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 title: MMDVM hotspot on Archlinux
-summary: On a Raspberry Pi 2
+summary: I wrote down the installation of a forked DStarGateway with a slim
-date: 2024-01-28T10:10:11+0000
+    dashboard based on Javascript on a Raspberry Pi 2.
-lastmod: 2024-01-28T20:50:19+0000
+date: 2024-01-28T23:12:00+0100
+#lastmod: 
 categories:
   - amateur-radio
 tags:
@@ -247,74 +248,89 @@ $ sudo systemctl disable serial-getty@ttyAMA0.service
 Open `/boot/cmdline.txt` and remove `console=serial0,115200` from the line. Save
 and reboot.
 
-Another problem occurs, I will probably have to flash an actual firmware to the modem.
+## Configuration
 
-~~~console
+### DStarGateway
-E: Received a NAK to the SET_CONFIG command from the modem
-I: MMDVMHost-20240126 exited on receipt of an unknown signal
-~~~
 
-But we need another compiler. I install [paru](https://github.com/morganamilo/paru)
+### MMDVMHost
-to get that compiler with its dependencies.
 
-The installation of paru is very easy:
+### dgwtimeserver
 
-~~~console
+## Install a dashboard
-$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel
-$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
-$ cd paru
-$ makepkg -si
-~~~
 
-~~~console
+I will install the [dashboard from John Hays (K7VE)](https://github.com/johnhays/dsgwdashboard)
-$ paru -Syu
+as my first look at it looked promising (using Javascript (which is executed
-$ paru -S arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
+on the client and not the server) may reduce the load on the webserver).
-~~~
+[Past installations of dashboards]({{< ref "/posts/2022/26-raspberry-pi-4-64bit-dual-hat-hotspot-without-pi-star" >}})
-
+did usually include a form of request limitation because the many websocket requests
-Oh hell, this is going to take ages on the Raspberry Pi 2...
+of other dashboards put too much pressure on the small Raspberry Pies :exploding_head:
 
-Meanwhile on my main laptop:
+I will not install this as per instructions, because I don't like when these kind
+of applications (simple dashboards for example) have to be run as the _root_ user.
+I will therefore create a new user called _dashboard_ as which the "webserver"
+(which is a NodeJS application) will run.
 
-I thought I might try to compile it on my main machine and just do the installation
+We need a few packages for this:
-on the Raspberry Pi 2 as the compilation is still running (5½ hours later).
 
 ~~~console
-$ sudo pacman -S arm-none-eabi-gcc arm-none-eabi-newlib
+$ sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
-$ git clone git@github.com:g4klx/MMDVM_HS.git
-$ cd MMDVM_HS
-$ scp raspi2:git/MMDVM_HS/Config.h .
-$ make
 ~~~
 
-I got some errors about `usbserial` or `USBSerial::begin()`. A short research
+Create and impersonate our new user:
-suggested a `depmod -a` and you know what, it compilled.
 
-Well, I had to run it as _root_.
+~~~console
+$ sudo useradd --user-group -m --system dashboard --shell /bin/bash
+$ sudo su - dashboard
+~~~
 
-Now it is time to put the compiled firmware to the Raspi and install it.
+Now we are the user _dashboard_ and we will install the dashboard:
 
 ~~~console
-$ scp bin/mmdvm_f1.bin bin/mmdvm_f1.elf bin/mmdvm_f1.hex  raspi2:git/MMDVM_HS/bin/
+$ git@github.com:johnhays/dsgwdashboard.git
+$ cd dsgwdashboard
+$ node -v
+$ npm install -save
 ~~~
 
-Back on the Raspi: the installation won't work as there is no stm32flash installed. Huh?
+Create and install some self-signed certificates into the `dsgwdashboard`
-Oh well, I could not find it in any repository. The AUR website has a package, but I
+directory because the server needs them to start. I personally would like
-can't find it with pacman or paru. So we install by hand again:
+to have the possibility to only serve the pages via plain old HTTP
+(without SSL/TLS) because I run most of my pages through a reverse-proxy
+that takes care of all the certification.
 
-~~~console
+Next we will modify the `dashboard.ini` file because we will change the
-$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/stm32flash.git
+port from 443 to 8443. Why? Because[^1]!
-$ cd stm32flash
+
-$ makepkg -si
+~~~ini
+[config]
+dgwconfig=/usr/local/etc/dstargateway.cfg
+host=hotspot.oe7drt.net
+port=8443
 ~~~
 
-sudo pacman -S libgpiod
+{{< alert circle-info >}}
+This might be confusing now, the host above does not listen to port 8443 because
+there is a reverse-proxy in-between (and actually a firewall/router too).
+{{< /alert >}}
 
-And again, back in the firmware repository at `~/git/MMDVM_HS`:
+The actual path of this host and how it will be routed:
+
+~~~plain
+User (internet) ⇒ router:443 (hotspot.oe7drt.net) ⇒ reverse-proxy:443 (internal-server.lan) ⇒ hotspot:8443 (internal-raspi.lan)
+~~~
+
+We will disable the shell for the _dashboard_ user because we normally
+won't have to login as _dashboard_ user again.
 
 ~~~console
-$ sudo make mmdvm_hs_hat
+$ sudo chsh -s /bin/false dashboard
 ~~~
 
+[^1]: Ports below <kbd>1024</kbd> can only be used as the _root_ user. Those are socalled
+      [privileged ports](https://www.w3.org/Daemon/User/Installation/PrivilegedPorts.html).
+      To run the program as non-root user we need to set the port to something
+      above <kbd>1024</kbd>.
+
 ## DSTAR Registration
 
 A DSTAR registration is mandatory if you want to be transmitted on