Balena deployable OpenAg Brain

This project links in the OpenAg brain software and makes it deployable utilizing Balena.io for easy management of devices.

How to pull all the code for this project

There is a top level project with the balena / docker setup stuff and the brain is saved as a git 'submodule', which is just a tag of a repo at a certain point.

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/OpenAgInitiative/openag-brain-balena.git
cd openag-brain-balena
git submodule update --init --recursive

Install balena CLI

https://www.balena.io/docs/reference/cli/

npm install balena-cli -g --production --unsafe-perm

Create a balena account

https://www.balena.io/cloud Then build a test application, download the image, flash a device.

Push an application to your device on the balena cloud

cd ~/openag-brain-balena
balena login
balena push <app name - rob you used 'test'>

Docs

https://www.balena.io/docs/ https://www.balena.io/docs/reference/cli/ look up supervisor API

SSH to your Host OS or docker image running on your balena cloud device

https://www.balena.io/docs/learn/develop/local-mode/#ssh-into-the-running-app-container-or-host-os

1. In the balena cloud page, navigate to your device.
2. In the button bar there is a drop list (to the right of reboot, restart, blink).
3. In the drop list, chose "enable local mode" and the device will reconfigure itself.
4. sudo balena local scan
5. From the output pick out the .local hostname.
6. sudo balena local ssh f0b4960.local will give you the choice of app or host.

Access the docker image permanent file system

The app file system (in docker image) is in this dir if you are in the supervisor (Host OS): /mnt/data/docker/volumes/XXXXXXX_resin-data/_data

Connecting to the RPi console from OSX

Buy:

• https://www.adafruit.com/product/954 Install:
• https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-5-using-a-console-cable/software-installation-mac Run:
• screen /dev/cu.usbserial 115200