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You have a couple of options.
If the Pi is new enough (RPi 4 or later) you can just install the operating system directly to the SSD and eliminate the SD card altogether. That is how I run mine. There is also a way to re-flash a Pi 3 to do that, but I bricked mine doing it, so maybe don't try that :)
If you're running the containerized version of Citadel (which avoids all that tedious mucking about with Easy Install) you can put the data volume anywhere you want. For example, if your SSD is on /myssd you can create a directory called /myssd/citadel and then run the Docker command with "--volume=/myssd/citadel:/citadel-data" and it'll put everything there.
If for some reason you are unwilling to do either of the above, you can just make /usr/local/citadel a symlink to some other location on your disk.
Very informative answers, Thank you very much.
I am running a PI4, but it is a board or kit that adds the SSD, so when ever I flash the SD, I think have to mount the SSD in the /etc/fstab, so I am unsure how I would install the OS and boot from the SSD.
Not running a container: I am following a How to using Easy Install script
For the symlink option (ln) would this be correct?
ln -s citadel-path mounted-drive-path
Then after that I assume I move the files to the mounted-drive-path that are in the original folder? Or does it automatically make new ones/move them?
I am new to this, I tinker.
Would it be best to use docker? Is there a how-to for Citadel and/or apache for setting them up in containers?
I found this, gonna give it a go
https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-boot-raspberry-pi-ssd-permanent-storage/
Docker instructions.. just add the extra bit of parameters above to move it to SSD.
https://www.citadel.org/docker.html
Unrelated to citadel, i have a board where i boot from SD, then have it 'switch' the root over to my SSD. Device wont support booting from SSD, but this way other than the slower boot time, it 'runs' from SSD and get the speed where it matters.
If you cant get anything else to work as far as the PI booting properly, hit me up over in the unix room or something and ill get you instructions on how i did it ( its not hard, and i have a script that will do the grunt work )
I am running a PI4, but it is a board or kit that adds the SSD, so when ever I flash the SD, I think have to mount the SSD in the /etc/fstab, so I am unsure how I would install the OS and boot from the SSD.
Docker instructions.. just add the extra bit of parameters above to
move it to SSD.
I believe he said it was a new installation. If that is the case, there's no need to move anything. Just specify the name of the directory when starting the container, and you're off to the races.
Docker is really the best way to run Citadel these days. Full instructions are at [ https://www.citadel.org/docker.html ] and should cover most use cases, at least those which would be applicable to someone new to containers. For those who are experts with containers, there's a section later on in the document explaining the container's parameters and the seasoned expert will already know what to do.
I'm in the process of trying to acquire some new server hardware in my data center. When I do, I'm going to try to run pretty much everything in containers using a Kubernetes cluster.
For the symlink option (ln) would this be correct?
ln -s citadel-path mounted-drive-path
Something like that. If you already have Citadel installed, you'll want to do something like this. (Obviously make sure Citadel Server is STOPPED while it's moving.) Let's say your SSD is mounted as /ssd and you already have Citadel Server installed to /usr/local/citadel. You could do this:
cd /usr/local
mv -v citadel /ssd
ln -s /ssd/citadel /usr/local/citadel
This will move the contents of /usr/local/citadel to /ssd/citadel and then make /usr/local/citadel a symbolic link to /ssd/citadel.
If the whole system is new, however, assuming you don't have the means to use the SSD as the system drive, you might consider simply mounting your SSD as /usr/local and then installing Citadel using any of the normal methods.
Unrelated to citadel, i have a board where i boot from SD, then have
it 'switch' the root over to my SSD. Device wont support booting
from SSD, but this way other than the slower boot time, it 'runs'
from SSD and get the speed where it matters.
When the Pi first came out, I had a Pi 1 that I was using as a small NAS.
I moved the root filesystem over to an external drive and just kept /boot on the SD card. It worked pretty well, but the procedure to get there wasn't exactly entry level simple.
Thu Dec 21 2023 09:36:31 EST from IGnatius T FoobarIf you indent by at least one space it will start a new line. That would make it easier to read. Congratulations on getting your system up and running.
OK, I have Citadel up and running in a Docker Container!
Here is my full walk though and setup so that I can ask my next question:
RP4 + 1TB SSD for storage in a special case, 32GB Micro SD boot/OS
Flashed Raspberry Pi OS 64bit to 32gb Micro SD
ssh into pi server installed drivers for case, enabled I2C for display mounted SSD, and added a mount to /etc/fstab as /storage
installed Apache2
Added Domains to /etc/apache2/sites-available by adding .conf files and enabled using a2ensite
a2dissite default to disable the default site
Set Directory root to /storage/www for all sites Getting 403 Permission Denied on those .. have not figured that out yet even though I matched the permissions on /var/www ... feel free to chime in but that is not Citadel LOL
installed PHP for Apache
Installed CertBot for Apache
Setup DNS for all my domains including MX records for mail.domain.com ran cert bot and now have SSL for all domains and mail sub domains
installed docker
installed Docker Citadel using the citadel.org/docker.html link - really easy however I modified the docker command, I removed --network host to disable network host mode, and added -p publicIP:8080:80 I did this b/c Apache was listening on port 80 now if I got to publicIP:8080 or mail.domain.com:8080 I get to Citadel!!
Excitement
Questions:
Since Citadel is running in a container, how do I get my SSL certs into Citadel? If I goto mail.domain.com it is https, but I dont see citadel b/c port, if I add the port it gives error about not being secure and I have to switch it to http then it loads
But that is why I am here; How to get SSL installed in docker citadel?
Thanks Guys!!!!
IG will tell you how to do it naively, but i use NGNIX for all my stuff and let it handle the SSL. And i use it as a reverse proxy that handles DNS name -> port translations since i only have 1 external IP at home to use.
Thu Dec 21 2023 09:46:37 EST from bobbydharrellBut that is why I am here; How to get SSL installed in docker citadel?
I updated my docker to add 2 volumes, 1 for the citadel-data, and also for the mapping of the cert folder that certbot made
sudo docker run -p 8080:80 -p 8443:443 -d --restart=unless-stopped --volume=/storage/citadel:/citadel-data --name=citadel citadeldotorg/citadel - v /etc/letsencrypt/live/<domain-for-cert>:/usr/local/citadel/keys/
I need to setup a reverse proxy, will install the mod next and see about that as I also use 1 public IP for 7 different domains LOL
this is complicated to setup, but I think will be worth it in the end.
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