openHABian hassle-free openHAB Setup

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That’s okay but please let me know if I should make that more clear :wink: The Port in the Linux article could also be extended to contain more details.

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Hey guys,

i want to copy my existing openhabian to a new SD-Card…How can i handle this?

ty!

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Hey! You should be fine just moving the image from one card to the other.

One thing you’ll have to look out for: Different sizes of the old and new SD card could be a problem. That is a bigger issue if the new one is smaller, which I do not expect. There are multiple solutions out there, good luck!

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haha i know to change the sd-card from one hardware to another…i mean how can i handle to move the whole image or how can i create an image of the existing openhab2 to move it from 16GB to 8GB :smiley:

Edit: Can i just add a new file with myopenhabimg.img and then read from win32diskimager?
Edit2: Is a class 4 sd-card enough or should i be a class 10?

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@philKrylc @Noircogi the host.key change introduced more problems than it solved and was reverted. You may see some transitioning effects but everything should work as before now. Karaf console problems after key format change · Issue #399 · openhab/openhab-distro · GitHub

Best Regards, Thomas

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Any ideas why there isn’t a logs folder and files?
Neil.

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Have you checked in /var/log/openhab2/?

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Hi @ThomDietrich,

just some remarks:

  • under features - raspberry pi specific: you could also mention menu options 20 - 22
  • under quick start: Raspberry Pi: small typo in the sentence

This system will install Raspbian followed by openHAB and a the mentioned settings and tools.

  • cosmetic: you may want to consider exchanging Linux with GNU/Linux
  • may be it’s an option to add some words regarding how to change the default passwords
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As @scottk already said, you are checking in the wrong spot: http://docs.openhab.org/installation/linux.html#file-locations

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@ThomDietrich: Thanks for your help.

But what if I have already run the updates?
“OK - No remote changes detected. You are up to date.”

By the way: I very like your first version of the openHABian doc article :slight_smile:
Thanks.

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Ah, Sorry for the cryptic answer Yvonne.
What I was trying to point you to is the lower part where I described one of the latest changes. In the openHABian menu you will find the option “Serial Port”, behind which you will find the following possibilities:

That should be all you need to prepare your system for the use with zwave/razberry. Good luck and don’t hesitate to come back here if it doesn’t :wink:

Thanks!

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Thanks Matthias, I’ve started to work on these improvements. When reading “GNU/Linux”, U had to smile :slight_smile: Yes that is technically more correct but how many readers will take anything from that? I would argue that the previous mentioning of Debian/Ubuntu is hint enough. Would you agree?

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That’s what I thought. My answer is still the same, you’ll need to use some special methods and all depend on your experience. Moving to a smaller SD card is not as easy and I would just install openHABian anew. If you want to do it, check this thread, I’ve previously linked some tool that are able to do the “shrink” for you.

I would not go down to 8GB! Because of wear leveling (see above) I’d stay with 16Gb or even upgrade to 32GB.
Regarding the SD card brand/class, please check the nice article @kasperz posted a few days back. openHABian hassle-free openHAB Setup - #565 by kasperz

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Agreed :sunglasses:

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@ThomDietrich Thanks so much! My controller is online :slight_smile:

Now I can start including my wall plugs and windows sensors. Guess this will also take some time :wink:

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The article is online. If you are missing an important detail, please just file a new issue :wink:

http://docs.openhab.org/installation/openhabian.html

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Just make a note of this that if you have a mac reserved DHCP address that when it reboots after the OS is install it will have a new IP.

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if you have a raspberry pi running the full, latest raspbian with GUI such as the 2 or 3 (or maybe even 1)
and you have 2 USB sd card readers

Than that Raspbian has SD Card Copier which I’m pretty sure shrinks whitespace to fit smaller sd card (if possible):
Menu > Accessories > SD Card Copier

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Shouldn’t the logs at ‘/var/log/openhab2’ be available from the Samba share locations, ie. openHAB-userdata/log?

I can view the configuration files etc. using the share but to view the logs I have to use another program like winSCP.

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Hi guys - i’m getting strange errors tryin to update my openhabian:

Err https://openhab.ci.cloudbees.com Packages
HttpError404
Get:48 https://openhab.ci.cloudbees.com Packages [369 B]
Err https://openhab.ci.cloudbees.com Packages
HttpError404
W: Failed to fetch https://openhab.ci.cloudbees.com/job/openHAB-Distribution/ws/ distributions/openhab-offline/target/apt-repo/Packages HttpError404

W: Failed to fetch https://openhab.ci.cloudbees.com/job/openHAB-Distribution/ws/ distributions/openhab-online/target/apt-repo/Packages HttpError404

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Any idea?