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1 **Table of Contents：**
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3 {{toc/}}
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8 = 1.  Overview =
9
10
11 This is a general instruction for the use of Armbian base OS of Dragino devices. Current models include:
12
13 * HP0A
14 * HP0C
15 * LPS8v2
16 * MS20
17
18
19
20 = 2.  Development Guide =
21
22
23 For advanced users to develop Driver/ Linux etc.
24
25
26 == 2.1  How to recompile LoRaWAN Concentrator Driver ( dragino-fwd package). ==
27
28
29 === (% style="color:blue" %)**Step 1. Clone dragino-fwd package**(%%) ===
30
31
32 **Requirements:**
33
34 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)sudo apt install -y libsqlite3-dev(%%)**
35
36 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)sudo apt install -y libftdi1-dev(%%)**
37
38
39 **Run command clone dragino-fwd package: (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)git clone https:~/~/github.com/dragino/dragino_fwd_src.git(%%)**
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41
42 [[image:image-20220527151010-1.png]]
43
44
45 === (% style="color:blue" %)**Step 2. Compile dragino_fwd**(%%) ===
46
47
48 **After cloning is complete, Run the command starts compiling:**
49
50 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**Compile HP0C/HP0A fwd:  ./hp0z-make-deb.sh c**
51
52
53 The following example compilers HP0C fwd.
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55 [[image:image-20220527153913-3.png]]
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57
58
59 When the compilation is complete a** (% style="color:blue" %)draginofwd-*.deb(%%) **package is generated.
60
61 [[image:image-20220527154311-4.png||height="385" width="773"]]
62
63
64 === (% style="color:blue" %)**Step 3. Install the dragino_fwd**(%%) ===
65
66
67 **Run command:**
68
69 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**dpkg -i draginofwd-*.deb **
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71
72 [[image:image-20220527154811-5.png]]
73
74
75 === (% style="color:blue" %)**Step 4. Test**(%%) ===
76
77
78 **Check the dragino_fwd log:**
79
80 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**journalctl -u draginofwd -f**
81
82
83 [[image:image-20220527165221-7.png||height="182" width="931"]]
84
85
86 **Start/stop dragino_fwd via systemctl:**
87
88 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**systemctl start draginofwd**
89
90 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**systemctl stop draginofwd**
91
92
93 == 2.2  How to clone Complete OS on the EMMC to SD card ==
94
95 == 2.3  How to flash SD card to (eMMC) device's built-in Memory ==
96
97 === 2.3.1 Prepare an SD card with OS ===
98
99
100 (% style="background-color:yellow" %)//**Preparations:**//
101
102 ~1. Prepare an SD card and a// card reader device//
103
104 2. Formatting the SD card (//Make sure the SD card is empty//)
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106 3. //Download the OS image from the **[[release.image>>url:http://repo.dragino.com/release/hp0c-image/]]**: ( File format **dragino-lps8v2-1.7.img** )//
107
108 4. //A Flash software tool ( Such as v1.7.9 from **[[balenaEtcher>>url:https://www.balena.io/etcher/]]** )//
109
110
111
112 === 2.3.2 Flash SD card to device's eMMC ===
113
114
115 //1. Open the device's enclosure, and put the SD card into the SD card slot//
116
117 //2. Power on the device and access the gateway's CLI via the serial port.//
118
119 //3. Login and run the below command to flash.//
120
121
122 **Run command:**
123
124 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**nand-sata-install**
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126
127 [[image:image-20220602112051-1.png]]
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129
130
131 Select the (% style="color:red" %)**"Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC".**
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133 [[image:image-20220602112058-2.png||height="292" width="646"]]
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135
136 [[image:image-20220602112106-3.png||height="301" width="643"]]
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138
139
140 Select the (% style="color:red" %)**"1  ext4"**
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142 [[image:image-20220602112113-4.png||height="271" width="642"]]
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144
145
146 It takes 4-5 minutes to burn from SD card to eMMC
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148 [[image:image-20220602112119-5.png||height="309" width="641"]]
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151 [[image:image-20220602112125-6.png||height="281" width="640"]]
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154 [[image:image-20220602112131-7.png||height="241" width="638"]]
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156
157 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: After the flash is complete, power off the device and then remove the SD card.**
158
159
160 == 2.4 Default Built Version ==
161
162
163 [[image:image-20220902155621-1.png]]
164
165
166 == 2.5 How to upgrade the nodejs version to the latest. ==
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168
169 By default, the nodejs uses the pre-install version v12 which is due to Debian the ultra-stable via ultra-old.
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171 [[image:image-20221112145029-2.png]]
172
173 **If you want to upgrade the nodejs to the latest, please follow to use these commands on the gateway CIL.**
174
175
176 #install n, which is an Interactively Manage Your Node.js Versions
177
178 [[image:image-20221112154230-3.png||height="89" width="689"]]
179
180 (% class="box infomessage" %)
181 (((
182 **npm install -g n**
183 )))
184
185
186 #Install the latest LTS Node.js release (downloading if necessary)
187
188 [[image:image-20221112154418-4.png||height="184" width="893"]]
189
190 (% class="box infomessage" %)
191 (((
192 **n lts**
193 )))
194
195
196 #Remove all downloaded versions except the installed version
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198 [[image:image-20221112154456-5.png||height="139" width="899"]]
199
200 (% class="box infomessage" %)
201 (((
202 **n prune**
203 )))
204
205
206 (% class="box infomessage" %)
207 (((
208 **apt remove nodejs -y && apt autoremove -y && reboot**
209 )))
210
211
212 Check the current version
213
214 [[image:image-20221112154724-6.png]]
215
216 (% class="box infomessage" %)
217 (((
218 **node -v**
219 )))
220
221
222 == 2.6 How to install Grafana and influxdb ==
223
224
225 === **Grafana:** ===
226
227
228 (% class="box infomessage" %)
229 (((
230 curl https:~/~/packages.grafana.com/gpg.key | gpg ~-~-dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/grafana-archive-keyrings.gpg >/dev/null
231 echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/grafana-archive-keyrings.gpg] https:~/~/packages.grafana.com/oss/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list
232 apt update && apt install grafana
233 )))
234
235
236 Check the running status:
237
238
239 (% class="box infomessage" %)
240 (((
241 systemctl status grafana-server
242 )))
243
244
245 configuration path:
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247
248 (% class="box infomessage" %)
249 (((
250 /etc/grafana/grafana.ini
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252
253
254 === **Influxdb:** ===
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256
257 (% class="box infomessage" %)
258 (((
259 curl https:~/~/repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key | gpg ~-~-dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/influxdb-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
260 echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/influxdb-archive-keyring.gpg] https:~/~/repos.influxdata.com/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdb.list
261 apt update && apt install influxdb
262 )))
263
264
265 Check the running status:
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267
268 (% class="box infomessage" %)
269 (((
270 systemctl status influxdb
271 )))
272
273
274 configuration path:
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277 (% class="box infomessage" %)
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279 /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
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281
282
283 = 3. Package Maintain Note =
284
285 == 3.1 Default Package Maintain System ==
286
287 === 3.1.1 How Package-Auto-Update works? ===
288
289
290 By default, LPS8v2 / MS20 series products have an auto-update feature for main packages. The device will connect to Dragino's auto-update server and check for updates. 
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292
293 (% style="color:blue" %)**When devices will check for updates**?
294
295 * Devices will check for updates for every boot.
296 * Devices will check for updates on every day midnight.
297
298 (% style="color:blue" %)**What packages will be checked for updates**?
299
300 dragino-httpd ~-~- Main Web UI http configuration
301
302 dragino-sid  ~-~- SN write and read tool
303
304 dragino-ui  ~-~- Gateway Web UI package
305
306 draginofwd   ~-~- UDP packet forwarder, LoRa Base Station
307
308 draginoups   ~-~- Miscellaneous between different versions
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310
311
312 (% style="color:blue" %)**Location and changelog for packages**:
313
314 * Location: http:~/~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/
315 * Changelog: [[http:~~/~~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/Readme_HP0.txt>>http://repo.dragino.com/release/tool/Readme_HP0.txt]]
316
317 (% style="color:blue" %)**How to view auto-updated log**
318
319 You can view the log on the page of (% style="color:#037691" %)**System ~-~-> Package Management.**
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321
322 [[image:1661305025451-220.png]]
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325
326 (% style="color:blue" %)**Can I disable package-auto-update?**
327
328 You can check the checkbox and click the(% style="color:red" %)** ‘SAVE’ **(%%)button to enable or disable the auto-update.
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331 [[image:1661305258501-636.png]]
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333
334
335 === 3.1.2 How to manually update core packages? ===
336
337
338 You can click the (% style="color:red" %)**‘Manual Update’**(%%) to update the dragino's packages.
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340
341 [[image:1661305328295-218.png]]
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343
344
345 === 3.1.3 How to manually update other packages? ===
346
347
348 For the other packages, you have to access the device's CLI to do it via the apt command.
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350
351
352 == 3.2 Set up a 3^^rd^^ party package maintain server ==
353
354 === 3.2.1 Overview ===
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356
357 Customers can use their own package maintenance system instead of using the default one from Dragino. They need to set up a package maintenance system for Debian. Lots of instructions are available in Internet, below is a reference instruction.
358
359
360 === 3.2.2 Install Apache2 HTTP server ===
361
362
363 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**apt install apache2**
364
365
366 === 3.2.3 Creating Package Directories ===
367
368
369 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/(%%)**
370
371 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)mkdir debian/release/dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/ -p(%%)**
372
373 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)mkdir debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/ -p(%%)**
374
375
376 **Tree Structure:**
377
378 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: If you are not familiar with updating servers, most directory names are not recommended to be changed.**
379
380
381 └── debian
382
383 └── release
384
385 ├── dists
386
387 │   └── stable
388
389 │       └── main
390
391 │           └── binary-armhf
392
393 └── pool
394
395 └── main
396
397 └── d
398
399 └── dragino   ~-~-> (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**This is the directory to store the packages. User can change it to other name.**
400
401
402 === 3.2.4 Get deb packages ===
403
404
405 The deb packages for auto-update can be placed in** (% style="color:blue" %)/var/www/html/debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/(%%)**
406
407 Below is an example package(testing-0808.deb) for test purpose:
408
409
410 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)wget http:~/~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/unimportant/testing-0808.deb(%%)**
411
412 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cp ./testing-0808.deb /var/www/html/debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/(%%)**
413
414
415 === 3.2.5 Generate Package Index file ===
416
417
418 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cd /var/www/html/debian/release/**
419
420 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**dpkg-scanpackages pool/ > dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages**
421
422 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cat dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages | gzip -9 > dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages.gz**
423
424
425 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: Every time a package has been update, above comments need to be executed in the server to get the up-to-date package list.**
426
427
428 === 3.2.6 Generate Release file ===
429
430
431 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Create the generated script:**(%%) ====
432
433
434 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cd /var/www/html/debian/release/dists/stable**
435
436
437 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**wget [[http:~~/~~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/unimportant/generate-release.sh>>url:http://repo.dragino.com/release/tool/unimportant/generate-release.sh]]**
438
439 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**chmod + x ./generate-release.sh**
440
441 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**./generate-release.sh > Release**
442
443
444 === 3.2.7 Sign the Release file with gpg and generating Inrelease file ===
445
446
447 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Make sure auto-update server has gnupg**(%%) ====
448
449
450 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**apt install gnupg**
451
452
453
454 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**generate gpg key**(%%) ====
455
456
457 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gpg -gen-key**
458
459
460 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: Fill in the content as required and remember the name and email address.**
461
462
463
464 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Check the gen-key**(%%) ====
465
466
467 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gen -list-key**
468
469
470
471 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Generate the release.gpg**(%%) ====
472
473
474 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cd /var/www/html/debian/release/dists/stable**
475
476 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-detach-sign -o Release.gpg Release**
477
478
479 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gpg ~-~-clearsign -o InRelease Release**
480
481
482
483 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Generate the public key**(%%) ====
484
485
486 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-output <name>.asc ~-~-export <email address>**
487
488
489 **example: gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-output xiao.asc ~-~-export **[[xiaoye@dragino.cc>>mailto:xiaoye@dragino.cc]]
490
491
492
493 === 3.2.8 Add url as apt source in LPS8v2 / MS20 ===
494
495
496
497 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Add the public key**(%%) ====
498
499
500 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cp xiao.asc /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/**
501
502
503 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: First need to transfer the public key from auto-update server to device.**
504
505
506
507 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Add the apt source list**(%%) ====
508
509
510 Add the apt source list url and name this as test_server.list
511
512 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**echo "deb http:~/~/<IP_address or hostname>/debian/release stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/test_server.list**
513
514
515
516 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Validate the apt repository**(%%) ====
517
518
519 Get and install the testing package (download testing-0808.deb and test)
520
521 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**apt update && apt install testing**
522
523
524 Example output:
525
526 [[image:1661306420449-569.png]]
527
528
529 === 3.2.9 Configure the gateway's auto-upgrade rules ===
530
531
532 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Remove dragino apt source**(%%) ====
533
534
535 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**/etc/apt/sources.list**
536
537
538 [[image:1661306460134-112.png]]
539
540
541
542 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Set up automatic updates**(%%) ====
543
544
545 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**Path : /usr/lib/dragino/dragino-apt-updates**
546
547
548 The device performs automatic updates from this script,
549
550 But it will now only look for dragino as a keyword, so you need to replace the keyword dragino with your own keyword.
551
552
553 [[image:1661306487761-768.png]]