Wiki source code of Armbian OS instruction

Version 84.1 by Xiaoye on 2022/11/21 11:22

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15.1	1	Table of Contents：
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48.2	8	= 1. Overview =
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1.1	11	This is a general instruction for the use of Armbian base OS of Dragino devices. Current models include:
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	13	* HP0A
	14	* HP0C
	15	* LPS8v2
55.1	16	* MS20
1.1	17
48.2	18	= 2. Development Guide =
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70.4	21	For advanced users to develop Driver/ Linux etc.
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54.2	24
48.2	25	== 2.1 How to recompile LoRaWAN Concentrator Driver ( dragino-fwd package). ==
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54.2	28
48.3	29	=== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 1. Clone dragino-fwd package(%%) ===
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30.1	31
70.4	32	Requirements:
48.3	33
70.4	34	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)sudo apt install -y libsqlite3-dev(%%)
30.1	35
70.4	36	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)sudo apt install -y libftdi1-dev(%%)
11.1	37
48.3	38
70.4	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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70.4	41
11.1	42	[[image:image-20220527151010-1.png]]
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48.3	46	=== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 2. Compile dragino_fwd(%%) ===
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70.4	49	After cloning is complete, Run the command starts compiling:
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70.5	51	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)Compile HP0C/HP0A fwd: ./hp0z-make-deb.sh c
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70.5	53
11.1	54	The following example compilers HP0C fwd.
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	56	[[image:image-20220527153913-3.png]]
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70.5	60	When the compilation is complete a** (% style="color:blue" %)draginofwd-.deb(%%) *package is generated.
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11.1	62	[[image:image-20220527154311-4.png\|\|height="385" width="773"]]
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25.1	64
54.2	65
48.3	66	=== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 3. Install the dragino_fwd(%%) ===
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14.1	68
70.4	69	Run command:
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70.5	71	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)*dpkg -i draginofwd-.deb **
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70.4	73
11.1	74	[[image:image-20220527154811-5.png]]
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48.3	78	=== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 4. Test(%%) ===
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48.3	80
70.5	81	Check the dragino_fwd log:
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70.5	83	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)journalctl -u draginofwd -f
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70.4	85
13.1	86	[[image:image-20220527165221-7.png\|\|height="182" width="931"]]
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70.5	89	Start/stop dragino_fwd via systemctl:
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70.5	91	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)systemctl start draginofwd
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70.5	93	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)systemctl stop draginofwd
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48.3	97	== 2.2 How to clone Complete OS on the EMMC to SD card ==
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48.3	99
57.1	100	== 2.3 How to flash SD card to (eMMC) device's built-in Memory ==
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67.2	103	=== 2.3.1 Prepare an SD card with OS ===
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70.5	106	(% style="background-color:yellow" %)//Preparations://
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	108	~1. Prepare an SD card and a// card reader device//
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	110	2. Formatting the SD card (//Make sure the SD card is empty//)
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75.1	112	3. //Download the OS image from the [[release.image>>url:http://repo.dragino.com/release/hp0c-image/]]: ( File format dragino-lps8v2-1.7.img )//
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61.1	114	4. //A Flash software tool ( Such as v1.7.9 from [[balenaEtcher>>url:https://www.balena.io/etcher/]] )//
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67.2	118	=== 2.3.2 Flash SD card to device's eMMC ===
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57.1	121	//1. Open the device's enclosure, and put the SD card into the SD card slot//
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57.1	123	//2. Power on the device and access the gateway's CLI via the serial port.//
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57.1	125	//3. Login and run the below command to flash.//
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70.4	128	Run command:
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70.6	130	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)nand-sata-install
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70.4	132
27.1	133	[[image:image-20220602112051-1.png]]
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27.1	136
70.7	137	Select the (% style="color:red" %)"Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC".
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27.1	139	[[image:image-20220602112058-2.png\|\|height="292" width="646"]]
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72.2	141
27.1	142	[[image:image-20220602112106-3.png\|\|height="301" width="643"]]
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70.7	146	Select the (% style="color:red" %)"1 ext4"
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	148	[[image:image-20220602112113-4.png\|\|height="271" width="642"]]
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27.1	152	It takes 4-5 minutes to burn from SD card to eMMC
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	154	[[image:image-20220602112119-5.png\|\|height="309" width="641"]]
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27.1	157	[[image:image-20220602112125-6.png\|\|height="281" width="640"]]
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27.1	160	[[image:image-20220602112131-7.png\|\|height="241" width="638"]]
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	163	(% style="color:red" %)Note: After the flash is complete, power off the device and then remove the SD card.
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72.2	166
72.1	167	== 2.4 Default Built Version ==
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72.1	170	[[image:image-20220902155621-1.png]]
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78.1	174	== 2.5: How to upgrade the nodejs version to the latest. ==
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	177	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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	179	[[image:image-20221112145029-2.png]]
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	181	If you want to upgrade the nodejs to the latest, please follow to use these commands on the gateway CIL.
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	184	#install n, which is an Interactively Manage Your Node.js Versions
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83.1	186	[[image:image-20221112154230-3.png\|\|height="89" width="689"]]
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	188	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	190	npm install -g n
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	194	#Install the latest LTS Node.js release (downloading if necessary)
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83.1	196	[[image:image-20221112154418-4.png\|\|height="184" width="893"]]
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78.1	198	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	199	(((
	200	n lts
	201	)))
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	204	#Remove all downloaded versions except the installed version
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83.1	206	[[image:image-20221112154456-5.png\|\|height="139" width="899"]]
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	208	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	209	(((
	210	n prune
	211	)))
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	214	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	215	(((
83.1	216	apt remove nodejs -y && apt autoremove -y && reboot
78.1	217	)))
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	220	Check the current version
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83.1	222	[[image:image-20221112154724-6.png]]
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	224	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	225	(((
	226	node -v
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84.1	230
	231	== 2.6 How to install Grafana and influxdb ==
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	234	=== Grafana: ===
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	237	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	239	curl https:~/~/packages.grafana.com/gpg.key \| gpg ~-~-dearmor \| sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/grafana-archive-keyrings.gpg >/dev/null
	240	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
	241	apt update && apt install grafana
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	244
	245	Check the running status:
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	248	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	249	(((
	250	systemctl status grafana-server
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	254	configuration path:
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	257	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	259	/etc/grafana/grafana.ini
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	263	=== Influxdb: ===
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	266	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	268	curl https:~/~/repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key \| gpg ~-~-dearmor \| sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/influxdb-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
	269	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
	270	apt update && apt install influxdb
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	274	Check the running status:
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	277	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	279	systemctl status influxdb
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	283	configuration path:
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	286	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	288	/etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
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63.1	292	= 3. Package Maintain Note =
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67.2	294
	295	== 3.1 Default Package Maintain System ==
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	298	=== 3.1.1 How Package-Auto-Update works? ===
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	301	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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	304	(% style="color:blue" %)When devices will check for updates?
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	306	* Devices will check for updates for every boot.
	307	* Devices will check for updates on every day midnight.
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	309	(% style="color:blue" %)What packages will be checked for updates?
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	311	dragino-httpd ~-~- Main Web UI http configuration
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	313	dragino-sid ~-~- SN write and read tool
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	315	dragino-ui ~-~- Gateway Web UI package
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	317	draginofwd ~-~- UDP packet forwarder, LoRa Base Station
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	319	draginoups ~-~- Miscellaneous between different versions
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67.2	323	(% style="color:blue" %)Location and changelog for packages:
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	325	* Location: http:~/~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/
	326	* Changelog: [[http:~~/~~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/Readme_HP0.txt>>http://repo.dragino.com/release/tool/Readme_HP0.txt]]
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	328	(% style="color:blue" %)How to view auto-updated log
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	330	You can view the log on the page of (% style="color:#037691" %)System ~-~-> Package Management.
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	333	[[image:1661305025451-220.png]]
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67.2	337	(% style="color:blue" %)Can I disable package-auto-update?
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70.8	339	You can check the checkbox and click the(% style="color:red" %) ‘SAVE’ (%%)button to enable or disable the auto-update.
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	342	[[image:1661305258501-636.png]]
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	345
	346	=== 3.1.2 How to manually update core packages? ===
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70.8	349	You can click the (% style="color:red" %)‘Manual Update’(%%) to update the dragino's packages.
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	352	[[image:1661305328295-218.png]]
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	356	=== 3.1.3 How to manually update other packages? ===
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	359	For the other packages, you have to access the device's CLI to do it via the apt command.
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	362
	363	== 3.2 Set up a 3^^rd^^ party package maintain server ==
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	366	=== 3.2.1 Overview ===
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	368
	369	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.
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	372
	373	=== 3.2.2 Install Apache2 HTTP server ===
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70.5	376	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)apt install apache2
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	379
	380	=== 3.2.3 Creating Package Directories ===
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70.5	383	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/(%%)
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70.5	385	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)mkdir debian/release/dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/ -p(%%)
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70.5	387	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)mkdir debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/ -p(%%)
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	389
	390	Tree Structure:
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	392	(% style="color:red" %)Note: If you are not familiar with updating servers, most directory names are not recommended to be changed.
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	395	└── debian
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	397	└── release
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	399	├── dists
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	401	│ └── stable
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	403	│ └── main
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	405	│ └── binary-armhf
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	407	└── pool
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	409	└── main
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	411	└── d
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70.5	413	└── dragino ~-~-> (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)This is the directory to store the packages. User can change it to other name.
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	417	=== 3.2.4 Get deb packages ===
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	420	The deb packages for auto-update can be placed in (% style="color:blue" %)/var/www/html/debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/(%%)
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	422	Below is an example package(testing-0808.deb) for test purpose:
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70.5	425	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)wget http:~/~/repo.dragino.com/release/tool/unimportant/testing-0808.deb(%%)
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70.5	427	~ (% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cp ./testing-0808.deb /var/www/html/debian/release/pool/main/d/dragino/(%%)
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	431	=== 3.2.5 Generate Package Index file ===
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70.5	434	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/debian/release/
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70.5	436	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)dpkg-scanpackages pool/ > dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages
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70.5	438	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cat dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages \| gzip -9 > dists/stable/main/binary-armhf/Packages.gz
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	441	(% 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.
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	444
	445	=== 3.2.6 Generate Release file ===
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70.10	448	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Create the generated script:(%%) ====
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70.5	451	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/debian/release/dists/stable
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70.5	454	(% 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]]
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70.5	456	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)chmod + x ./generate-release.sh
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70.5	458	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)./generate-release.sh > Release
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	462	=== 3.2.7 Sign the Release file with gpg and generating Inrelease file ===
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70.7	466	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Make sure auto-update server has gnupg(%%) ====
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70.5	469	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)apt install gnupg
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70.7	473	==== (% style="color:blue" %)generate gpg key(%%) ====
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70.5	476	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gpg -gen-key
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70.10	479	(% style="color:red" %)Note: Fill in the content as required and remember the name and email address.
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70.7	483	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Check the gen-key(%%) ====
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70.5	486	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gen -list-key
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70.7	490	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Generate the release.gpg(%%) ====
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70.5	493	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cd /var/www/html/debian/release/dists/stable
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70.5	495	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-detach-sign -o Release.gpg Release
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70.5	498	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gpg ~-~-clearsign -o InRelease Release
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70.7	502	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Generate the public key(%%) ====
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70.5	505	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-output <name>.asc ~-~-export <email address>
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68.2	507
67.2	508	example: gpg ~-~-armor ~-~-output xiao.asc ~-~-export [[xiaoye@dragino.cc>>mailto:xiaoye@dragino.cc]]
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	510
	511
	512	=== 3.2.8 Add url as apt source in LPS8v2 / MS20 ===
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70.7	516	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Add the public key(%%) ====
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70.5	519	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)cp xiao.asc /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
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70.7	521
68.2	522	(% style="color:red" %)Note: First need to transfer the public key from auto-update server to device.
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70.7	526	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Add the apt source list(%%) ====
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68.2	528
67.2	529	Add the apt source list url and name this as test_server.list
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70.5	531	(% 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
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68.2	534
70.7	535	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Validate the apt repository(%%) ====
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68.2	537
67.2	538	Get and install the testing package (download testing-0808.deb and test)
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70.5	540	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)apt update && apt install testing
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68.2	542
67.2	543	Example output:
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68.2	545	[[image:1661306420449-569.png]]
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70.2	549	=== 3.2.9 Configure the gateway's auto-upgrade rules ===
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70.7	552	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Remove dragino apt source(%%) ====
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70.5	555	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)/etc/apt/sources.list
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70.2	558	[[image:1661306460134-112.png]]
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70.7	562	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Set up automatic updates(%%) ====
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70.5	565	(% style="background-color:yellow; color:green" %)Path : /usr/lib/dragino/dragino-apt-updates
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67.2	568	The device performs automatic updates from this script,
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	570	But it will now only look for dragino as a keyword, so you need to replace the keyword dragino with your own keyword.
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70.2	573	[[image:1661306487761-768.png]]

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