OpenRemote is an open-source platform that helps you automate and control various smart devices in your house. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OpenRemote on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before installing any new package, it's essential to update the system. Open a terminal and run the below command to update the system packages.
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
OpenRemote runs on Java. Therefore, we need to install the java package on our system. Execute the below command in your terminal to install OpenJDK 11.
sudo apk add openjdk11
After installing Java, we're ready to install OpenRemote. Run the below command in your terminal to download and install OpenRemote.
sudo apk add openremote
By default, OpenRemote installation comes with a sample configuration. We need to create a new configuration and modify it as per our requirements. For this, navigate to the "/etc/openremote" directory.
cd /etc/openremote
Now, create a new configuration file named "controller.xml" in the "/etc/openremote" directory.
sudo nano controller.xml
Paste the below XML code in the file and save it.
<openremote xmlns="http://project.openremote.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://project.openremote.org http://project.openremote.org/schema/controller-2.1.0.xsd" version="2.1.0">
<webapp-port>8688</webapp-port>
<webapp-host-override>localhost</webapp-host-override>
<webapp-context>controller</webapp-context>
<webapp-filebase>/var/lib/openremote/webapps/controller/web</webapp-filebase>
<webapp-config>/etc/openremote/controller</webapp-config>
<template-path>/etc/openremote/template</template-path>
<lircd-conf>/etc/openremote/lircd.conf</lircd-conf>
<photos-path>/var/lib/openremote/photos</photos-path>
<properties>
<property name="HTTPS_LETSENCRYPT_ACME_DIRECTORY_URI" value="https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory" />
<property name="HTTPS_LETSENCRYPT_DOMAIN_CHECK_OWNER_EMAIL" value="root@localhost" />
<property name="HTTPS_LETSENCRYPT_DOMAIN_CHECK_DIR" value="/usr/share/doc/acme-tiny" />
</properties>
</openremote>
The above configuration sets the HTTPS and HTTP ports, controller, template path, photos path, and Let's Encrypt-related configuration options.
The configuration file is ready. Now, we need to create the "/var/lib/openremote" directory and update its ownership.
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/openremote
sudo chown -R openremote:openremote /var/lib/openremote
Everything is set, and we're ready to start OpenRemote. Run the below command to start the OpenRemote server.
sudo openremote -c /etc/openremote/controller.xml
To confirm that OpenRemote is running, open your web browser and navigate to "http://localhost:8688/controller". You should see the OpenRemote dashboard.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install and configure OpenRemote on Alpine Linux. Now, you can use OpenRemote to automate and control various smart devices in your house.
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