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RPi install Apache/PHP WEB-server

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Updated 2024-01-07 ! OK with Bookworm & PHP 8.2 ! As a part of one of my project,  the ultimate Weather site ? Weather34 , I needed a WEB-host with PHP. I started up with a fresh Raspberry OS Lite SD Card  with Samba installed . Log on, with ssh/terminal to the RaspberryPi(RPi),  in this case hostname "pws01",  and update the OS with sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade -y sudo apt clean go on and install the Apache server with sudo apt install apache2
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The ULTIMATE Weather WEB-site ??

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Updated 2017-08-25 ! If You have a Private Weather Station(PWS) and would like to have a good view over the data and, as an add on, also forecasts from Weather Underground  (WU) this free software probably solves Your problem. Despite that the project is terminated the code is available and instructions is available at my other posts https://weather34.com/homeweatherstation/
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Weather34 install at WEB hotel

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Updated 2019-04-01 ! Prerequisites is listed in the beginning of the post for installation on  Raspberry Pi(RPi) You will find migration information, from WeatherLink 1.0 to WeatherLink 2.0, in this post
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DYI Weather template with data from Davis Weatherlink

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I have been very fond of our weather website with the Weather34 application (W34), but there is an end to everything..... Doing an upgrade of the server it collapsed and showed a blank screen. I'm no programmer but I had to test if it was possible to upgrade the app using ChatGPT and Gemini. Burt several hours later I gave up !!
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Davis WeatherLink upgrade to 2.0

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During summer 2018 Davis are updating WeatherLink to 2.0 (WL2). So if You have registered devices before 2017-11-28 You must migrate. This update is changing their website, as shown in picture, and API . Their API documentation is found here The following information is sent out in 2018-06 to users who still haven't upgraded to WL2
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Install Weather34 with WeatherLink

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Updated 2025-01-09 PHP 8.2 ! If You want Your Private Weather Station(PWS) Davis Vantage Pro2, or other Davis products that use WeatherLink, to provide data for the template we use at Domstens BÃ¥tklubb just follow the instructions below.  T his is made  without  additional software such as Cumulus, Weather display or the Meteobridge product. This application is updated !! , to use the v2 API. Check   this post  !!
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Weather34 & WeatherLink w/o cronjob

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Running Weather 34, W34, using my setup , the program " cumulusdata.php " is fetching data from Davis Weatherlink(WL), and are writing the data to a file, type Cumulus. The old way was to fetch the data via a scheduled cronjob.  Doing a small change to " windspeeddirection.php ",  " updater.php "  , and using  the latest version of  " cumulusdata.php ",  will do the update with the built in W34 refresh routine instead of cron job. Thanks to Ken who gave me the hint.
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Weather34, the production version

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Updated 2019-05-12 ! I have got some questions which version we are using for the moment at the site vader.domsten.nu   The version is from 2019-05-12 and You can get the whole site code from here . Please note that I have done some modifications so if You want the original code please rename  menu.php
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Davis weather station, WeatherLink, PHP

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Updated 2021-12-05 ! In the harbour we are using a Davis weather station , Vantage Pro2, as our PWS(Private Weather Station). If you like to display the data, online on the web , you can use the Davis service,  Weatherlink (WL) where you register an account.  Another way is to retrieve the weather data as XML or JSON, from the Weatherlink web-site, and use it in your own application  (open source!). Another approach with NodeRed could be find here .
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Mac install Apache/PHP WEB-server

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Updated 2019-01-07  !! Note !! Before Monterey !!  As a part of one of my projects,  the ultimate Weather site ?? Weather34 (W34), I needed a WEB-host with PHP and started to use a Raspberry Pi . In this post You will get some short install tips on Apache with PHP on a Mac with Mojave, macOS 10.14.x, and a t the end of the post the W34 installation is done.
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Install Weather34 with WeatherLink, v2 API

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Updated 2025-01-08 OK PHP 8.2 ! This post is an update from a former post which handles on how to set up a weather WEB-site with data from Davis Weather Link(WL) but here adapted to the latest WL API v2. Any product that reports weather data to WL can be used as a source for this weather template. T his is made  without  additional software such as Cumulus, Weather display or the Meteobridge product.
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iCloud drive sync, or mount, with a Linux, Ubuntu, device

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Updated 2025-01-23 ! With my project to keep a MacBook Air 2011(MBA) alive , Ubuntu installed, i searched for a solution where my iCloud drive(iCD) was  continuous synced with my MBA. This must work both ways so even a file change made on MBA should be replicated to iCD. rclone now, 2025-01, works with iCloud !! Setup below !! Before "rclone" was working with iCloud I solved my sync between iCD and MBA with Syncthing (ST). Check below. ST doesn't sync with iCloud so the work around here was to use my MacMini, Mac OS, as the "Middle man". It's always on and synced with iCD.
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Raspberry Pi OS Lite with GUI, RDP, VNC, Chromium

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Updated 2025-10-02 ! I like the Raspberry Pi(RPi), with Raspberry Pi OS Lite (no Desktop is included), headless operation, and then adding the software You need. Until now I haven't had a use case where I needed a Desktop but now was time.  Why don't use the Raspberry Pi OS with Desktop ?? In that package there is a lot of software I don't need and I really want to optimize the RPi. I think that the less software You install the happier RPi will be... 😉
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Installing Ubuntu 24.04 or 24.10/25.04 on an old MacBook Air(2011)

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Updated 2025-05-20 ! I have done several posts Blogging about how to keep an old MacBook Air(MBA), mid 2011(A1369), with SSD disk "alive". I have used the fantastic software package OpenCore Legacy patcher to upgrade the Mac to the latest Mac OS.  A while ago i tested Mac OS  Sequoia (15.3), on the mentioned Mac, but I had to admit that it was to much for the 14 year old companion. I really like the Mac and everything works, after a battery change , so it ended up with installing  Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS  or if you want the latest scroll down and get Ubuntu 24.10/25.04. Ubuntu on  Mac Mini (2018) and MacBookAir (2010)  ?
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Home Assistant with VirtualBox or Proxmox or Linux KVM ???

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Updated 2026-02-24 ! After testing Home Assistant (HA) for a while, I’ve realised it could improve my home automation, despite that I'm using Apple HomeKit. When I tested HA with Node-RED and some other "Add-ons", on a Raspberry Pi 3 (RPi), I found that its resources wasn’t enough. The following setup could be any computer but I recently bought an Apple Mac Mini M4, replacing my 2018 (M18) model, so the M18 was really a great candidate for my HA setup. The preferred method running HA is through the  HA Operating System (HAOS), which makes your "life" easier. 😉
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Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 4, 5 USB SSD or USB drive boot

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Updated 2024-06-06 ! After having tested several methods creating a bootable USB SSD, or other USB drive, for Raspberry Pi(RPi) 3 4 and 5, I finished with this simple method Create the setup you want on a ordinary SD card(Or use existing) Make a bootable backup/clone of the SD card saving it to the USB SSD Remove the SD card and boot from the USB SSD Having a RPi 4, 5 ? Use this post on how to write the OS direct to the SSD.  
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SeaTalk1 to NMEA 0183 converter, DIY

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Updated 2024-08-30 !  !! Another SW solution is available for RPi 5 here !  using the same HW. Thanks to Thomas, (the guy with the nice marine interface board ) ,  it's now possible  to decode, one way, the SeaTalk1(ST1) sentences in a pretty simple way. You just  use OpenPlotter(OP) and/or SignalK(SK) and an  Optocoupler . The thing that made it, is that Thomas   has released a "how to" and  Python source code , that will read the data from a GPIO pin on the Raspberry Pi, (RPi), and format it so the standard parser in SignalK can translate it to SignalK delta format. It is then  available as NMEA 0183. It's even possible to send the data in to a NMEA 2000 network, with a proper hardware interface.
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Clone the Raspberry boot disk

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Updated 2024-02-20 ! A very nice way to fix a backup is to make a copy, bootable, of the actual SD card You are using on the Raspberry Pi(RPi). This will be done even when the RPi is up and running ! This application can also be used to make a bootable SSD or USB drive !! You clone from the command line so You don't need the standard GUI, Pixel, and the " SD card copier "  function. It is also possible to set up a a scheduled job, cronjob explained later, which for example makes a clone every night at 1 o'clock.
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IVT, Bosch heat pump easy integration, Home Assistant

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Updated 2026-03-27 ! In search of the optimal solution on how to interface our IVT Heat pump,   first try here , I stumbled over   a nice integration   for Home Assistant(HA). A first quick setup is shown at the right. Please note !!! This integration stopped working with HA 2026.3.4 and the XMPP protocol(IVT) !!! But this one still works and can supply HA with data. The first obstacle was that it was HA which I knew about but never used.  So it was "back too school" and doing  a blog post  about a HA Core install.
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Waveshare CAN hat with Signal K & OpenPlotter

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Updated 2024-07-08 To get information from the NMEA 2000(N2K) network, to the RPi, I have been using  Actisense NGT-1 , for a long time,  and later also the  Yacht Devices YDWG 02  but now it was time for a Raspberry Pi(RPi) CAN hat(CH) from Waveshare(WS). WS have 3 different models but I picked the 2 channel isolated one . It's recommended to use an isolated one which also is demanded for those interfaces which can be approved by the N2K group.
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