> My version of ideal is ssh access only to the command line and no GUI involved. +1 And get a firewall and VPN in.
> On Dec 9, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> wrote: > > > Sunray <wind...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Sorry if this has been brought up already. I plan to install a Raspberry Pi >> running Weewx at a remote cold cabin, where the time and conditions for >> local configuration and troubleshooting are limited. So ideally I'd like to >> bring a pre-configured RPi to the cabin and just plug it into the existing >> LAN router where the weather station (Davis Vantage Vue with Weatherlink >> IP) is already running. >> >> Then, ideally, using a remote desktop running e.g. VNC Viewer, do as much >> as possible of the setup remotely from the warmth of my home. > > My version of ideal is ssh access only to the command line and no GUI > involved. I have a RPI3 running weewx, and it has no keyboard and no > display. I log into it over ssh and have done everything from the > command line. (The only trouble has been from SD card flakiness and > then I need to pull the card and repair it from another system.) > > If you are going to have a remote system learning to use the command > line is worth it. > >> A question to you experts: is this feasible at all ? What are the minimum >> setup steps that must be done locally at the cabin? I guess the key steps >> are 1) to find out the local IP addresses of the weather station and the >> RPi, and then 2) get the weather station to talk to the RPi and then 3) to >> get the virtual desktop of the RPi to become accessible on the internet. >> Then I could control Weewx from home. > > My advice is: > > wire the RPI3 to the router > > wire the weatherlink IP to the router if you possibly can > > Either install a big solar/battery system or get a good UPS. Test the > UPS as well as reading the manual to make sure it will power up again > after a long outage, if you lose power and get it back. > > put the weatherlink IP and the RPI3 on static addresses on your lan. > > set up port forwarding for something (port 22 maybe) to port 22 on the > RPI3. Do not open up other ports. > > Set up dynamic DNS on the router so you can find the public IP address. > > set up something on the RPI3 to at least once a day do something like > "wget https://your.webserver.example.com/phonehome-cabin"; so you can > find the IP address when the dynamic DNS breaks > > Set up tor on your RPI3 to offer ssh as a hidden service, and test > connecting to it from your machine at home. > > Get a USB SSD and configure the Pi to boot from the uSD and mostly use > the SSD. If you don't do this configure weewx to generate html into > a /tmp ramdisk so it isn't needlessly churning the uSD card > > > ---------------------------------------- > brief tor hints (may need adjusting from NetBSD to GNU/Linux) -- further > tor is off topic here and there are lots of docs on the net > > in .ssh/config, and nc is openbsd's netcat which has support for socks5 > > --------------------Host *.onion > ProxyCommand nc -xlocalhost:9050 -X5 %h %p > # Use %n, to name control sockets foo.onion, so they aren't too big. > ControlPath ~/.ssh/controlmasters/%r@%n:%p > > Host rpi3.onion > Hostname abcdefg.onion # copy from the address in hidden_service dir > -------------------- > > in torrc: > > -------------------- > HiddenServiceDir /var/chroot/tor/hidden_service/ > HiddenServicePort 22 127.0.0.1:22 > -------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/rmilfe6ol6h.fsf%40s1.lexort.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/FD6DAF1E-B877-4243-8DCF-2C8CA41491C7%40johnkline.com.
