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Cardshop Writer Host

Cardshop use writer hosts to download, write and ship SD-cards to recipient. A WriterHost is an always-running, always-connected computer connected to one or more USB SD-card readers.

Writer Hosts authenticate with the cardshop fetch tasks. The WriterHost operator is contacted (email) when an SD-card must be inserted, retrieved and shipped.

Requirements

  • always-on-capable computer
  • 500GB storage or more.
  • high-speed, direct, permanent connection to internet via ethernet.
  • one or more good-quality USB SD-card readers (Kingston)
  • A writer account on the cardshop.
  • An assigned port on the demo server (see maintenance).

Setup

  1. Install Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS server with default options (see below)
  • log-in and elevate as root (sudo su -)
  • set a password for root (passwd)
  • Make sure internet is working
  • download/copy your tunnel private key to /root/.ssh/tunnel (chmod 600)
  • download setup script curl -L -o /tmp/whost-setup https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kiwix/cardshop/master/whost/whost-setup
  • run the setup script chmod +x /tmp/whost-setup && REVERSE_SSH_PORT=XXX /tmp/whost-setup

Ubuntu Install

Just a regular, fresh Ubuntu-server install. Bellow are the defaults used for tests.

  1. Boot off the install media & select Install Ubuntu Server at grub prompt.
  • Select language (English)
  • Select Keyboard layout (English (US), English (US))
  • Select Install Ubuntu (not cloud instance)
  • Configure the network (eth via dhcp)
  • Proxy Address: none
  • Mirror Address: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu (pre-filled default)
  • Use an entire Disk
  • Choose disk to install to: selected disk
  • Summary: confirm and continue
  • Profile
  • name: maint
  • server name: whatever (bkored)
  • username: maint
  • password: maint
  • Import Identity: from github > rgaudin
  • Reboot now
  • Remove install media then ENTER

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