Rotate screen raspberry pi

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Source: https://howchoo.com/pi/raspberry-pi-display-rotation

Open file

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Rotate the display

display_rotate=0 # Normal (landscape)
display_rotate=1 # 90 degrees (portrait, upside down)
display_rotate=2 # 180 degrees (landscape)
display_rotate=3 # 270 degrees (portrait, upside down)
display_rotate=0x10000 # horizontal flip
display_rotate=0x20000 # vertical flip

Rotate touch input

lcd_rotate=0 # default (normal landscape)
lcd_rotate=1 # 90 degrees (portrait, upside down)
lcd_rotate=2 # 180 degrees (landscape)
lcd_rotate=3 # 270 degrees (portrait, upside down)

Reboot the device

TTP IP

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# TomTech Productions IP
import time, os
import requests, socket, uuid

## INSERT YOUR KEY AND MAIL HERE ##
domain = "" #company domain
mail = "tom.schelles@live.be" #your email
## INSERT YOUR KEY AND MAIL HERE ##

url = 'https://ttpm.be/data/online/post.php'
mac = uuid.getnode()

def get_lan_address():
        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
        s.connect(("8.8.8.8", 80))
        return s.getsockname()[0]

while(1):
    lan = get_lan_address()
    name = socket.gethostname()

    myobj = {'lan' : lan, 'mac': mac, 'name': name, 'domain': domain, 'mail': mail }

    try:
        x = requests.post(url, data = myobj)

        if (x.text == "reboot"):
            os.system("shutdown -t 0 -r -f")

        if (x.text == "lock"):
            os.system("shutdown -l")

        if (x.text == "shutdown"):
            os.system("shutdown -t 0 -s -f")

    except:
        print('NO CONNECTION TO SERVICE')
    #update gegevens lokaal om de 10 seconden
    time.sleep(30)

Linux KIOKS mode Chrome

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source: https://bloggerbrothers.com/2016/12/27/boot-your-pixel-based-pi-into-chromium-kiosk/

Install following software

sudo apt-get install -y x11-xserver-utils unclutter

Create a new file

sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

Copy this code into the file

@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
#@xscreensaver -no-splash
#@point-rpi
@xset s off
@xset -dpms
@xset s noblank
@sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly": false/"exited_cleanly": true/' ~/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences
@chromium-browser --incognito --noerrdialogs --kiosk tomtechproductions.be/example
@unclutter -idle 0.1 -root
Backup files linux

Backup files linux

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An easy way to backup files to a local share

The example backup’s the files from the /var/www/html directory

#change to website folders
cd /var/www/html/

#find all subsites
for D in *; do
    if [ -d "${D}" ]; then
        echo "Generating backup for $D > " `date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`-${D}   # your processing here
        tar -zcvf "/mnt/srv-ttp-nas/server/"`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`-${D}.tar.gz ${D}
    fi
done

#remove stale files
find /mnt/srv-ttp-nas/server/* -mtime +14 -exec rm {} \;

Add crontab to run backup every night at 3

sudo crontab -e
0 3 * * * /home/tom/backup_files.sh

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Backup all mysql databases

Backup all mysql databases

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I created an easy way to backup all mysql databases
/mnt/srv-ttp-nas/ is a location on a local NAS

#!/bin/sh
sleep 10

DB_USER="username"
DB_PASS="password"
BACKUP_DIR = "/mnt/srv-ttp-nas/bu/databases"

#find all databasses and backup them
databases=`mysql --user=$DB_USER --password=$DB_PASS -e "SHOW DATABASES;" | tr -d "| " | grep -v Database`

for db in $databases; do
        echo "Dumping database: $db"
        mysqldump $db -u $DB_USER -p --password=$DB_PASS | gzip > "/mnt/srv-ttp-nas/databases/"`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`-$db.sql.gz
done

#remove files older than one month
find /mnt/srv-ttp-nas/databases/* -mtime +31 -exec rm {} \;

The power of this script is that if you add a new database this will automaticly be added.

Add to crontab to backup every 6 hours.

sudo crontab -e
0 0,6,12,18 * * * /home/tom/backup.sh

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Update Unifi AP using SSH

Update Unifi AP using SSH

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Download the correct software from Ubiquiti.

Change the name from the downloaded file to fwupdate.bin

Open WinSCP and connect to the AP using SCP protocol.

Copy the fwupdate.bin file to /tmp folder.

Close WinSCP and open Putty. Connect to the AP using ssh.

Issue the command syswrapper.sh upgrade2 & after this your session will close automatic and the AP will start the upgrade.

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