1.1.0 deb package for Raspbian about gateway HOT 7 OPEN

Hi @akutuzov,

Sorry for the inconvenience. The deb package build automation is currently broken so it has been disabled https://github.com/WebThingsIO/gateway/blob/master/.github/workflows/release.yml#L115

We're currently lacking a maintainer for the deb package.

Do you know anyone who would be interested in becoming a maintainer, or are you able to do it yourself?

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Unfortunately, I have neither time nor skills for maintaining deb packages :(
Will have to remain on the 1.0.0 version, I guess.

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@akutuzov Another alternative you may be interested in is the Docker image https://hub.docker.com/r/webthingsio/gateway

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Thanks. Is there any manual on moving from a deb installation to a docker installation?

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@akutuzov No I'm afraid not and I've never tried it. In theory you should just need to copy over the contents of the .webthings folder which contains all your data and settings. If you try it, let us know how you get on.

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Hi again,
Just to sum it up: I did manage to migrate from a deb installation of Webthings to a Docker installation.
But it's a real pain: with Docker, the application consumes much more CPU (which is important when you are running on Raspberry), and it's really not easy to find out how to properly map all your devices to the container.
For example, I was not able to sort out how to make the Webthings image able to play sound: it simply lacks the necessary devices, and it is not clear how to solve this.

Honestly, it was like 10 times easier and more straightforward with a native deb package. I would have never moved to the 1.1 Docker image if not for this unfortunate TLS certificate generation issue.

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Hiya, sorry you're not having a great experience with the Docker image.

Feel free to ask for help with Docker on the forums, but If you get fed up with Docker, in the absence of a maintainer for the .deb package another possibility is to install the gateway application directly on a Raspberry Pi by building it from source on the Raspberry Pi, as described in the README https://github.com/WebThingsIO/gateway/blob/master/README.md. There has been one report of problems with getting that working on a Raspberry Pi 3 though #3069. If you do try that I would recommend building from the stable 1.1 branch rather than master https://github.com/WebThingsIO/gateway/tree/v1.1.X

I'm not sure what else you're running on your Raspberry Pi, but the way that's guaranteed to work is to install the pre-built Raspberry Pi image https://webthings.io/gateway/ (which is based on Raspbian Buster). It might be easier to start from that and install other things on top of it, rather than trying to install WebThings Gateway on an existing Raspberry Pi OS installation. Just a thought.

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