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VICKY_NK@HOTMAIL.CO.UK
VICKY_NK@HOTMAIL.CO.UK over 10 years ago

Hi,

Can someone send me a link to a good tutorial to help me set up my pi 2 as server.

Thank

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    0 e14 Contributor over 10 years ago

    What type of server are you thinking of, Victor?  Web server?  File server?  VPN?  Something else?

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    0 VICKY_NK@HOTMAIL.CO.UK over 10 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Hi,

     

    I am thinking of trying to design and develop a "SITE SERVER". Basically some thing like collecting all sensors reading from site, storing them on site server in order to view them remotely.

     

    Thanks

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    0 VICKY_NK@HOTMAIL.CO.UK over 10 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Hi,

     

    I am thinking of trying to design and develop a "SITE SERVER". Basically some thing like collecting all sensors reading from site, storing them on site server in order to view them remotely.

     

    Thanks

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    0 e14 Contributor over 10 years ago in reply to VICKY_NK@HOTMAIL.CO.UK

    What you want is a file server.  You'll need external storage, unless a 32GB SD card is enough space.  Even then, it's not a good idea to put your operating system on the same partition as your data; both for reasons of throughput and backup.

     

    Here's a link to Jeremy Morgan's page about making RPi into a File Server: https://www.jeremymorgan.com/tutorials/raspberry-pi/how-to-raspberry-pi-file-server/

    There are pretty comprehensive instructions on how to go about this.  Putting on an external drive (as he does) also makes it easier to transfer or backup your data using another device.  It just depends upon how much redundancy you want.

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