Thingspeak is an open-source IoT platform designed for data management and analysis. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Thingspeak on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Thingspeak is built on Ruby on Rails, so we need to install Ruby first.
To install Ruby, open your terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ruby-full
This command will update your package list and install the latest version of Ruby.
To install Thingspeak, run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo su
git clone https://github.com/iobridger/thingspeak.git
cd thingspeak
git checkout -b ioBridge ioBridge
This will switch to the ioBridge branch of Thingspeak.
Next, run the following command to install Thingspeak dependencies:
sudo bundle install
This command will install all the required gems for Thingspeak.
Now, we need to create the PostgreSQL database for Thingspeak. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser thingspeak
sudo -u postgres psql -c "alter user thingspeak with password 'your_password'"
sudo -u postgres createdb thingspeak_development --owner=thingspeak
Replace your_password in the second command with your desired password.
After creating the database, we need to migrate the schema to the database. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo RAILS_ENV=development bundle exec rake db:migrate
This command will migrate the database from the schema file.
Finally, we can start Thingspeak by running the following command in the terminal:
cd thingsspeak
sudo RAILS_ENV=development bundle exec rails server -p 80 -b your_server_IP_address
Replace your_server_IP_address with your server's IP address.
Now, open your web browser and enter the URL http://your_server_IP_address/ to access the Thingspeak dashboard.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Thingspeak on Kali Linux Latest. This installation enables you to manage and analyze data effectively, making it useful for IoT applications.
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