Thingsboard is an open-source IoT platform for collecting, storing, and analyzing telemetry data from IoT devices. It supports cross-platform installation and can be run anywhere including OpenBSD. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install Thingsboard on your OpenBSD machine.
Download the latest version of Thingsboard from the website https://thingsboard.io/docs/user-guide/install/openbsd/
Extract the downloaded file and go to the extracted directory by using the following command:
tar -xvf thingsboard-3.2.2-openbsd.tar.gz
cd thingsboard-3.2.2
Set the PostgreSQL database connection by modifying the configuration file conf/thingsboard.conf.
export DATABASE_ENTITIES_TYPE=sql
export SPRING_JPA_DATABASE_PLATFORM=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
export SPRING_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME=org.postgresql.Driver
export SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/thingsboard
export SPRING_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=thingsboard
export SPRING_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=thingsboard
Initialize the database schema using the following command:
bin/install/install-rpm.sh --loadDemo
This command will create the Thingsboard database schema, tables, and initial demo data.
Start Thingsboard by running the following command:
bin/thingsboard.sh start
This command will start Thingsboard in the background. You can confirm that the installation was successful by visiting the Thingsboard web interface in your browser at http://localhost:8080
To stop Thingsboard, run the following command:
bin/thingsboard.sh stop
You have now successfully installed Thingsboard on your OpenBSD machine. You can now start using Thingsboard to manage, collect, and analyze telemetry data from your IoT devices. If you encounter any issues during the installation, check the Thingsboard documentation for more information or seek help in the Thingsboard community forum.
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