WebThings Gateway is an open-source home automation platform powered by Mozilla. It allows users to control their smart home devices in a secure and private way. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install WebThings Gateway on your Linux Mint Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure your system has the following dependencies installed:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl gnupg2 apt-transport-https ca-certificates
To add the WebThings Gateway repository to your sources list, run the following command:
echo "deb https://deb.webthings.io/ buster release" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webthings.list
To authenticate packages from the WebThings Gateway repository, you will need to import the GPG key. Run the following command to import the key:
curl https://deb.webthings.io/webthings.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Now that the repository and key have been added, you can install WebThings Gateway by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y webthings-gateway
This will download and install the WebThings Gateway package along with its dependencies.
Once the installation is complete, you can start WebThings Gateway with the following command:
sudo systemctl start webthings-gateway
After starting the service, you can access the WebThings Gateway interface by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:
http://localhost:8080
In this tutorial, you learned how to install WebThings Gateway on your Linux Mint Latest. With this installation, you can now control your smart home devices in a secure and private way.
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