reef pi headles remote access

[1reepher-zn]

hi all i recently decided to try out the building a reef pi all is going smoothly except for the remote controlling the reef pi as i went headles with the intsall is there any easy way around this


TIA

 

[MnFish1]

i went headles

What does this mean

 

[1reepher-zn]

What does this mean

no desktop

 

[1reepher-zn]

bump ?

 

[MnFish1]

Suggest you go to the long reef-Pi thread - which will help you with this in all probability

 

[MnFish1]

@mods - can you move this to the reef-pi threads?

 

[MnFish1]

#MODS

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Moved to Aquarium Controller forum. Other #reefpi users can hopefully help.

 

[ColoredRock]

you can access the reef-pi from any browser using the ip address.

 

[1reepher-zn]

Moved to Aquarium Controller forum. Other #reefpi users can hopefully help.

Thanks

 

[1reepher-zn]

you can access the reef-pi from any browser using the ip address.

yes but i want to access the reef-pi remotely when im not on my home network

 

[1reepher-zn]

i did the "desktopless" install

 

[ColoredRock]

yes but i want to access the reef-pi remotely when im not on my home network

got ya.. not really recommended.. you need to open up a port on your router to allow that traffic to go thru and then you would need to know what your external ip address to your router is... leaving this open allows anyone open to it.

Alternatively you could use a remote desktop service to connect to a computer at home.. there are lots of different software todo this, you can do a google search and pick your poison.

 

[Sral]

got ya.. not really recommended.. you need to open up a port on your router to allow that traffic to go thru and then you would need to know what your external ip address to your router is... leaving this open allows anyone open to it.

Alternatively you could use a remote desktop service to connect to a computer at home.. there are lots of different software todo this, you can do a google search and pick your poison.

Another option is to use a VPN service into your home network.

I think FritzBox Routers offer this kind of service.

 

[Ranjib]

Entire reef-pi ui is powered by the underlying API. you can use api (through curl) or reef-pi db command to even low level headless operation.

API | reef-pi - An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi

API V3 reef-pi provides http json API. Entire UI is powered by the API. API requests needs to be authenticated using session (cookie). He is an example of getting the list of equipment curl -X POST -c cookie.txt -d '{"user":"reef-pi", "password":"reef-pi"}' http://reef-pi.local/auth/signin curl...

reef-pi.github.io

 

[1reepher-zn]

Entire reef-pi ui is powered by the underlying API. you can use api (through curl) or reef-pi db command to even low level headless operation.

API | reef-pi - An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi

API V3 reef-pi provides http json API. Entire UI is powered by the API. API requests needs to be authenticated using session (cookie). He is an example of getting the list of equipment curl -X POST -c cookie.txt -d '{"user":"reef-pi", "password":"reef-pi"}' http://reef-pi.local/auth/signin curl...

reef-pi.github.io

i have no idea what you mean by this could please explain this to me

 

[ColoredRock]

i have no idea what you mean by this could please explain this to me

You can access the reef-pi via a command line with the curl command or use it to write code to the api. Not really what you are looking for, as you are asking for access to the frontend of the reef-pi from outside your home network.

 

[biznatch]

From outside your home, a VPN is the only acceptable solution. Do NOT setup port forwarding on your router from external. The most secure solution is to setup a VPN host at your house (on the router) and directly connect to that, but that would require setting up DynDNS and I think it's quite a bit outside of your skill set. So your best bet would be a 3rd party solution that makes it easy for nontech users, and follow their documentation.

 

[1reepher-zn]

From outside your home, a VPN is the only acceptable solution. Do NOT setup port forwarding on your router from external. The most secure solution is to setup a VPN host at your house (on the router) and directly connect to that, but that would require setting up DynDNS and I think it's quite a bit outside of your skill set. So your best bet would be a 3rd party solution that makes it easy for nontech users, and follow their documentation.

ok ....

 

[bishoptf]

ok ....

Some don;t like it but I would also suggest looking into Tailscale - https://tailscale.com/

There is a level of trust since they are performing the middleware but it based on good software, much easier than a traditional vpn...