Wiki source code of Armbian OS instruction

Version 71.1 by Edwin Chen on 2022/09/02 15:56

version	line-number	content
15.1	1	Table of Contents：
	2
	3	{{toc/}}
	4
1.1	5
50.1	6
	7
48.2	8	= 1. Overview =
	9
	10
1.1	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
55.1	16	* MS20
1.1	17
70.8	18
70.11	19
	20
48.2	21	= 2. Development Guide =
	22
	23
70.4	24	For advanced users to develop Driver/ Linux etc.
4.1	25
25.1	26
54.2	27
48.2	28	== 2.1 How to recompile LoRaWAN Concentrator Driver ( dragino-fwd package). ==
4.1	29
	30
54.2	31
48.3	32	=== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 1. Clone dragino-fwd package(%%) ===
4.1	33
30.1	34
70.4	35	Requirements:
48.3	36
70.4	37	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)sudo apt install -y libsqlite3-dev(%%)
30.1	38
70.4	39	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)sudo apt install -y libftdi1-dev(%%)
11.1	40
48.3	41
70.4	42	Run command clone dragino-fwd package: (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)git clone https:~/~/github.com/dragino/dragino_fwd_src.git(%%)
11.1	43
70.4	44
11.1	45	[[image:image-20220527151010-1.png]]
	46
	47
	48
48.3	49	=== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 2. Compile dragino_fwd(%%) ===
48.1	50
11.1	51
70.4	52	After cloning is complete, Run the command starts compiling:
48.3	53
70.5	54	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)Compile HP0C/HP0A fwd: ./hp0z-make-deb.sh c
70.4	55
70.5	56
11.1	57	The following example compilers HP0C fwd.
	58
	59	[[image:image-20220527153913-3.png]]
	60
	61
	62
70.5	63	When the compilation is complete a** (% style="color:blue" %)draginofwd-.deb(%%) *package is generated.
	64
11.1	65	[[image:image-20220527154311-4.png\|\|height="385" width="773"]]
	66
25.1	67
54.2	68
48.3	69	=== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 3. Install the dragino_fwd(%%) ===
11.1	70
14.1	71
70.4	72	Run command:
11.1	73
70.5	74	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)*dpkg -i draginofwd-.deb **
11.1	75
70.4	76
11.1	77	[[image:image-20220527154811-5.png]]
	78
	79
	80
48.3	81	=== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 4. Test(%%) ===
14.1	82
48.3	83
70.5	84	Check the dragino_fwd log:
11.1	85
70.5	86	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)journalctl -u draginofwd -f
11.1	87
70.4	88
13.1	89	[[image:image-20220527165221-7.png\|\|height="182" width="931"]]
11.1	90
48.3	91
70.5	92	Start/stop dragino_fwd via systemctl:
11.1	93
70.5	94	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)systemctl start draginofwd
13.1	95
70.5	96	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)systemctl stop draginofwd
46.1	97
13.1	98
70.4	99
48.3	100	== 2.2 How to clone Complete OS on the EMMC to SD card ==
27.1	101
48.3	102
57.1	103	== 2.3 How to flash SD card to (eMMC) device's built-in Memory ==
48.3	104
	105
67.2	106	=== 2.3.1 Prepare an SD card with OS ===
57.1	107
67.2	108
70.5	109	(% style="background-color:yellow" %)//Preparations://
51.1	110
	111	~1. Prepare an SD card and a// card reader device//
	112
	113	2. Formatting the SD card (//Make sure the SD card is empty//)
	114
62.1	115	3. //Download the OS image from [[release.image>>url:http://repo.dragino.com/release/hp0c-image/]]: ( File format dragino-lps8v2-1.7.img )//
51.1	116
61.1	117	4. //A Flash software tool ( Such as v1.7.9 from [[balenaEtcher>>url:https://www.balena.io/etcher/]] )//
51.1	118
	119
	120
67.2	121	=== 2.3.2 Flash SD card to device's eMMC ===
	122
	123
57.1	124	//1. Open the device's enclosure, and put the SD card into the SD card slot//
51.1	125
57.1	126	//2. Power on the device and access the gateway's CLI via the serial port.//
51.1	127
57.1	128	//3. Login and run the below command to flash.//
	129
	130
70.4	131	Run command:
27.1	132
70.6	133	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)nand-sata-install
27.1	134
70.4	135
27.1	136	[[image:image-20220602112051-1.png]]
	137
28.1	138
27.1	139
70.7	140	Select the (% style="color:red" %)"Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC".
	141
27.1	142	[[image:image-20220602112058-2.png\|\|height="292" width="646"]]
	143
	144	[[image:image-20220602112106-3.png\|\|height="301" width="643"]]
	145
	146
70.7	147	Select the (% style="color:red" %)"1 ext4"
27.1	148
	149	[[image:image-20220602112113-4.png\|\|height="271" width="642"]]
	150
	151
70.7	152
27.1	153	It takes 4-5 minutes to burn from SD card to eMMC
	154
	155	[[image:image-20220602112119-5.png\|\|height="309" width="641"]]
	156
	157	[[image:image-20220602112125-6.png\|\|height="281" width="640"]]
	158
	159	[[image:image-20220602112131-7.png\|\|height="241" width="638"]]
	160
	161
	162	(% style="color:red" %)Note: After the flash is complete, power off the device and then remove the SD card.
	163
28.1	164
67.2	165
63.1	166	= 3. Package Maintain Note =
	167
67.2	168
	169	== 3.1 Default Package Maintain System ==
	170
	171
	172	=== 3.1.1 How Package-Auto-Update works? ===
	173
	174
	175	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.
	176
	177
	178	(% style="color:blue" %)When devices will check for updates?
	179
	180	* Devices will check for updates for every boot.
	181	* Devices will check for updates on every day midnight.
	182
70.7	183
70.11	184
67.2	185	(% style="color:blue" %)What packages will be checked for updates?
	186
	187	dragino-httpd ~-~- Main Web UI http configuration
	188
	189	dragino-sid ~-~- SN write and read tool
	190
	191	dragino-ui ~-~- Gateway Web UI package
	192
	193	draginofwd ~-~- UDP packet forwarder, LoRa Base Station
	194
	195	draginoups ~-~- Miscellaneous between different versions
	196
	197
70.9	198
67.2	199	(% style="color:blue" %)Location and changelog for packages:
	200
	201	* Location: http:~/~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/
	202	* Changelog: [[http:~~/~~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/Readme_HP0.txt>>http://repo.dragino.com/release/tool/Readme_HP0.txt]]
	203
70.7	204
70.11	205
67.2	206	(% style="color:blue" %)How to view auto-updated log
	207
	208	You can view the log on the page of (% style="color:#037691" %)System ~-~-> Package Management.
	209
	210
	211	[[image:1661305025451-220.png]]
	212
	213
70.7	214
67.2	215	(% style="color:blue" %)Can I disable package-auto-update?
	216
70.8	217	You can check the checkbox and click the(% style="color:red" %) ‘SAVE’ (%%)button to enable or disable the auto-update.
67.2	218
	219
	220	[[image:1661305258501-636.png]]
	221
	222
	223
	224	=== 3.1.2 How to manually update core packages? ===
	225
	226
70.8	227	You can click the (% style="color:red" %)‘Manual Update’(%%) to update the dragino's packages.
67.2	228
	229
	230	[[image:1661305328295-218.png]]
	231
	232
	233
	234	=== 3.1.3 How to manually update other packages? ===
	235
	236
	237	For the other packages, you have to access the device's CLI to do it via the apt command.
	238
	239
	240
	241	== 3.2 Set up a 3^^rd^^ party package maintain server ==
	242
	243
	244	=== 3.2.1 Overview ===
	245
	246
	247	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.
	248
	249
	250
	251	=== 3.2.2 Install Apache2 HTTP server ===
	252
	253
70.5	254	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)apt install apache2
67.2	255
	256
	257
	258	=== 3.2.3 Creating Package Directories ===
	259
	260
70.5	261	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/(%%)
67.2	262
70.5	263	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)mkdir debian/release/dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/ -p(%%)
67.2	264
70.5	265	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)mkdir debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/ -p(%%)
67.2	266
	267
	268	Tree Structure:
	269
	270	(% style="color:red" %)Note: If you are not familiar with updating servers, most directory names are not recommended to be changed.
	271
	272
	273	└── debian
	274
	275	└── release
	276
	277	├── dists
	278
	279	│ └── stable
	280
	281	│ └── main
	282
	283	│ └── binary-armhf
	284
	285	└── pool
	286
	287	└── main
	288
	289	└── d
	290
70.5	291	└── dragino ~-~-> (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)This is the directory to store the packages. User can change it to other name.
67.2	292
	293
	294
	295	=== 3.2.4 Get deb packages ===
	296
	297
	298	The deb packages for auto-update can be placed in (% style="color:blue" %)/var/www/html/debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/(%%)
	299
	300	Below is an example package(testing-0808.deb) for test purpose:
	301
	302
70.5	303	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)wget http:~/~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/unimportant/testing-0808.deb(%%)
67.2	304
70.5	305	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cp ./testing-0808.deb /var/www/html/debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/(%%)
67.2	306
	307
	308
	309	=== 3.2.5 Generate Package Index file ===
	310
	311
70.5	312	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/debian/release/
67.2	313
70.5	314	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)dpkg-scanpackages pool/ > dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages
67.2	315
70.5	316	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cat dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages \| gzip -9 > dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages.gz
67.2	317
	318
	319	(% 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.
	320
	321
	322
	323	=== 3.2.6 Generate Release file ===
	324
	325
70.10	326	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Create the generated script:(%%) ====
67.2	327
	328
70.5	329	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/debian/release/dists/stable
67.2	330
	331
70.5	332	(% 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]]
67.2	333
70.5	334	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)chmod + x ./generate-release.sh
67.2	335
70.5	336	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)./generate-release.sh > Release
67.2	337
	338
	339
	340	=== 3.2.7 Sign the Release file with gpg and generating Inrelease file ===
	341
	342
68.2	343
70.7	344	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Make sure auto-update server has gnupg(%%) ====
67.2	345
	346
70.5	347	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)apt install gnupg
68.2	348
	349
	350
70.7	351	==== (% style="color:blue" %)generate gpg key(%%) ====
67.2	352
	353
70.5	354	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gpg -gen-key
67.2	355
68.2	356
70.10	357	(% style="color:red" %)Note: Fill in the content as required and remember the name and email address.
67.2	358
	359
68.2	360
70.7	361	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Check the gen-key(%%) ====
67.2	362
	363
70.5	364	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gen -list-key
67.2	365
68.2	366
	367
70.7	368	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Generate the release.gpg(%%) ====
67.2	369
	370
70.5	371	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/debian/release/dists/stable
67.2	372
70.5	373	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-detach-sign -o Release.gpg Release
67.2	374
	375
70.5	376	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gpg ~-~-clearsign -o InRelease Release
67.2	377
	378
68.2	379
70.7	380	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Generate the public key(%%) ====
67.2	381
	382
70.5	383	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-output <name>.asc ~-~-export <email address>
67.2	384
68.2	385
67.2	386	example: gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-output xiao.asc ~-~-export [[xiaoye@dragino.cc>>mailto:xiaoye@dragino.cc]]
	387
	388
	389
	390	=== 3.2.8 Add url as apt source in LPS8v2 / MS20 ===
	391
68.2	392
	393
70.7	394	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Add the public key(%%) ====
67.2	395
	396
70.5	397	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cp xiao.asc /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
67.2	398
70.7	399
68.2	400	(% style="color:red" %)Note: First need to transfer the public key from auto-update server to device.
67.2	401
68.2	402
	403
70.7	404	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Add the apt source list(%%) ====
67.2	405
68.2	406
67.2	407	Add the apt source list url and name this as test_server.list
	408
70.5	409	(% 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
67.2	410
	411
68.2	412
70.7	413	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Validate the apt repository(%%) ====
67.2	414
68.2	415
67.2	416	Get and install the testing package (download testing-0808.deb and test)
	417
70.5	418	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)apt update && apt install testing
67.2	419
68.2	420
67.2	421	Example output:
	422
68.2	423	[[image:1661306420449-569.png]]
67.2	424
	425
	426
70.2	427	=== 3.2.9 Configure the gateway's auto-upgrade rules ===
67.2	428
	429
70.7	430	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Remove dragino apt source(%%) ====
67.2	431
	432
70.5	433	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)/etc/apt/sources.list
67.2	434
	435
70.2	436	[[image:1661306460134-112.png]]
67.2	437
	438
	439
70.7	440	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Set up automatic updates(%%) ====
67.2	441
	442
70.5	443	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)Path : /usr/lib/dragino/dragino-apt-updates
67.2	444
70.2	445
67.2	446	The device performs automatic updates from this script,
	447
	448	But it will now only look for dragino as a keyword, so you need to replace the keyword dragino with your own keyword.
	449
	450
70.2	451	[[image:1661306487761-768.png]]
	452
1.1	453

Wiki source code of Armbian OS instruction

Applications

Navigation