Install raspi os lite. Follow the pip installation quickstart instructions. Try it.
On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 10:08:51 AM UTC-8 Auchtermuchty Weather wrote: > " running any weewx instances natively as pip installs" Que? > > On Friday, 6 December 2024 at 16:59:59 UTC vince wrote: > >> I'd skip the 5th generation NUC with 4GB that you mentioned. That's >> ancient by now. >> >> I have 4th generation i5 (mid-2014) and 8th generation i3 (early-2019) >> NUCs and they are both fine boxes. The i3 runs all my docker containers >> and is available for vagrant/VirtualBox VMs when I need that, and is >> actually faster than the older i5. Excellent little boxes that 'far' >> exceed my compute needs. >> >> I would agree however that one of those little Beelink n100 boxes for a >> little more money is what I'd do today if I needed a small x86_64 system. >> >> But..... >> >> One 4 GB raspberry pi4 with a good micro-SD card is 'easily' fast enough >> to run two instances of weewx with a variety of skins and extensions. >> Mine's been working fine for multiple years. The pi4 to me is the weewx >> sweet spot if you need a very low power system at a low cost without >> worrying about needing a fan. >> >> I would also highly recommend running any weewx instances natively as pip >> installs rather than using VMs. No need to dockerize. No need to build >> and support VMs. Just run raspios 'lite' and do a couple pip >> installations. Super easy and reliable. Works perfectly on a pi4 without >> any fan. >> >> On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 8:15:50 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I have not used that particular device. >>> I do run two WeeWX instances on a similar machine using Proxmox. Zero >>> issues. >>> Unless you need VirtualBox, take a look at Proxmox. >>> >>> On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 8:48:41 AM UTC-5 Auchtermuchty Weather >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm thinking of getting a refurbished one on Ebay (5th generation) to >>>> replace the mid-tower PC I'm currently using, which has an AMD A8-5600K. >>>> >>>> The NUC has 4GB RAM, the PC 8GB. Enough RAM? I could get one with an >>>> Intel >>>> Core i3 7th Gen. and 8GB RAM for not a vast amount of ££ more. >>>> >>>> My plan is to use Debian 12 and VirtualBox plus a couple of VMs each >>>> running WeeWx - my weather station has a GW1000 so is a network device, >>>> not >>>> a USB one. >>>> >>>> Has anyone used one of these? >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/216b2a9a-f8bb-408c-8db5-250c5d809bc4n%40googlegroups.com.
