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Raspberry Pi Server Essentials Transform your Raspberry Pi into a server for hosting websites, games, or even your Bitcoin network Piotr J. Kula BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Raspberry Pi Server Essentials Copyright © 2014 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: February 2014 Production Reference: 1030214 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. ISBN 978-1-78328-469-6 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Piotr J. Kula ([email protected]) Credits Author Project Coordinator Piotr J. Kula Sageer Parkar Reviewers Proofreaders Teemu Lätti Maria Gould Warren Myers Paul Hindle Acquisition Editor Indexers Kunal Parikh Monica Ajmera Mehta Tejal Soni Commissioning Editor Manasi Pandire Graphics Ronak Dhruv Technical Editors Shubhangi Dhamgaye Production Coordinator Nachiket Vartak Shantanu Zagade Copy Editors Cover Work Alisha Aranha Shantanu Zagade Roshni Banerjee Gladson Monteiro Adithi Shetty About the Author Piotr J. Kula developed an interest in computers when he was six years old. He was introduced to the world of technology by his father who came from an electronics engineering background. Piotr has lived, studied, and gained experience in three countries. Today, he is a Microsoft Certified Professional and works with reputed companies offering complex software solutions. In his spare time, he enjoys working on electrical engineering projects and also enjoys doing some home improvement projects with his wife. I want to thank my wife Katarzyna Kula for always supporting me during my projects. About the Reviewers Teemu Lätti works as a software specialist for Elektrobit (http://elektrobit.com) in Kajaani, Finland. He has over 15 years of experience as a professional Java and C++ developer. He is specialized in embedded software on different platforms, for example, Raspberry Pi, Android, and Windows Phone. He has a wide experience in various software, from device drivers to user interfaces and web development. He hosts a private web page (http://cupla.net) and builds home automation experiments with Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Warren Myers is a Data Center Automation and Management Engineer with seven years of experience with the HP automation stack. He has an extensive background and interest in technical arenas. He started programming when he was 10, and has always strived to learn new things on a regular basis. He currently works for Avnet Services as a Solutions Architect in the Cloud & Automation Practice. He has also written Debugging and Supporting Software Systems (http://cnx.org/content/ col11350), a freely available e-book. www.PacktPub.com Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more You might want to visit www.PacktPub.com for support files and downloads related to your book. 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Table of Contents Preface 1 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi 7 Hardware requirements 7 Extra peripherals 9 Essential peripherals 9 Wireless USB network adapters 9 USB hubs 9 Keyboards and mice 9 Useful peripherals 10 Internet 3G dongles 10 Sound cards 10 IR receivers 10 TV and radio receivers 10 Webcams 10 Multicard readers 11 Alamode 11 HDMI to VGA 11 Fun peripherals 11 Joysticks 11 USB to SATA 12 CAN bus 12 Home automation 12 USB missile launcher 12 Fingerprint scanners 12 Installing Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi 13 Understanding the design of the Raspberry Pi 14 Boot process 14 Other capabilities 15 Hardware limitations 15 Network speeds 16 USB bottlenecks 16 Time 16 Summary 17 Table of Contents Chapter 2: Preparing the Network 19 Local Area Network (LAN) 19 The eth0 port 20 The wlan0 interface 21 The lo interface 21 Wireless configuration – Wi-Fi 21 Recommended wireless adapters 21 Setting up from the desktop 22 Setting up from the console 22 Using wicd-curses 24 Static network address 25 Testing and benchmarking your network 26 Basic tests 26 Advanced benchmarking tools 27 Speedtest application 27 Iperf 28 Recommended bandwidth 28 Internet configuration 29 ISP packages 29 Home packages 29 Business packages 30 Dynamic DNS 30 Installing the client 31 Dynamic DNS domain workaround 32 Summary 33 Chapter 3: Configuring Extra Features 35 Updating the Raspberry Pi 35 Updating firmware 36 Updating packages 36 Outcomes 36 Hardware watchdog 37 Enabling the watchdog and daemon 37 Testing the watchdog 38 Enabling extra decoders 38 Buying licenses 39 MPEG-2 39 VC-1 39 Hardware monitoring 39 Summary 40 [ ii ] Table of Contents Chapter 4: Using a Fast PHP Web Server and Database 41 Working with nginx 41 Installing nginx 42 Configuring virtual hosts 42 Installing PHP 43 Installing a database 45 Installing MySQL 45 Installing SQLite3 46 Nginx with custom modules 48 Summary 48 Chapter 5: Setting Up a File Server 49 Preparing the storage medium 49 Listing the available drives 49 Formatting a drive 50 Mounting the drives 51 Remounting a disk after reboot 52 Accessing files 52 FTP service 52 Connecting with FileZilla 53 Connecting with WinSCP 53 Samba service 54 Installing and configuring Samba 54 Network shares 55 AFP for Macintosh 56 Installing and configuring 56 Shares and Time Machine 57 BitTorrent Sync 57 Installing Sync 57 Autostart 59 Hardware RAID 59 Configuration 60 Massive storage 60 Redundant storage 61 Summary 61 Chapter 6: Setting Up the Game Servers 63 Updating to Jessie 63 Selective settings 63 Games servers 64 OpenTTD 64 Installing OpenTTD 65 Configuring OpenTTD 65 Playing OpenTTD 65 [ iii ]