CloudACM – Page 12 – Autonomous Computational Machines

MicroSD Backups with Clonezilla

February 8, 2022 Patrick Gilfeather

This topic will cover how to use Clonezilla to create fast, secure, and low storage backups of microSD media, which is the defacto for Raspberry Pi SoCs. It will require the following items. USB to MicroSD adapter containing the MicroSD media Bootable USB thumb drive with Clonezilla External USB drive with a formatted partition to the store backup Intel based system with USB ports, no working OS or drive required The Clonezilla ISO can be downloaded here, https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php. The ISO…

ESP-32 Cam, FFMPEG, and Node Red

January 18, 2022 Patrick Gilfeather

This post will cover how to use FFMpeg to add video feeds from a ESP32-Cam module into Node Red. The process can utilize most RTSP and HTTP sources. As a comparison, these stream sources will be setup on MotionEye. The first task is to list or itemize each of the sources and the hyperlink to their streams. If unsure what stream is available from the source, a search for “motioneye rtsp stream url” should turn up some tips on how…

Scheduled vs Supervised Tasks

January 11, 2022 Patrick Gilfeather

Scheduling tasks in Linux is traditionally done with the Cron Task Scheduler. There are many online resources about cron, one of which is this site, https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-use-the-cron-task-scheduler/. With Webmin, the task scheduling can be managed through the WebUI. Details can be found here, https://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/Scheduled_Cron_Jobs. Here is a simple scheduled task that reboots the Linux host daily at 1:30am. 30 1 * * * systemctl reboot -i Scheduling this in Cron or through Webmin results in the same entry in the respective…