deploy-dat

[m-onz]

Hey nice ideas.. I'm working on similar ideas so I would like to collaborate on making Raspberry Pi DAT servers.

Check out my project /deploy-dat which could be adapted for raspberry pi.. the idea being you can provision a Pi with a single shell script and run a server.

I will keep you posted on my efforts.

[callil]

super cool - I'd love to make a small guide on setting this up. Maybe we can have a quick chat to walk through how it works.

[m-onz]

Yes please get in touch.

Feel free to email me and we can do google hang out or something.. my details are on my website: www.tx11.co.uk

Incidentally I am running my websites using dat / dat sync --http!

I would love to help with this project! I'm in the process of moving away from the cloud and using Raspberry Pi's and server free architectures with DAT.

[neauoire]

Just tested with node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz on a RPi3B+.
Works perfectly!

Cannot get forever to run on my Pi Zero W, I'll have to investigate. It's complaining about UTP-native.

[neauoire]

For anyone who want to install dat on a RPi:

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.11.1/node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz
tar xvf ./node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz
cd node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l/bin
sudo cp ./node /usr/bin/
sudo ./npm install npm@latest -g
npm update
sudo npm install dat -g

Will give an error:

gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/usr/lib/node_modules/dat/node_modules/utp-native/.node-gyp/8.11.1"

But running, sudo npm install dat -g a second time will succeed.

pi@weather-station:~/node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l/bin $ sudo npm install dat -g
/usr/bin/dat -> /usr/lib/node_modules/dat/bin/cli.js
+ dat@13.10.0
updated 1 package in 26.3s

Success

pi@weather-station:~/node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l/bin $ dat -v
13.10.0

[callil]

@neauoire awesome! I also finished writing this guide earlier today which uses a slightly different method. Feel free to submit changes if you find anything that could be explained more clearly.

I like yours because the source looks more reliable / less shady.

[neauoire]

Excellent guide, I've added a note on renaming the device. If you use a pi zero for mirroring site, it's very likely that other raspberrypi named devices are active in the network, especially in the context of pebble.

[m-onz]

Hey,

I'm working on cloudflare w. dynamic DNS solution as a helper package / repo that does the dynamic dns with cloudflare v4 api.. It should be ready by next week.

I noticed some discussion about dynamic DNS for making http servers accessible from behind home firewalls. I have another configuration that may work for those who who use cloudflare.

The process would be... get a free cloud flare account... create a domain etc. Set up the CDN and use the tunnel/CDN option. This gives you HTTPS and DDOS protection for free and lets you point directly to the dat http instance running on port 80.

deploy-dat => run deploy dat to get a dat folder running on port 80.

Set up dynamic DNS using the cloudflare API... https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200168816-Does-CloudFlare-work-with-Dynamic-DNS-Can-I-update-my-DNS-records-remotely-

...

I can write guides for AWS / digital ocean servers as well as raspberry Pis behind home routers.

Any objections?

[callil]

This all sounds super good @m-onz - I'm going to give deploy at a shot tonight if I have time. I'd love to better understand the dynamic dns stuff.

I'd like to eventually make the frontend of https://github.com/new-computers/seeder public (as like a public seeder profile) so this could be a great integration.

[cblgh]

@neauoire i was installing ssb the other day on a server, and that error looks similar enough that i think maybe adding --unsafe-perm will make it work the first time!

so the new instructions for installing dat would then be

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.11.1/node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz
tar xvf ./node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz
cd node-v8.11.1-linux-armv7l/bin
sudo cp ./node /usr/bin/
sudo ./npm install npm@latest -g
npm update
sudo npm install dat -g --unsafe-perm

(reason being root will drop in privilege for some of the native building iirc) - i haven't verified it yet though, just a hunch!

[neauoire]

Thanks a lot!
I'll give this a shot next time I flash a Pi :)

[m-onz]

Maybe building from source would be more predictable / reliable...

git clone https://github.com/datproject/dat
cd dat
npm install
sudo npm install link

[neauoire]

I tried that, but on a rasp pi zero, it's very long, and install a lot of things that I don't think is needed on the device.