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
writeraccount on the cardshop. - An assigned port on the demo server (see maintenance).
Setup
- 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(chmod600) - 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.
- 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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