Setup Backend

It is assumed the git repository was cloned to the home directory, so lets start there:

cd ~

Setup Backend

create installation directory:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin/reefberrypi

Create a Python virtual environment, activate it, and install Python dependencies from requirements.txt:

sudo python -m venv ReefberryPi/controller/venv
source ReefberryPi/controller/venv/bin/activate
sudo python -m pip install -r ReefberryPi/controller/requirements.txt

Compile the source files to a single executable and deactivate the virtual environment:

cd ReefberryPi/controller
pyinstaller --onefile RBP_controller.py
deactivate

copy executable to the installation directory:

sudo cp dist/RBP_controller /usr/local/bin/reefberrypi

create an initial config.ini file:

sudo nano /usr/local/bin/reefberrypi/config.ini

Enter the following values, and save (be sure to add the InfluxDB API Token you copied earlier!):

[global]
appuid = 
influxdb_host = http://localhost:8086
influxdb_org = reefberrypi
influxdb_token = <<REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_TOKEN>>
mqtt_broker_host = localhost
mysql_host = localhost
mysql_user = pi
mysql_password = reefberry
mysql_database = reefberrypi
mysql_port = 3306
flask_port = 5000

Give ownership of the installation directory to user pi :

sudo chown -R pi: /usr/local/bin/reefberrypi/

Setup the Reefberry Pi service:

sudo cp reefberrypi.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable reefberrypi.service
sudo systemctl start reefberrypi.service

Check status of ReefberryPi service:

sudo systemctl status reefberrypi