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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 = 2.  Development Guide =
20
21
22 For advanced users to develop Driver/ Linux etc.
23
24
25 == 2.1  How to recompile LoRaWAN Concentrator Driver ( dragino-fwd package). ==
26
27
28 === (% style="color:blue" %)**Step 1. Clone dragino-fwd package**(%%) ===
29
30
31 **Requirements:**
32
33 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)sudo apt install -y libsqlite3-dev(%%)**
34
35 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)sudo apt install -y libftdi1-dev(%%)**
36
37
38 **Run command clone dragino-fwd package: (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)git clone https:~/~/github.com/dragino/dragino_fwd_src.git(%%)**
39
40
41 [[image:image-20220527151010-1.png]]
42
43
44 === (% style="color:blue" %)**Step 2. Compile dragino_fwd**(%%) ===
45
46
47 **After cloning is complete, Run the command starts compiling:**
48
49 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**Compile HP0C/HP0A fwd:  ./hp0z-make-deb.sh c**
50
51
52 The following example compilers HP0C fwd.
53
54 [[image:image-20220527153913-3.png]]
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56
57
58 When the compilation is complete a** (% style="color:blue" %)draginofwd-*.deb(%%) **package is generated.
59
60 [[image:image-20220527154311-4.png||height="385" width="773"]]
61
62
63 === (% style="color:blue" %)**Step 3. Install the dragino_fwd**(%%) ===
64
65
66 **Run command:**
67
68 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**dpkg -i draginofwd-*.deb **
69
70
71 [[image:image-20220527154811-5.png]]
72
73
74 === (% style="color:blue" %)**Step 4. Test**(%%) ===
75
76
77 **Check the dragino_fwd log:**
78
79 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**journalctl -u draginofwd -f**
80
81
82 [[image:image-20220527165221-7.png||height="182" width="931"]]
83
84
85 **Start/stop dragino_fwd via systemctl:**
86
87 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**systemctl start draginofwd**
88
89 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**systemctl stop draginofwd**
90
91
92 == 2.2  How to clone Complete OS on the EMMC to SD card ==
93
94 == 2.3  How to flash SD card to (eMMC) device's built-in Memory ==
95
96 === 2.3.1 Prepare an SD card with OS ===
97
98
99 (% style="background-color:yellow" %)//**Preparations:**//
100
101 ~1. Prepare an SD card and a// card reader device//
102
103 2. Formatting the SD card (//Make sure the SD card is empty//)
104
105 3. //Download the OS image from the **[[release.image>>url:http://repo.dragino.com/release/hp0c-image/]]**: ( File format **dragino-lps8v2-1.7.img** )//
106
107 4. //A Flash software tool ( Such as v1.7.9 from **[[balenaEtcher>>url:https://www.balena.io/etcher/]]** )//
108
109
110
111 === 2.3.2 Flash SD card to device's eMMC ===
112
113
114 //1. Open the device's enclosure, and put the SD card into the SD card slot//
115
116 //2. Power on the device and access the gateway's CLI via the serial port.//
117
118 //3. Login and run the below command to flash.//
119
120
121 **Run command:**
122
123 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**nand-sata-install**
124
125
126 [[image:image-20220602112051-1.png]]
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128
129
130 Select the (% style="color:red" %)**"Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC".**
131
132 [[image:image-20220602112058-2.png||height="292" width="646"]]
133
134
135 [[image:image-20220602112106-3.png||height="301" width="643"]]
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137
138
139 Select the (% style="color:red" %)**"1  ext4"**
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141 [[image:image-20220602112113-4.png||height="271" width="642"]]
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143
144
145 It takes 4-5 minutes to burn from SD card to eMMC
146
147 [[image:image-20220602112119-5.png||height="309" width="641"]]
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149
150 [[image:image-20220602112125-6.png||height="281" width="640"]]
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152
153 [[image:image-20220602112131-7.png||height="241" width="638"]]
154
155
156 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: After the flash is complete, power off the device and then remove the SD card.**
157
158
159 == 2.4 Default Built Version ==
160
161
162 [[image:image-20220902155621-1.png]]
163
164
165 == 2.5 How to upgrade the nodejs version to the latest. ==
166
167
168 By default, the nodejs uses the pre-install version v12 which is due to Debian the ultra-stable via ultra-old.
169
170 [[image:image-20221112145029-2.png]]
171
172 **If you want to upgrade the nodejs to the latest, please follow to use these commands on the gateway CIL.**
173
174
175 #install n, which is an Interactively Manage Your Node.js Versions
176
177 [[image:image-20221112154230-3.png||height="89" width="689"]]
178
179 (% class="box infomessage" %)
180 (((
181 **npm install -g n**
182 )))
183
184
185 #Install the latest LTS Node.js release (downloading if necessary)
186
187 [[image:image-20221112154418-4.png||height="184" width="893"]]
188
189 (% class="box infomessage" %)
190 (((
191 **n lts**
192 )))
193
194
195 #Remove all downloaded versions except the installed version
196
197 [[image:image-20221112154456-5.png||height="139" width="899"]]
198
199 (% class="box infomessage" %)
200 (((
201 **n prune**
202 )))
203
204
205 (% class="box infomessage" %)
206 (((
207 **apt remove nodejs -y && apt autoremove -y && reboot**
208 )))
209
210
211 Check the current version
212
213 [[image:image-20221112154724-6.png]]
214
215 (% class="box infomessage" %)
216 (((
217 **node -v**
218 )))
219
220
221 == 2.6 How to install Grafana and influxdb ==
222
223
224 === **Grafana:** ===
225
226
227 (% class="box infomessage" %)
228 (((
229 curl https:~/~/packages.grafana.com/gpg.key | gpg ~-~-dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/grafana-archive-keyrings.gpg >/dev/null
230 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
231 apt update && apt install grafana
232 )))
233
234
235 Check the running status:
236
237
238 (% class="box infomessage" %)
239 (((
240 systemctl status grafana-server
241 )))
242
243
244 configuration path:
245
246
247 (% class="box infomessage" %)
248 (((
249 /etc/grafana/grafana.ini
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251
252
253 === **Influxdb:** ===
254
255
256 (% class="box infomessage" %)
257 (((
258 curl https:~/~/repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key | gpg ~-~-dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/influxdb-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
259 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
260 apt update && apt install influxdb
261 )))
262
263
264 Check the running status:
265
266
267 (% class="box infomessage" %)
268 (((
269 systemctl status influxdb
270 )))
271
272
273 configuration path:
274
275
276 (% class="box infomessage" %)
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278 /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
279 )))
280
281 = 3. How to install ChirpStack =
282
283
284 = 4. Package Maintain Note =
285
286 == 4.1 Default Package Maintain System ==
287
288 === 4.1.1 How Package-Auto-Update works? ===
289
290
291 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. 
292
293
294 (% style="color:blue" %)**When devices will check for updates**?
295
296 * Devices will check for updates for every boot.
297 * Devices will check for updates on every day midnight.
298
299 (% style="color:blue" %)**What packages will be checked for updates**?
300
301 dragino-httpd ~-~- Main Web UI http configuration
302
303 dragino-sid  ~-~- SN write and read tool
304
305 dragino-ui  ~-~- Gateway Web UI package
306
307 draginofwd   ~-~- UDP packet forwarder, LoRa Base Station
308
309 draginoups   ~-~- Miscellaneous between different versions
310
311
312
313 (% style="color:blue" %)**Location and changelog for packages**:
314
315 * Location: http:~/~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/
316 * Changelog: [[http:~~/~~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/Readme_HP0.txt>>http://repo.dragino.com/release/tool/Readme_HP0.txt]]
317
318 (% style="color:blue" %)**How to view auto-updated log**
319
320 You can view the log on the page of (% style="color:#037691" %)**System ~-~-> Package Management.**
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322
323 [[image:1661305025451-220.png]]
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325
326
327 (% style="color:blue" %)**Can I disable package-auto-update?**
328
329 You can check the checkbox and click the(% style="color:red" %)** ‘SAVE’ **(%%)button to enable or disable the auto-update.
330
331
332 [[image:1661305258501-636.png]]
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334
335
336 === 4.1.2 How to manually update core packages? ===
337
338
339 You can click the (% style="color:red" %)**‘Manual Update’**(%%) to update the dragino's packages.
340
341
342 [[image:1661305328295-218.png]]
343
344
345
346 === 4.1.3 How to manually update other packages? ===
347
348
349 For the other packages, you have to access the device's CLI to do it via the apt command.
350
351
352
353 == 4.2 Set up a 3^^rd^^ party package maintain server ==
354
355 === 4.2.1 Overview ===
356
357
358 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.
359
360
361 === 4.2.2 Install Apache2 HTTP server ===
362
363
364 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**apt install apache2**
365
366
367 === 4.2.3 Creating Package Directories ===
368
369
370 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/(%%)**
371
372 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)mkdir debian/release/dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/ -p(%%)**
373
374 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)mkdir debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/ -p(%%)**
375
376
377 **Tree Structure:**
378
379 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: If you are not familiar with updating servers, most directory names are not recommended to be changed.**
380
381
382 └── debian
383
384 └── release
385
386 ├── dists
387
388 │   └── stable
389
390 │       └── main
391
392 │           └── binary-armhf
393
394 └── pool
395
396 └── main
397
398 └── d
399
400 └── dragino   ~-~-> (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**This is the directory to store the packages. User can change it to other name.**
401
402
403 === 4.2.4 Get deb packages ===
404
405
406 The deb packages for auto-update can be placed in** (% style="color:blue" %)/var/www/html/debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/(%%)**
407
408 Below is an example package(testing-0808.deb) for test purpose:
409
410
411 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)wget http:~/~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/unimportant/testing-0808.deb(%%)**
412
413 **~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cp ./testing-0808.deb /var/www/html/debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/(%%)**
414
415
416 === 4.2.5 Generate Package Index file ===
417
418
419 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cd /var/www/html/debian/release/**
420
421 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**dpkg-scanpackages pool/ > dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages**
422
423 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cat dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages | gzip -9 > dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages.gz**
424
425
426 (% 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.**
427
428
429 === 4.2.6 Generate Release file ===
430
431
432 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Create the generated script:**(%%) ====
433
434
435 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cd /var/www/html/debian/release/dists/stable**
436
437
438 (% 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]]**
439
440 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**chmod + x ./generate-release.sh**
441
442 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**./generate-release.sh > Release**
443
444
445 === 4.2.7 Sign the Release file with gpg and generating Inrelease file ===
446
447
448 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Make sure auto-update server has gnupg**(%%) ====
449
450
451 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**apt install gnupg**
452
453
454
455 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**generate gpg key**(%%) ====
456
457
458 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gpg -gen-key**
459
460
461 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: Fill in the content as required and remember the name and email address.**
462
463
464
465 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Check the gen-key**(%%) ====
466
467
468 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gen -list-key**
469
470
471
472 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Generate the release.gpg**(%%) ====
473
474
475 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cd /var/www/html/debian/release/dists/stable**
476
477 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-detach-sign -o Release.gpg Release**
478
479
480 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gpg ~-~-clearsign -o InRelease Release**
481
482
483
484 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Generate the public key**(%%) ====
485
486
487 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-output <name>.asc ~-~-export <email address>**
488
489
490 **example: gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-output xiao.asc ~-~-export **[[xiaoye@dragino.cc>>mailto:xiaoye@dragino.cc]]
491
492
493
494 === 4.2.8 Add url as apt source in LPS8v2 / MS20 ===
495
496
497
498 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Add the public key**(%%) ====
499
500
501 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**cp xiao.asc /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/**
502
503
504 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: First need to transfer the public key from auto-update server to device.**
505
506
507
508 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Add the apt source list**(%%) ====
509
510
511 Add the apt source list url and name this as test_server.list
512
513 (% 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**
514
515
516
517 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Validate the apt repository**(%%) ====
518
519
520 Get and install the testing package (download testing-0808.deb and test)
521
522 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**apt update && apt install testing**
523
524
525 Example output:
526
527 [[image:1661306420449-569.png]]
528
529
530 === 4.2.9 Configure the gateway's auto-upgrade rules ===
531
532
533 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Remove dragino apt source**(%%) ====
534
535
536 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**/etc/apt/sources.list**
537
538
539 [[image:1661306460134-112.png]]
540
541
542
543 ==== (% style="color:blue" %)**Set up automatic updates**(%%) ====
544
545
546 (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)**Path : /usr/lib/dragino/dragino-apt-updates**
547
548
549 The device performs automatic updates from this script,
550
551 But it will now only look for dragino as a keyword, so you need to replace the keyword dragino with your own keyword.
552
553
554 [[image:1661306487761-768.png]]