SIP Irrigation Control is a web-based irrigation control system that can be installed on a Raspberry Pi or other Linux-based systems. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install SIP Irrigation Control on a Manjaro Linux system.
Before you begin, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
We need to install some dependencies before we can install SIP Irrigation Control. Open a terminal window and execute the following command:
sudo pacman -S git nginx php-fpm
This will install Git, Nginx, and PHP-FPM on your system.
Next, we need to clone the SIP Irrigation Control repository from GitHub. To do this, execute the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/dan-in-ca/SIP.git
This will download the SIP Irrigation Control files to your home directory.
Now, we need to move the SIP Irrigation Control files to the web directory. In Manjaro Linux, the web directory is located at /srv/http. To move the files, execute the following command in the terminal:
sudo mv SIP /srv/http/
We need to configure Nginx to serve the SIP Irrigation Control files. To do this, we need to create a new Nginx configuration file. Open a terminal window and execute the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/sip.conf
This will open the Nano text editor. Paste the following content into the file:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name _;
root /srv/http/SIP;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi.conf;
}
}
Save the changes and exit the editor.
Next, we need to restart Nginx to apply the changes. Execute the following command in the terminal:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
We need to configure PHP-FPM to work with Nginx. To do this, we need to create a new PHP-FPM configuration file. Open a terminal window and execute the following command:
sudo nano /etc/php/php-fpm.d/sip.conf
This will open the Nano text editor. Paste the following content into the file:
[sip]
listen = /run/php-fpm/sip.sock
listen.owner = http
listen.group = http
user = http
group = http
pm = dynamic
pm.max_children = 5
pm.start_servers = 2
pm.min_spare_servers = 1
pm.max_spare_servers = 3
php_admin_value[date.timezone] = "America/Los_Angeles"
Save the changes and exit the editor.
Next, we need to restart PHP-FPM to apply the changes. Execute the following command in the terminal:
sudo systemctl restart php-fpm
Now, we can open SIP Irrigation Control in a web browser. Open a web browser and enter the following URL:
http://localhost/
This will open the SIP Irrigation Control webpage. You can now configure your irrigation system using the web interface.
In this tutorial, we explained how to install SIP Irrigation Control on a Manjaro Linux system. With SIP Irrigation Control, you can easily control your irrigation system using a web interface.
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