LINUX / RASPBERRY PI IOTMP Client for Linux Devices
This how-to will cover how to get the first steps while using the thinger.io platform in the Raspberry Pi or any other Linux device. This includes how to install dependencies, clone the source code, and compile and execute the main example available in the GitHub Repository .
Requirements
A Raspberry Pi running with Raspbian, and a terminal or SSH access. Other OS like Ubuntu or Debian may work but have not been tested yet. This tutorial has been tested with Debian buster version.
Register a device in the thinger.io console and keep the credentials by hand. If you need help with this part, please check this other how-to .
Install Dependencies
Thinger.io implementation for Linux requires some tools and libraries for its compiling:
A C++ compiler (GCC or Clang)
CMake to guide the compiling and search installed libraries
OpenSSL for using secure connections with the platform
Boost Libraries used for high-performance async input/output
To install these dependencies, update the apt repository and installed packages first.
Copy sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade Then, install the described packages:
Copy sudo apt install gcc g++ cmake libssl-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-regex-dev Compile Client
Download the latest Linux Client version from GitHub.
Copy git clone https://github.com/thinger-io/IOTMP-Linux.git Enter in the IOTMP-Linux folder we just cloned.
Create a build folder and enter into it:
Run CMake
If everything goes fine, it should display something like:
Copy pi@RevPi20679:~/thinger_iotmp_linux_client/build $ cmake ../
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 8.3.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 8.3.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Performing Test COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX17
-- Performing Test COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX17 - Success
-- Looking for pthread.h
-- Looking for pthread.h - found
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Failed
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads - not found
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthread
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthread - found
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Found OpenSSL: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcrypto.a (found version "1.1.1n" )
-- OpenSSL Version: 1.1.1n /usr/include /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libssl.a;-lpthread;dl /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcrypto.a;-lpthread;dl
-- Found Boost: /usr/include (found version "1.67.0") found components: system thread regex program_options date_time chrono atomic
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/pi/thinger_iotmp_linux_client/build Then, run make to generate the binary.
Take a coffee now ☕️. It can take some minutes to complete.
Run Client
After it compiles, it is possible to execute the binary by providing the username, device, and credentials parameters.
Copy pi@RevPi20679:~/thinger_iotmp_linux_client/build $ ./thinger -u username -d device -p credential --host "perf.aws.thinger.io"
[1] 2442
pi@RevPi20679:~/thinger_iotmp_linux_client/build $ date time ( uptime ) [ thread name/id ] file:line v|
2022-09-06 19:54:46.635 ( 0.001s) [main thread ] loguru.cpp:647 INFO| arguments: ./thinger -u alvarolb -d macbook -p macbook --host perf.aws.thinger.io
2022-09-06 19:54:46.636 ( 0.001s) [main thread ] loguru.cpp:650 INFO| Current dir: /home/pi/thinger_iotmp_linux_client/build
2022-09-06 19:54:46.636 ( 0.002s ) [main thread ] loguru.cpp:652 INFO | stderr verbosity: 0
2022-09-06 19:54:46.636 ( 0.002s) [main thread ] loguru.cpp:653 INFO| -----------------------------------
2022-09-06 19:54:46.643 ( 0.009s) [main thread ] asio_client.hpp:97 INFO| [CLIENT] Starting ASIO client...
2022-09-06 19:54:46.644 ( 0.009s) [main thread ] thinger.h:242 INFO| [SOCKET] Connecting to perf.aws.thinger.io:25206 (TLS: 1)
2022-09-06 19:54:46.763 ( 0.129s ) [main thread ] thinger.h:251 INFO | [SOCKET] Connected!
2022-09-06 19:54:46.763 ( 0.129s) [main thread ] thinger.h:263 INFO| [THINGER] Authenticating. user: '', device: ''
2022-09-06 19:54:46.764 ( 0.130s) [main thread ] thinger.h:719 INFO| [MSG_OUT] (CONNECT) (2:1) (3:["username","device","password"]) (1:17767)
2022-09-06 19:54:46.793 ( 0.159s ) [main thread ] thinger.h:677 INFO | [MSG__IN] ( OK ) ( 1:17767 )
2022-09-06 19:54:46.794 ( 0.160s ) [main thread ] thinger.h:266 INFO | [THINGER] Authenticated!
2022-09-06 19:54:47.795 ( 1.161s ) [main thread ] thinger.h:719 INFO | [MSG_OUT] ( KEEP_ALIVE )
2022-09-06 19:54:47.818 ( 1.184s ) [main thread ] thinger.h:677 INFO | [MSG__IN] ( KEEP_ALIVE )
2022-09-06 19:54:47.818 ( 1.184s ) [main thread ] thinger.h:278 INFO | [THINGER] Keep alive received Last updated 6 months ago
