Considerations to take for MM that won't be at my house?
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I’m currently in the process of building a MM for my SO. She’s currently living thousands of kilometers from me. Obviously, this poses a bit of a challenge as I won’t be around to fix it whenever it acts up.
Here is what I came up with:
- Implement some sort of error reporting that relays errors and warnings back to my web server.
- Install MM-Admin.
- Enable SSH and authenticate via my own private key. Not sure I’m crazy about doing this because it seems opening SSH on her router would open up the MM for all sorts of attacks.
Having said that, what must I take into consideration when building her a MM?
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@bbqdpotato
Consider this;
https://www.dataplicity.com
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Setup a VPN server at her place, then you can safely access everything. IMO, it seems overly complex to relay warnings etc. She can just call you when things doesn’t work.
I haven’t tried MMM-Admin, but with SSH you can do anything, so I would just go for that.
The only thing that you cannot solve is if the raspberry falls off the network. Then you have to reboot locally. Or simple option: pull the plug. But if you pull the plug while writing to the SD card, strange things can happen…
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@bbqdpotato said in Considerations to take for MM that won’t be at my house?:
what must I take into consideration
Moving in together.
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One more thing… don’t buy a cheap SD card. Buy a high quality one that gets good reviews together with a RPi. Then you will at least minimize the risk of a corrupt card. Sandisk has worked good for me.
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Take a look at having the remote mirror set up a reverse SSH tunnel — that way you can reach it without having to change network settings on her end. You can pick a nonstandard port to open/forward on your end, and it can just automatically reach you. Installing MMM-Remote as a home screen “app” on her phone gives her controls without too much complication.
There’s also this solution which looks very promising, but I haven’t had the chance to check it out yet.
Also: take a look at a Chromecast-style WiFi manager, like this one. I use this particular one but it’s the same concept. That way if there are any network changes or whatever, she’s not left stranded mirror-wise. Also, it’s just extremely handy.
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@retroflex said in Considerations to take for MM that won’t be at my house?:
One more thing… don’t buy a cheap SD card. Buy a high quality one that gets good reviews together with a RPi. Then you will at least minimize the risk of a corrupt card. Sandisk has worked good for me.
Use a cheap SSD. Much more reliable. That’s what I am using for more than a year now.
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@Sean Very nice! I hadn’t seen that before.
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@retroflex Good call. I’ll add it to the help document I include that if it acts up in any way, it should be rebooted.
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@Mykle1 It’s a work in progress.
