Successful #permacomputing expriment: an android phone as a web server.
http://remote.materialsmatter.ie
Termux doing all the heavy lifting here, but going through the setup has been quite good fun.
- Samsung Android phone
- Termux + the various other needed packages, primarily Termux:Boot, termux-api-*, cronie
- IPV6rs - wireguard for http access
- Tmate for deterministic remote ssh access (could not get ssh to work with IPV6rs, unclear why)
- Networking is via the onboard Sim Card.
To-do / question:
- why does it not work from cellular connections? Assuming there is an issue in the IPV6rs configs, but cannot figure out why, works fine from non-cellular connections
- publish documentation / cite sources
- test out in Wild Nephin National Park, plugged in to solar rig at Ballycroy
Colm O'Neill
in reply to Colm O'Neill • • •Must add: I was hoping to achieve all this on a #postmarketOS device. I have pmOS running on a Samsung A3, but was never able to get the modem to work for it to connect to cellular.
Did a hard pivot to this Android setup, and enjoyed the process, but I did so because I could not figure out how complex it would be to get pmOS on this newer Samsung A40.
One issue I did run into was that the newer Samsung was networked locked. I had to apply to Three.ie (cellular provider) to get the device unlocked.
(In retrospect, chances are that this was also happening on the older Samung A3, but tried another sim card from another provider and was not able to get a data connection.)
Colm O'Neill
in reply to Colm O'Neill • • •Remote.materialsmatter.ie (no SSL yet, http only for now) is actually remote!
Solar rig has been performed very well, it is hugely overkill for this setup, but good to have 30 days of testing confirmation.
Gives me no issue to add a heltec v3 #meshtastic node to the power draw, should be fine.