The WebThings Gateway is a user-friendly platform to help manage and control the Internet of Things (IoT) devices in your home. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of WebThings Gateway on the Void Linux operating system.
Before we start the installation of WebThings Gateway, we need to install some prerequisite packages. Open up the terminal and type in the following command to install the required packages:
sudo xbps-install -Su nodejs
This command installs Node.js which is a powerful JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. It is required to run the WebThings Gateway.
The next step is to download and extract the WebThings Gateway package. In the terminal, type in the following command:
wget https://github.com/WebThingsIO/gateway/releases/download/1.1.0/webthings-gateway-1.1.0.tar.gz
tar -xvvzf webthings-gateway-1.1.0.tar.gz
This command downloads the WebThings Gateway package and then extracts it using the tar command. The -xvvzf options are used to extract the files and show detailed progress in the terminal.
Now that we have extracted the WebThings Gateway files, we can start running it. In the terminal, navigate to the extracted folder using the cd command like so:
cd webthings-gateway-1.1.0
Once you are in the folder, start the WebThings Gateway by entering the following command:
./run-me.sh
This command starts the WebThings Gateway and opens it in your default web browser. If it doesn't, you can access it by opening your web browser and entering the URL http://localhost:8080.
After successfully starting the WebThings Gateway, you will see a screen asking to configure the gateway. Follow the prompts to configure your gateway by setting up your Wi-Fi credentials, selecting the language, and so on.
Once you have finished the configuration process, you will see the WebThings Gateway homepage. This is the control center for all your IoT devices. You can now start adding your IoT devices to the gateway and start managing them.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WebThings Gateway on Void Linux. With the WebThings Gateway installed and configured, you can now control and manage all your IoT devices in a simple and user-friendly way.
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