Running a sensor application on an RPi

To run a sensor application on an RPi, proceed as the following steps stipulate:

  1. Insert an SD card into the RPi.
  2. Connect an Ethernet cable and open an SSH connection.
  3. Navigate to /home/pi/sensor.
  4. Build an image and run a Docker container:
# Build an image from a Dockerfile docker build -t http-sensor . # # Run container in foreground docker run --privileged -it --rm --name http-sensor-container http-sensor # # Run container in background # docker run --privileged -d  --rm --name http-sensor-container http-sensor # # Fetch the logs of a container # docker logs -f http-sensor-container # # Stop running container # docker stop http-sensor-container
Console output when a sensor app is running

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