#
Obscreen - Headless run on any server
> #### π [back to readme](/README.md)
#### π΅ You just want a slideshow manager, and you'll deal with screen and browser yourself ? You're in the right place.
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## π‘ Run the studio instance
Using docker run
- β οΈ `docker ... --rm` option is not suitable for production use because it won't survive a reboot. However, it's okay for quick testing. You need to use --restart=always instead to ensure that it persists.
```bash
# (Optional) Install docker if needed
curl -sSL get.docker.com | sh && sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami) && logout # then login again
# Prepare application data file tree
cd ~ && mkdir -p obscreen/data/db obscreen/data/uploads && cd obscreen
# Run the Docker container
docker run --restart=always --name obscreen --pull=always \
-e DEBUG=false \
-e PORT=5000 \
-e PLAYER_AUTOSTART_FILE=/app/var/run/play \
-e SECRET_KEY=ANY_SECRET_KEY_HERE \
-p 5000:5000 \
-v ./data/db:/app/data/db \
-v ./data/uploads:/app/data/uploads \
-v /dev/null:/app/var/run/play \
jierka/obscreen:latest
```
Using docker compose
```bash
# Prepare application data file tree
cd ~ && mkdir -p obscreen/data/db obscreen/data/uploads && cd obscreen
# Download docker-compose.yml
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jr-k/obscreen/master/docker-compose.headless.yml > docker-compose.yml
# Run
docker compose up --detach --pull=always
```
System-wide
#### Install
```bash
# Install system dependencies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git python3-pip python3-venv libsqlite3-dev
# Get files
cd ~ && git clone https://github.com/jr-k/obscreen.git && cd obscreen
# Install application dependencies
python3 -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate
# π¨For MacOS users, requirements installation may cause an error but it's ok if only for pysqlite3 package
# you'll need to install brew and execute command `brew install sqlite3`
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Customize server default values
cp .env.dist .env
```
#### Configure
- Server configuration is editable in `.env` file.
- Application configuration will be available at `http://localhost:5000/settings` page after run.
#### Start server
> β οΈ Not suitable for production use because it won't survive a reboot. However, it's okay for quick testing. You need to use `systemd` (detailed in next section) to ensure that it persists.
```bash
python ./obscreen.py
```
#### Start server forever with systemd
```bash
cat "$(pwd)/system/obscreen-studio.service" | sed "s#/home/pi#$HOME#g" | sed "s#=pi#=$USER#g" | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/obscreen-studio.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable obscreen-studio.service
sudo systemctl start obscreen-studio.service
```
#### Troubleshoot
```bash
# Watch logs with following command
sudo journalctl -u obscreen-studio -f
```
---
## π Finally
- Run `sudo systemctl restart obscreen-studio` or `sudo reboot`
---
## π Usage
- Page which plays slideshow is reachable at `http://localhost:5000`
- Slideshow manager is reachable at `http://localhost:5000/manage`
---
## πΊ Run the player instance
Autorun for a RaspberryPi
#### How to install
- Install player autorun by executing following script (will install chromium, x11, pulseaudio and obscreen-player systemd service)
```bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jr-k/obscreen/master/system/install-autorun-rpi.sh | sudo bash -s -- $USER $HOME
sudo reboot
```
#### How to restart
1. Just use systemctl `sudo systemctl restart obscreen-player.service`
Manually on any device capable of running chromium
When you run the browser yourself, don't forget to use these flags for chromium browser:
```bash
# chromium or chromium-browser or even chrome
# replace http://localhost:5000 with your obscreen-studio instance url
chromium --disable-features=Translate --ignore-certificate-errors --disable-web-security --disable-restore-session-state --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --start-maximized --allow-running-insecure-content --remember-cert-error-decisions --noerrdialogs --kiosk --incognito --window-position=0,0 --window-size=1920,1080 --display=:0 http://localhost:5000
```
---
## π Additional
How to upgrade studio instance
#### with docker run
- Just add `--pull=always` to your `docker run ...` command, you'll get the latest version automatically.
#### or with docker compose
- Just add `--pull=always` to your `docker compose up ...` command, you'll get the latest version automatically.
#### or system-wide
- Using Git Updater plugin
- Or by executing following script
```bash
cd ~/obscreen
git pull
source ./venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
sudo systemctl restart obscreen-studio.service
```