Revise steps for building AliroEd

raspberrypi/build_rpi/Readme.md

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 # Raspberry Pi OS Setup Instructions
 1. Use the raspberry pi imager to write Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit) onto an sd card
-2. Boot the Raspberry Pi OS and setup the locale, keyboard layout and initial username and password. Enable **Auto-Login** in **System Options**
-**NOTE:** The following steps require that the Raspberry Pi have an active internet connection. Wifi can be configured by running `sudo raspi-config` and setting up the **Wireless LAN** in **System Options**.
-3. run install.sh
+2. Boot the Raspberry Pi OS   
+**NOTE:** The following steps require that the Raspberry Pi have an active internet connection.
+Wifi can be configured by running `sudo raspi-config` and setting up the **Wireless LAN** in **System Options**.
+3. Run install.sh
   a. verify that docker is installed. Run `docker --version`
-4. save the autostart file in /etc/xdg/openbox/
-5. copy the .bash_profile file into the initial user's home directory (~/.bash_profile)
-6. copy the ./Aliro/raspberrypi/intropage directory into the root directory (/intropage)
-7. copy the extracted contents of the Aliro-*.zip file from the GitHub release page into the root directory. (/target)
-8. change directory into /target/production/Aliro-*/ and run `docker compose pull`
-  **NOTE:** The docker images will only be **pulled**. The containers will not be built inside the Pi (to keep the final custom OS as light as possible)
-9. copy the aliroed-compose.service file in /etc/systemd/system/ (`sudo cp aliroed-compose.service /etc/systemd/system/`
-10. enable the aliroed-compose service with `sudo systemctl enable aliroed-compose.service`
+4. Copy the ./Aliro/raspberrypi/intropage directory into the root directory (/intropage)
+5. Open the chromium-browser (`right-click the desktop and open the web browser`)
+6. Configure the browser to open a custom page when it starts `file:///home/aliroed/intropage/index.html`
+4. Add the line in the `autostart` file in the existing `/etc/xdg/openbox/autostart` file.  
+**Note:** if the `autostart` file doesn't exist, you can copy the one here as-is.
+5. Download the `Aliro-*.zip` file from the GitHub release page into the home directory. (`~/Alizo-*.zip`)
+6. unzip the `.zip` file
+7. Move the contents of the `~/target/production/Aliro-*/` directory into `/aliro/` (`mkdir /aliro` first)
+8. Change directory into the aliro directory `cd /aliro` and run `docker compose pull`  
+9. run the `docker_compress.sh` script to compress the pulled docker images.  
+Check that the images were saved in the `/images` directory, you should see 3 .tar.gz files:  
+`aliro_dbmongo.tar.gz`  
+`aliro_lab.tar.gz`  
+`aliro_machine.tar.gz`  
+10. Remove the pulled docker images by running the `docker_prune.sh` script. This will greatly reduce
+the space used by the images.
+11. copy the aliroed-compose.service file in /etc/systemd/system/ (`sudo cp aliroed-compose.service /etc/systemd/system/`
+12. enable the aliroed-compose service with `sudo systemctl enable aliroed-compose.service`
+
+# not sure if the next steps will be necessary
 12. Remove any unused kernels:
 use `uname -r` to check the current kernel in use  
 use `dpkg -l | grep linux-image` to see a list of installed kernels
 remove the ones we don't need with `sudo apt purge linux-image-<kernel-name>`
-13. Zero out free space for better compression:
-    This one was useless!
-Inside the Raspberry Pi, run `sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M` and `sudo rm -f /EMPTY`
 14. run clean.sh
 
 # Building the aliro-image executable

raspberrypi/build_rpi/aliroed-load.service

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+[Unit]
+Description=AliroEd Load Service
+After=docker.service
+Requires=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+WorkingDirectory=/images
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker load -i /images/aliro_dbmongo.tar.gz
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker load -i /images/aliro_lab.tar.gz
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker load -i /images/aliro_machine.tar.gz
+ExecStartPost=/bin/systemctl disable aliroed-load.service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

raspberrypi/build_rpi/autostart

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-# Place this file in /etc/xdg/openbox/
-# Disable any form of screen saver / screen blanking / power management
-xset s off
-xset s noblank
-xset -dpms
-
-# Allow quitting the X server with CTRL-ATL-Backspace
-setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
-
-# Start Chromium in kiosk mode
-sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/' ~/.config/chromium/'Local State'
-sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/; s/"exit_type":"[^"]\+"/"exit_type":"Normal"/' ~/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences
-chromium-browser --disable-infobars --kiosk 'file:///intropage/index.html'
+# Add this line at the bottom of the /etc/xdg/openbox/ file
+chromium-browser --start-maximized

raspberrypi/build_rpi/clean.sh

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 #/bin/bash
 # disable and remove bluetooth
 # not needed in kiosk mode
-sudo systemctl disable hciuart.service
-sudo systemctl disable bluealsa.service
-sudo systemctl disable bluetooth.service
-sudo apt purge bluez -y
+#sudo systemctl disable hciuart.service
+#sudo systemctl disable bluealsa.service
+#sudo systemctl disable bluetooth.service
+#sudo apt purge bluez -y
 # remove unnecessary packages and clean up apt
+# these are installed by the docker shell script
+sudo apt remove docker-buildx-plugin -y
+# these come pre-installed
+sudo apt purge htop
 sudo apt autoremove -y
 sudo apt autoclean -y
 sudo apt clean -y
 sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=7d
 docker builder prune --all
+rm ~/get-docker.sh
 sudo rm -rf /var/log/*
 sudo rm -rf /tmp/*
 # clear bash history

raspberrypi/build_rpi/docker_compress.sh

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+#/bin/bash
+mkdir /images
+docker save moorelab/aliro_dbmongo | gzip > /images/aliro_dbmongo.tar.gz
+docker save moorelab/aliro_lab | gzip > /images/aliro_lab.tar.gz
+docker save moorelab/aliro_machine | gzip > /images/aliro_machine.tar.gz

raspberrypi/build_rpi/docker_prune.sh

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+#/bin/bash
+docker system prune -a -f
+docker volume prune -a

raspberrypi/build_rpi/install.sh

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 sudo apt update
 sudo apt upgrade
 # install xserver, xinit, openbox, chromium-browser, pcmanfm, docker
-sudo apt install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg x11-xserver-utils xinit openbox
+sudo apt install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg x11-xserver-utils xinit
 sudo apt install --no-install-recommends chromium-browser
-sudo apt install pcmanfm
+sudo apt install openbox lxterminal lightdm pcmanfm
 # use the convenience script to install docker
 curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
 sudo sh ./get-docker.sh