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Sep 26 2015

RPI ONLINE ( BUT NOT PUBLIC )

Posted by kll · In RPI · 4475 Reads ·

how to get a RPI ONLINE
in some articles i write about my tests for webserver, my own dyn dns...
also storing data to a online service like google sheets or using this service.
now more and more other services come up, and mostly vague about the service costs
and all not very clear what it is and what you get.

other point is how you can trust any of that new "device" services companies,
as you open up your PC, tablet, phone, and the RPI
on the other hand my RPI never contains private data, a setup rarely lives longer as a week...

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summary:
dataplicity.com
dataplicity.com update 18-02-2017
weaved.com
weaved.com update 18-02-2017

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dataplicity.com
here first i want try ( info from forum )
dataplicity.com
you understand that i love the webpage background

make a account with your email and a password
and they give you a script code you need to run on the RPI

now when i look at the browser page i see a device RPI21 ( my RPI name is RPI2 )
and when i press a button what looks like a 'update' a terminal window opens.
looks like the user creation for user 'dataplicity' is incomplete because a /home/dataplicity/ is missing what causes errors when i try to start 'mc'


now i go in PUTTY as myuser
cd /home/
sudo mkdir dataplicity
sudo chown dataplicity:dataplicity dataplicity

then i try a sudo xxx and am asked for a password?? it is not the login password to my account there??

ok, got a very fast answer back from forum
thanks @Elliot_M
so you need to su login as pi ( or your superuser ) with
su pi
( raspberry )

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now i learned that with this i can open a terminal in my RPI via a browser, but i hope soon i can also open a desktop?

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i play more with the user and miss the HOME
as the .bash_aliases not work
test by
printenv
change by
usermod -d /home/dataplicity dataplicity but does not work: it say "usermod no changes"

try change password

it did not ask for login? but also not show the prompt, so i typed the new password and it worked.
at second login not needed the password again / was the user overwritten?
well, i should have checked that before i changed the password, anyhow this also not works.

also the mc not run again,

so this dataplicity user is a very strange user.

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dataplicity.com update 18-02-2017
getting one of that emails from dataplicity.com i want try it again and see for new features.
i tested a RPI2 and a RPI3 with updated raspbian and could not install. but with the help of Elliot /email/online chat now i am connected again.

-a- requirements:
a raspberry pi connected to the internet
( i work headless RPI3 with power-supply via WIFI )

-b- start browser to
dataplicity.com
( get account / verify email... )
+ add new device and see a CLI you should execute from terminal
curl https://www.dataplicity.com/fah06euf.py | sudo python
what ended on 2 RPI in a error.
now acc Elliot here the manual procedure:

to have your usual environment ( like my .bash_aliases ..)
su pi

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after i am up to date and connected again i look for the new stuff:
WORMHOLE ...
example wormhole remote VNC
we have VNC already, so start at NOVNC
sudo apt-get install git websockify
git clone git://github.com/kanaka/noVNC #12MB
cd noVNC
./utils/launch.sh --vnc 127.0.0.1:5901 --listen 80
error but with sudo better
sudo ./utils/launch.sh --vnc 127.0.0.1:5901 --listen 80


but today is not a lucky day, possibly need some changes for the now pre installed real VNC.

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as there is a other example using python and Flask and see also raspberrypi.org
i want test that, comparing it with my recent play with node.js...
first i just follow the flask web page example, i found about the port command,

and learned that i need start with "sudo python3 ..." if i want use port 80 ( instead 3456 )

and loading some nice template from html5up.net and show via dataplicity wormhole

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weaved.com
next i want test the
weaved.com
register/make a account here
UPDATE: pricing !!
see here for RPI
run
wget https://github.com/weaved/installer/raw/master/binaries/weaved-nixinstaller_1.2.13.bin
chmod +x weaved-nixinstaller_1.2.13.bin
./weaved-nixinstaller_1.2.13.bin

you can select different / multiple service:
SSH on port 22
Web (http) on port 80
WebIOPi on port 8000
VNC on port 5091 (tested with tightvncserver)
A custom TCP service on your port of choice





give email and password from your weaved account and find your device:

as i try for webserver ( what would be a kind of useless / or maybe very private / website )
need to check on that [share] button

pls. note the limitations for the
FREE ACCOUNT
30 min , one device

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UPDATE:
i used that SD card and run a manual upgrade to JESSIE
resulting in a 6.5GB used /dev/root/ system
( while the new JESSIE image is only 4.2GB / without my installations )
anyhow:
Weaved still runs but the "homepage" i made is gone?
ok, its a apache change:
copy /var/www/ to var/www/html/

Dataplicity terminal also ok

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weaved.com update 18-02-2017
also want to test install of weaved, this time also for the new real VNC
install for RPI here

the option with the online vnc not worked, but with my local vnc viewer and the proxy thing worked.





now you reach weaved.com by remot3.it

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real VNC connect? forum