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MyOpenHAB

Goal

  • Latest openHAB release running on a Raspberry Pi 4 as a docker container.
  • Automated installation out of this repository.

Parts list

  • Raspberry Pi 4 B, 4x 1,5 GHz, 4 GB RAM, WLAN, BT
  • Raspberry 4596 Pi - official power supply for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, USB-C, 5.1V, 3A
  • RPI CASE ALU08 (got it from here)
  • JSAUX USB 3.0 SATA Adapter (got it from here, found it on this list)
  • Some Micro SD card
  • Some SATA SSD disk, e.g. 128 GBytes (optional in case of booting from USB)

Initial Commissioning

  • Follow the official description to get Raspberry OS Lite onto the SD card and configure it according to your needs (user account, ssh, WiFi, etc.)
  • Boot the Raspberry Pi and login.

Boot from SSD disk (Optional step)

  • For robustness I choose a SSD SATA disk with an USB 3.0 adapter to boot from. Therefore the following steps are necessary:
    • Start raspi-config:
    sudo raspi-config
    • Inside raspi-config:
      • 8 Update
      • 6 (Advanced Options) → A7(Bootloader Version) → E2(Default)
      • 6 (Advanced Options) → A6(BootOrder) → B2(USB Boot)
    • Shutdown:
    sudo shutdown -h now
    • Remove SD card.
    • Get Raspberry OS Lite onto the SSD (as before with the SD card).
    • Connect SSD and boot.

Ansible and Docker

My goal was to automate any further installation, configuration and updating. Ansible seems to be the right tool for that job.

  • Install Ansible on your control host. I use the Pi itself for this, so I need these packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install ansible git python3-docker build-essential cargo python3-pip
sudo reboot
  • As I use the Pi itself as ansible control host the inventory.yml contains the localhost, only. If this setup does not fit to you, adjust the inventory according to your needs.
  • Run playbook of this repo to install openHAB:
git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:xxthunder/MyOpenHAB.git
cd MyOpenHAB
ansible-playbook main.yml --extra-vars "piuser=$USER"
  • After successful installation openHAB incl. frontail services are running:
    • http://<your_pi_hostname>:8080/
    • http://<your_pi_hostname>:9001/

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