PiCockpit
The technology & security foundations of PiCockpit
I was asked to elaborate a bit about the security & technology foundations of PiCockpit. The parts which are involved PiCockpit consists of several parts: picockpit-client picockpit-frontend picockpit-backend picockpit-api (“papi”) the database the MQTT server the picockpit Package repository The MQTT server Data between the picockpit-frontend and picockpit-client is exchanged using the MQTT server (called…
WeiterlesenUpdate picockpit-client for compatibility with v2.0
The new PiCockpit release has many new features, which require a new picockpit-client version (at least v2.0.1) for compatibility. What do you get by upgrading the picockpit-client / using PiCockpit v2.0? GPIO: control GPIO pins (input / output / software PWM to dim LEDs for example) PiControl: run commands on your Pi from the webinterface…
WeiterlesenStress testing a Raspberry Pi 4 with PiCockpit – temperature monitoring
Using the new PiCockpit v2.0 release, you can monitor the current SoC temperature of the Pi in an easy to use webinterface (in PiStats). Simply click on PiStats, and enter temp into the search: this will narrow the display down to just the SoC temperature. The temperature will be updated every second. I also recommend…
WeiterlesenPiCockpit v2.0 released – amazing new features!
Yesterday, on the 6th of October 2020, we have released the new version of PiCockpit – which has many new, exciting features. And best of all: PiCockpit continues to be free of charge (as in free beer), for up to 5 Raspberry Pis! Get started for free today. What is picockpit.com? PiCockpit is an easy…
Weiterlesenenabling and disabling a systemd service in Python using DBus
The upcoming picockpit-client reacts to deletion events from the frontend by disabling it’s service (the application will stay installed, however). Similarly, when you decide to run picockpit-client connect again, the service will be re-enabled and started automatically for you. This is possible using the Python DBus interface. the DBus is a bus system for interacting…
WeiterlesenPaho MQTT Client (Javascript), Envoy, VerneMQ: debugging disconnects
After deploying picockpit to my server, a bug was observed: the web frontend would disconnect in very regular intervals. This had not been present on the local development environment. Users of picockpit reported the same bug. I have debugged it today, and applied a hotfix. It turns out it was a timing issue. TL;DR how…
WeiterlesenPiCockpit v.0.11.0 & picockpit-client v0.15.6 released–live pi monitoring!
Freshly released for you – now picockpit.com offers you a possibility to monitor up to 5 Pis from everywhere on this planet (with an Internet connection) for free! This is how it looks like: The data (under the heartbeat button) is updated live, currently every second. How do I start monitoring my Pis for free?…
Weiterlesenpicockpit.com new version v.0.11.0 is live!
This new version of picockpit.com supports live streaming of MQTT measurement data from your Pi to your webinterface (desktop or mobile). By clicking on the info icon, you can see the public and private IPs, the serial number and the Pi model: The online state of the Pi is displayed with the online badge. Currently…
WeiterlesenPiCockpit preview: Sensors
Preview This is in the upcoming version of PiCockpit: All these values are updated live (currently each second) using MQTT messages to PiCockpit. The value for Root partition total available is static, as it is the total size of the root partition. Some values are rendered in a prettier (but less precise) view in the…
WeiterlesenPiCockpit showing CPU usage & temperature
The CPU information is updated live in your webinterface. No matter where your Pi will be in the world, if it has an Internet connection and can talk to the PiCockpit MQTT Broker, you will be able to monitor it. CPU Loaded with two hogs: The 51 % refers to overall system load – that…
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