a sensor feature, which will allow you to add environment sensors to the Pi and also monitor them through PiCockpit. Next after that will be a control feature, where you can control your Pi (shutdown, reboot, and custom commands) through the web dashboard.
I'm always open for constructive feedback, please send it to me via this support form here:
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Installation instructions for picockpit-client
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picockpit-client is the software you need to have running on your Pi to enable picockpit.com to communicate with it.
Here's a one liner which you should enter in your terminal, followed by pressing the Enter key:
bash -c "$(curl -k -s picockpit.com/setup.sh)"
This will add our repository (and our repo key), install the picockpit-client package, and setup the connection with picockpit.com.
Please press "enter" when asked whether you want to proceed, and have your picockpit.com API Key handy. I explain in the video how to get your API key.
Pro tip: you can log in to picockpit.com on your Pi's webbrowser, to generate the API key, this way you can copy and paste it into the terminal, instead of having to manually enter it.
The Pi will now be connected to picockpit.com - no further command line knowledge is necessary!
The long version:
It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with what commands are actually being run on your computer (the above command basically runs a script downloaded from the Internet!). Here's what the script does:
curl -L repository.picockpit.com/picockpit.public.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb repository.picockpit.com/raspbian stretch main" | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/picockpit.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install picockpit-client
# as a last step we call the connect function of the picockpit-client
# the --yes skips some general questions for a smoother experience
sudo picockpit-client connect --yes
Looking forward to your feedback on PiCockpit.com and the installation process - constructive feedback always welcome :-)
Max
sign up free now: picockpit.com
I'm creating PiCockpit.com to make the Pi easier to use! PiCockpit is a collection of web-based tools, which support you with your Raspberry Pi.
Currently you can monitor up to five Pis for free, from anywhere in the world with an Internet Connection.
You will get live updates in your PiCockpit web dashboard, with new data coming in every second.
I am currently developing a sensor feature, which will allow you to add environment sensors to the Pi and also monitor them through PiCockpit. Next after that will be a control feature, where you can control your Pi (shutdown, reboot, and custom commands) through the web dashboard.
I'm always open for constructive feedback, please send it to me via this support form here:
buyzero.de/pages/kontakt
Installation instructions for picockpit-client
********************************************
picockpit-client is the software you need to have running on your Pi to enable picockpit.com to communicate with it.
Here's a one liner which you should enter in your terminal, followed by pressing the Enter key:
bash -c "$(curl -k -s picockpit.com/setup.sh)"
This will add our repository (and our repo key), install the picockpit-client package, and setup the connection with picockpit.com.
Please press "enter" when asked whether you want to proceed, and have your picockpit.com API Key handy. I explain in the video how to get your API key.
Pro tip: you can log in to picockpit.com on your Pi's webbrowser, to generate the API key, this way you can copy and paste it into the terminal, instead of having to manually enter it.
The Pi will now be connected to picockpit.com - no further command line knowledge is necessary!
The long version:
It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with what commands are actually being run on your computer (the above command basically runs a script downloaded from the Internet!). Here's what the script does:
curl -L repository.picockpit.com/picockpit.public.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb repository.picockpit.com/raspbian stretch main" | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/picockpit.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install picockpit-client
# as a last step we call the connect function of the picockpit-client
# the --yes skips some general questions for a smoother experience
sudo picockpit-client connect --yes
Looking forward to your feedback on PiCockpit.com and the installation process - constructive feedback always welcome :-)
Max
