# Obscreen - Headless run on any server > #### πŸ‘ˆ [back to readme](/README.md) #### πŸ”΅ You just want a slideshow manager and you'll deal with screen and browser yourself ? You're in the right place. --- ## πŸ“‘ Run the studio instance ### with docker run (for test) ```bash # (Optional) Install docker if needed curl -sSL get.docker.com | sh && sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami) && logout # then login again # Prepare application data file tree cd ~ && mkdir -p obscreen/data/db obscreen/data/uploads && cd obscreen # Run the Docker container docker run --rm --name obscreen --pull=always \ -e DEBUG=false \ -e PORT=5000 \ -e PLAYER_AUTOSTART_FILE=/app/var/run/play \ -e SECRET_KEY=ANY_SECRET_KEY_HERE \ -p 5000:5000 \ -v ./data/db:/app/data/db \ -v ./data/uploads:/app/data/uploads \ -v /dev/null:/app/var/run/play \ jierka/obscreen:latest ``` --- ### or with docker compose ```bash # Prepare application data file tree cd ~ && mkdir -p obscreen/data/db obscreen/data/uploads && cd obscreen # Download docker-compose.yml curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jr-k/obscreen/master/docker-compose.headless.yml > docker-compose.yml # Run docker compose up --detach --pull=always ``` --- ### or system wide #### Install ```bash # Install system dependencies sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y git python3-pip python3-venv libsqlite3-dev # Get files cd ~ && git clone https://github.com/jr-k/obscreen.git && cd obscreen # Install application dependencies python3 -m venv venv source ./venv/bin/activate # 🚨For MacOS users, requirements installation may cause an error but it's ok if only for pysqlite3 package # you'll need to install brew and execute command `brew install sqlite3` pip install -r requirements.txt # Customize server default values cp .env.dist .env ``` #### Configure - Server configuration is editable in `.env` file. - Application configuration will be available at `http://localhost:5000/settings` page after run. #### Start server (for test) ```bash python ./obscreen.py ``` #### Start server forever with systemctl ```bash cat "$(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 ``` --- ## πŸ‘Œ Usage - Page which plays slideshow is reachable at `http://localhost:5000` - Slideshow manager is reachable at `http://localhost:5000/manage` --- ## πŸ“Ί Run the player instance ### 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 playlist 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 ``` ### Automatically on a raspberry pi with chromium and x11 - Install x11 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 $HOME mkdir -p /home/pi/obscreen/var/run nano /home/pi/obscreen/var/run/play ``` - Copy this script in `/home/pi/obscreen/var/run/play` file to autorun chromium with correct url (edit `http://localhost:5000` by anything you want) ``` #!/bin/bash # Disable screensaver and DPMS xset s off xset -dpms xset s noblank # Start unclutter to hide the mouse cursor unclutter -display :0 -noevents -grab & # Modify Chromium preferences to avoid restore messages mkdir -p /home/pi/.config/chromium/Default 2>/dev/null touch /home/pi/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly": false/"exited_cleanly": true/' /home/pi/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences RESOLUTION=$(DISPLAY=:0 xrandr | grep '*' | awk '{print $1}') WIDTH=$(echo $RESOLUTION | cut -d 'x' -f 1) HEIGHT=$(echo $RESOLUTION | cut -d 'x' -f 2) # Start Chromium in kiosk mode chromium-browser --disable-features=Translate --ignore-certificate-errors --disable-web-security --disable-restore-session-state --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --start-maximized --allow-running-insecure-content --remember-cert-error-decisions --noerrdialogs --kiosk --incognito --window-position=0,0 --window-size=${WIDTH},${HEIGHT} --display=:0 http://localhost:5000 ``` - Restart ```bash sudo systemctl restart obscreen-player.service ``` --- ## πŸ“Ž Additional ### How to upgrade >#### with docker run - Just add `--pull=always` to your `docker run ...` command, you'll get latest version automatically. >#### or with docker compose - Just add `--pull=always` to your `docker compose up ...` command, , you'll get latest version automatically. >#### or system wide - Execute following script ```bash cd ~/obscreen git pull source ./venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt sudo systemctl restart obscreen-studio.service ```