Guide: Telemetry server

eggi55 · Dec 17, 2022

Hello Ranjib
I reinstalled everything
but can't start reef-pi I took a picture.
I would appreciate your help.

bishoptf · Dec 17, 2022

eggi55 said:
Hello Ranjib
I reinstalled everything
but can't start reef-pi I took a picture.
I would appreciate your help.

Do you have a build thread going since that would be the best place to post this or the other main reef-pi thread. But in general if you want to start/stop/status reef-pi here is the proper command:

Code:

 sudo systemctl status reef-pi.service
[sudo] password for bishop:
● reef-pi.service - raspberry pi based reef tank controller
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/reef-pi.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-11-24 16:27:24 CST; 3 weeks 1 days ago
 Main PID: 14056 (reef-pi)
    Tasks: 14 (limit: 878)
   CGroup: /system.slice/reef-pi.service
           └─14056 /usr/bin/reef-pi daemon -config /etc/reef-pi/config.yaml

Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Shrimp light Channel: Channel-1 Value
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 24.619443281261237  at channel: 0
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Chaeto light Channel: Channel-1 Value
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 1
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 health check: Used memory: 13.76  Load5: 0
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 temperature sub-system:  sensor Ambient value: 66.76
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 temperature sub-system:  sensor Shrimp Tank value: 78.24
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 Current value of 'Shrimp Tank' is below minimum threshold. Executing up r
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 Euipment: 1 On: true
Dec 17 09:49:26 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:26 temperature sub-system:  sensor Coral Tank Alarm only value: 79.2

Replace status with start to start the service. Service level commands generally need to be run from an account with elevated privileges hence the beginning "sudo" is used to elevate your privileges.

Hope that helps get you working

eggi55 · Dec 17, 2022

Tom Bishop said:

Do you have a build thread going since that would be the best place to post this or the other main reef-pi thread. But in general if you want to start/stop/status reef-pi here is the proper command:

Code:

 sudo systemctl status reef-pi.service
[sudo] password for bishop:
● reef-pi.service - raspberry pi based reef tank controller
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/reef-pi.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-11-24 16:27:24 CST; 3 weeks 1 days ago
 Main PID: 14056 (reef-pi)
    Tasks: 14 (limit: 878)
   CGroup: /system.slice/reef-pi.service
           └─14056 /usr/bin/reef-pi daemon -config /etc/reef-pi/config.yaml

Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Shrimp light Channel: Channel-1 Value
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 24.619443281261237  at channel: 0
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Chaeto light Channel: Channel-1 Value
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 1
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 health check: Used memory: 13.76  Load5: 0
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 temperature sub-system:  sensor Ambient value: 66.76
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 temperature sub-system:  sensor Shrimp Tank value: 78.24
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 Current value of 'Shrimp Tank' is below minimum threshold. Executing up r
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 Euipment: 1 On: true
Dec 17 09:49:26 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:26 temperature sub-system:  sensor Coral Tank Alarm only value: 79.2

Replace status with start to start the service. Service level commands generally need to be run from an account with elevated privileges hence the beginning "sudo" is used to elevate your privileges.

Hope that helps get you working

Tom Bishop said:

Do you have a build thread going since that would be the best place to post this or the other main reef-pi thread. But in general if you want to start/stop/status reef-pi here is the proper command:

Code:

 sudo systemctl status reef-pi.service
[sudo] password for bishop:
● reef-pi.service - raspberry pi based reef tank controller
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/reef-pi.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-11-24 16:27:24 CST; 3 weeks 1 days ago
 Main PID: 14056 (reef-pi)
    Tasks: 14 (limit: 878)
   CGroup: /system.slice/reef-pi.service
           └─14056 /usr/bin/reef-pi daemon -config /etc/reef-pi/config.yaml

Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Shrimp light Channel: Channel-1 Value
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 24.619443281261237  at channel: 0
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Chaeto light Channel: Channel-1 Value
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 1
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 health check: Used memory: 13.76  Load5: 0
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 temperature sub-system:  sensor Ambient value: 66.76
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 temperature sub-system:  sensor Shrimp Tank value: 78.24
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 Current value of 'Shrimp Tank' is below minimum threshold. Executing up r
Dec 17 09:49:25 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:25 Euipment: 1 On: true
Dec 17 09:49:26 tankpi reef-pi[14056]: 2022/12/17 09:49:26 temperature sub-system:  sensor Coral Tank Alarm only value: 79.2

Replace status with start to start the service. Service level commands generally need to be run from an account with elevated privileges hence the beginning "sudo" is used to elevate your privileges.

Hope that helps get you working

no i can not start http:// 192.___.___.__/reef-pi

eggi55 · Dec 17, 2022

eggi55 said:
no i can not start http:// 192.___.___.__/reef-pi

sorry started

eggi55 · Dec 17, 2022

eggi55 said:
sorry started

and thank you for Help

eggi55 · Dec 18, 2022

so i set up prometheus see photo everything right or wrong?
I would appreciate an answer and wish you all a nice 4th advent.

robsworld78 · Dec 19, 2022

Sorry wrong thread.

eggi55 · Dec 19, 2022

robsworld78 said:
Sorry wrong thread.

?
it's about Prometheus

Sral · Dec 19, 2022

eggi55 said:
?
it's about Prometheus

He meant that he wrote his message into the wrong thread ^^

eggi55 · Dec 19, 2022

Sral said:
He meant that he wrote his message into the wrong thread ^^

ach so kannst du mir helfen ?

Sral · Dec 19, 2022

eggi55 said:
ach so kannst du mir helfen ?

Leider noch nicht, hab mich leider noch nicht wirklich mit Prometheus usw. beschäftigt ^^

[translation]: Sadly not yet, I haven't looked into prometheus thus far ^^

ColoredRock · Dec 19, 2022

eggi55 said:
so i set up prometheus see photo everything right or wrong?
I would appreciate an answer and wish you all a nice 4th advent.

try to search for the error you are getting

prometheus 203 code at DuckDuckGo

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duckduckgo.com

Also try install prometheus with a guide more detailed to what flavor of linux you are using.... I installed on Ubuntu using this guide.

How to Install Prometheus on Ubuntu 20.04 | RoseHosting

Learn how to install Prometheus on Ubuntu 20.04 with this easy guide. It's easy to install Prometheus on Ubuntu.

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eggi55 · Dec 19, 2022

ColoredRock said:
try to search for the error you are getting

prometheus 203 code at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

duckduckgo.com

Also try install prometheus with a guide more detailed to what flavor of linux you are using.... I installed on Ubuntu using this guide.

How to Install Prometheus on Ubuntu 20.04 | RoseHosting

Learn how to install Prometheus on Ubuntu 20.04 with this easy guide. It's easy to install Prometheus on Ubuntu.

www.rosehosting.com

thank you

the register · Dec 21, 2022

Not to hijack this thread, but this might be one of those things that's super helpful to build a kubernetes deployment around and guide people on how to push this up to GCP or another host. While you'd need to pay for the usage, my guess is the net cost for something as lightweight as this would be comparable in cost to the electric bill from running the server.

If others are interested in that, I can write that up and push the configs onto github.

eggi55 · Dec 22, 2022

hallo
one could not also A20-OLinuXino-MICRO ?

Ranjib · Dec 22, 2022

eggi55 said:
hallo
one could not also A20-OLinuXino-MICRO ?

Nope. too slow :-( . go for x86 systems

Ranjib · Dec 22, 2022

the register said:
Not to hijack this thread, but this might be one of those things that's super helpful to build a kubernetes deployment around and guide people on how to push this up to GCP or another host. While you'd need to pay for the usage, my guess is the net cost for something as lightweight as this would be comparable in cost to the electric bill from running the server.

If others are interested in that, I can write that up and push the configs onto github.

i would take that route if this was sas. For individual users, reef-pi is already pretty complicated, i doubt very much the k8s plumbing will have general consumption. I could definitely use a helm chart to test out reef-pi on my k8s cluster

i already have a telemetry operator (grafana, prometheus, node exporter) and was hoping to extend that to incorporate reef-pi and then slowly build out the mothership.

eggi55 · Dec 22, 2022

Ranjib said:
Nope. too slow :-( . go for x86 systems

hi
but I'm still looking for a suitable one and the electricity costs make me ensure continuous operation and I don't know if I can do it with the esp32, I always need that long.

eggi55 · Dec 22, 2022

what would you recommend for one? there are so many

ColoredRock · Dec 22, 2022

eggi55 said:
what would you recommend for one? there are so many

Ranjib said:
Hardware

We'll start with installing reef-pi in a common non raspberry pi computer (x86). Any laptop, PC, mini-pc should do.

For this guide i am using a cheaper intel celeron based mini pc with ssd (A genuine, 250$+ Intel NUC will be awesome).