2.2. Installing Fermentrack¶
There are three main ways to install Fermentrack:
- One-line fully automated
- Semi-automated
- Manual
Regardless of what method you choose, all of these expect that your Raspberry Pi has been properly set up with a working copy of Raspbian. If Raspbian is not yet installed, please read and complete Preparing a Raspberry Pi for Fermentrack
2.2.1. Fully Automated¶
The easiest way to install Fermentrack is via a single command executed on your Raspberry Pi. To install via this method, simply SSH into your Raspberry Pi and execute:
curl -L install.fermentrack.com | sudo bash
Follow the prompts as needed, and once the script completes, you’re done!
You can also watch a video of this process on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/9hRH1dNygnk
2.2.2. Semi-Automated¶
If you prefer a slightly less automatic installation method, you can download the fermentrack-tools repo from git and use the install script contained therein. To install using this script, do the following:
- Log into your Raspberry Pi
- install
git(Typesudo apt-install git-core) - Clone the repo (
git clone https://github.com/thorrak/fermentrack-tools.git) - Run the install script (
sudo fermentrack-tools/install.sh) - Follow the prompts on screen. Relaunch the install script if prompted.
- Once installation completes, open a web browser and connect to Fermentrack to complete the installation process.
2.2.3. Manual¶
Unfortunately, the manual installation instructions haven’t been fully written yet. That said, below is a general overview of what needs to happen. The steps below need to be run in order - from top to bottom. The command to run is in the right column, with a brief description of what the command seeks to accomplish in the left.
Todo
Add callout for version number here (once the next version of Fermentrack is released)
| Log into your Raspberry Pi via SSH or pull up a terminal window | |
|---|---|
| Set the current user to root | sudo su |
| Update your apt package list | apt-get update |
| Upgrade all already installed packages via apt | apt-get upgrade |
| Install the system-wide packages (nginx, etc.) | apt-get install -y git-core build-essential nginx redis-server avrdude bluez libcap2-bin libbluetooth3 python3-venv python3-dev python3-zmq python3-scipy python3-numpy |
| Add the fermentrack user | useradd -m -G dialout fermentrack -s /bin/bash |
| Disable the fermentrack user’s password | passwd -d fermentrack |
| Add the fermentrack user to the www-data group | usermod -a -G www-data fermentrack |
| Clone the Fermentrack repo | sudo -u fermentrack -H git clone https://github.com/thorrak/fermentrack.git "/home/fermentrack/fermentrack" |
| Create the virtualenv for launching fermentrack | sudo -u fermentrack -H python3 -m venv /home/fermentrack/venv |
| Manually link scipy into the virtualenv | sudo -u fermentrack -H ln -s /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scipy* /home/fermentrack/venv/lib/python*/site-packages |
| Manually link numpy into the virtualenv | sudo -u fermentrack -H ln -s /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/numpy* /home/fermentrack/venv/lib/python*/site-packages |
| Enable Python to interact with bluetooth | (See appropriate section below for instructions) |
| Change to the utils directory | cd /home/fermentrack/fermentrack/utils/ |
| Create the secretsettings.py file | sudo -u fermentrack -H bash "$installPath"/fermentrack/utils/make_secretsettings.sh |
| Run the Fermentrack upgrade script | sudo -u fermentrack -H bash /home/fermentrack/fermentrack/utils/upgrade3.sh |
| Set up Nginx | (See appropriate section below for instructions) |
| Create the cron entries to launch Circus/Fermentrack | sudo -u fermentrack -H bash /home/fermentrack/fermentrack/utils/updateCronCircus.sh add2cron |
| Launch Circus/Fermentrack | sudo -u fermentrack -H bash /home/fermentrack/fermentrack/utils/updateCronCircus.sh start |
2.2.3.1. Enabling Python to Interact with Bluetooth¶
Todo
Rewrite the Enabling Python to Interact with Bluetooth Section
Note
The below is the code from the automated install shell script. You will need to do something similar, manually for bluetooth integration to work. This section will be rewritten at some point in the future to provide actual instructions.
PYTHON3_INTERPRETER="$(readlink -e $installPath/venv/bin/python)"
if [ -a ${PYTHON3_INTERPRETER} ]; then
sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip "$PYTHON3_INTERPRETER"
2.2.3.2. Setting Up Nginx¶
Although Fermentrack may be installed, without Nginx being configured, the app will not be accessible via a web browser.
The default-fermentrack configuration file can be found at: fermentrack-tools/nginx-configs/default-fermentrack. You will need to find and replace all instances of “brewpiuser” with “fermentrack”.
Todo
Rewrite the Setting Up Nginx section
rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-available/default-fermentrack &> /dev/null
# Replace all instances of 'brewpiuser' with the fermentrackUser we set and save as the nginx configuration
sed "s/brewpiuser/${fermentrackUser}/" "$myPath"/nginx-configs/default-fermentrack > /etc/nginx/sites-available/default-fermentrack
rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default &> /dev/null
ln -sf /etc/nginx/sites-available/default-fermentrack /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default-fermentrack
service nginx restart