MagicMirror install on proxmox LXC Container?

kusselin · Oct 16, 2022, 10:33 AM

When everyone have proxmox…please install it and give me feedback how you installed it.
Thanks a lot

sdetweil · Oct 16, 2022, 11:57 AM

@kusselin

change the script that starts mm from

npm start
to
npm run server

a container has no desktop,
npm start tries to load the graphical UI using electron.

npm run server

just starts the server side, for external browsers to access

I can’t tell what that error is, but the internet has moved to https connections by default, and many browsers warn when accessing http sites like MagicMirror is running.

so you either have to accept the warning, or find a way in the browser to disable to message

https setup requires a certificate, which is not free.

kusselin · Oct 16, 2022, 12:38 PM

hi sdetweil, sorry my Linux knowledge is not good.

Can you explain me how to change the script udn where in the script?

Is my basic installation but with user “pi” so correct

sdetweil · Oct 16, 2022, 1:08 PM

@kusselin my pm2 setup uses
~/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh

kusselin · Oct 16, 2022, 1:08 PM

@sdetweil said in MagicMirror install on proxmox LXC Container?:

@kusselin my pm2 setup uses
~/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh

this standing in my mm.sh

cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

an now i must put this into than looks like this

cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start
npm run server

so o.k.?

sdetweil · Oct 16, 2022, 1:09 PM

@kusselin said in MagicMirror install on proxmox LXC Container?:

cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start
npm run server

no

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm run server

kusselin · Oct 16, 2022, 1:23 PM

o.k…next try to step and hope i can start the MM

look…

pi@MagicMirror-live:~$
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
[sudo] password for pi:

## Installing the NodeSource Node.js 18.x repo...


## Populating apt-get cache...

+ apt-get update
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## Confirming "jammy" is supported...

+ curl -sLf -o /dev/null 'https://deb.nodesource.com/node_18.x/dists/jammy/Release'

## Adding the NodeSource signing key to your keyring...

+ curl -s https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | tee /usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg >/dev/null

## Creating apt sources list file for the NodeSource Node.js 18.x repo...

+ echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_18.x jammy main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+ echo 'deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_18.x jammy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list

## Running `apt-get update` for you...

+ apt-get update
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## Run `sudo apt-get install -y nodejs` to install Node.js 18.x and npm
## You may also need development tools to build native addons:
     sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make
## To install the Yarn package manager, run:
     curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg >/dev/null
     echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg] https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
     sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install yarn


pi@MagicMirror-live:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install yarn
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pi@MagicMirror-live:~$ sudo apt install -y nodejs
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pi@MagicMirror-live:~$ git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
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pi@MagicMirror-live:~$ cd MagicMirror/
pi@MagicMirror-live:~/MagicMirror$ npm run install-mm

> magicmirror@2.21.0 install-mm
> npm install --no-audit --no-fund --no-update-notifier --only=prod --omit=dev

npm WARN config only Use `--omit=dev` to omit dev dependencies from the install.

> magicmirror@2.21.0 postinstall
> npm run install-vendor && npm run install-fonts && echo "MagicMirror² installation finished successfully!
> "


> magicmirror@2.21.0 install-vendor
> echo "Installing vendor files ...
> " && cd vendor && npm install --loglevel=error --no-audit --no-fund --no-update-notifier

Installing vendor files ...


added 9 packages in 5s

> magicmirror@2.21.0 install-fonts
> echo "Installing fonts ...
> " && cd fonts && npm install --loglevel=error --no-audit --no-fund --no-update-notifier

Installing fonts ...


added 2 packages in 1s
MagicMirror² installation finished successfully!


> magicmirror@2.21.0 prepare
> [ -f node_modules/.bin/husky ] && husky install || echo no husky installed.

no husky installed.

added 300 packages in 36s
pi@MagicMirror-live:~/MagicMirror$ cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js
pi@MagicMirror-live:~/MagicMirror$ npm run server

> magicmirror@2.21.0 server
> node ./serveronly

[16.10.2022 13:16.02.218] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.21.0
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.225] [LOG]   Loading config ...
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.235] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.236] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.252] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.254] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.254] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.513] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.514] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.515] [LOG]   No helper found for module: compliments.
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.516] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather.
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.536] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.536] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.536] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.679] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ...
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.695] [LOG]   Server started ...
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.696] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.696] [LOG]   Starting module helper: updatenotification
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.697] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.697] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.697] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.698] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.698] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
[16.10.2022 13:16.02.698] [LOG]
Ready to go! Please point your browser to: http://localhost:8080

is this now right abd is the info “no helper module” O.K.?

best regards

P.S. when i put “http://localhost:8080” in the browser linie - it´s not going :-(

sdetweil · Oct 16, 2022, 1:29 PM

@kusselin remember, a container is a ‘system’
with its own IP address different than than the container hosting system (typically 172.xx.yy.zz)

also, localhost means ONLY apps INSIDE this same ‘system’, can access… so that means a browser running IN the container… oops… not possible

SO, you have to change the MM config.js to allow apps OUTSIDE the container to access the MM app
and THEN on the container setup , map the container MM port to some host port … (so u can access from another pc, phone, tablet, outside the container hosting system )

address:“0.0.0.0”.
ipWhitelist:[],

you didn’t have to reinstall mm… one install runs three ways
full (ui on same ‘system’), npm start
server (ui on some OTHER system (have to change config) npm run server
client (just the UI part), npm run client

kusselin · Oct 16, 2022, 1:38 PM

@sdetweil what a fu…

now its running!!! Ohman!! yeahhhhhhh :-) thanks a lot…

o.k. i understand …in an lxc is not same as a pi with raspbia…because lxc is an container and has no graphic giu…then i have to start server (npm start server" right…

and i mut change the config as this here

address:“0.0.0.0”.
ipWhitelist:[],

sdetweil · Oct 16, 2022, 3:15 PM

@kusselin yes, to help keep this organized for you

think of a container as a pi/nuc/laptop/extra machine with no display, running in text mode
and the only way to get to it is thru a proxy machine (your container host)

and then some other machine, laptop, phone, tablet that wants to display info…

so other machine, phone, tablet connects to proxy, who forwards request to pi, and returns response back.
the proxy doesnt DO anything but transport the info .