Freeboard.io: installation on Ubuntu 16.04 with Apache2
Freeboard.io is an Open Pource project that creates interfaces for displaying data from connected objects or performing actions (lighting lamps, driving relays …). Frebboard.io is directly accessible from the internet but the free offer does not allow to own a private dashboard. In this tutorial, we will install Freeboard.io on a mini PC running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS by running it with an Apache 2 web server.
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Installing Apache 2
Apache 2 installs very easily with the apt-get command.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install apache2
Accept questions asked during installation. At the end of the installation, the Apache Web server starts automatically.
Installing Freeboard.io on Ubuntu
Get sources from GitHub
Let’s start by installing git.
Sudo apt-get install git
An installation directory is created. It does not matter the location of the directory, install it for example in your user folder or in the Home.
Sudo mkdir /home/freeboard_io
We start download sources from GitHub
cd /home/freeboard_io git clone https://github.com/Freeboard/freeboard.git
Creating a symbolic link to /var/www
The files of the website must be located (ideally by convention) in the folder /var/www. We will simply create a symbolic link that will allow the Apache server to find its children.
sudo -s cd /var/www ln -s /home/freeboard_io/freeboard freeboard_io
Configuring Freeboard_io for Apache
Now, you need to configure a new freeboard_io.com site to work with the Apache server. We start by creating a new site in the sites-availables folder.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/freeboard_io.conf
Adapt the configuration to your needs and paste it into the configuration file
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@freeboard_io.com
ServerName freeboard_io.com
ServerAlias www.freeboard_io.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/iot
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the configuration file with Ctrl + X and then O.
Now we make the site active with the command a2ensite
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available sudo a2ensite freeboard_io.conf
In fact, the a2ensite command creates a symbolic link to the sites-enable directory.
It only remains to restart the Apache service to take into account the new modification.
sudo service apache2 restart
Configuring the Hosts File
It only remains to point the url to the site. To do this, retrieve the ip address of your machine with the ifconfig command and then open the /etc/hosts file.
sudo nano /etc/hosts
Replace the IP address with that of your machine then save with CTRL+X then Y.
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.2.2 freeboard_io.com
And now you can access freeboard from your browser using the address http://freeboard_io.com
In the next tutorial, we’ll see how to run Freeboard.io with Nginx.
Useful links :
- Access to the online service freeboard.io http://freeboard.io/http://freeboard.io/
- Project source code on GitHub: https://github.com/Freeboard/freeboard
- Apache 2 configuration inspired by this article
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