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Building Networks and Servers using Beaglebone

Building Networks and Servers using Beaglebone: Set up and configure a local area network and file server by building your own home-based multimedia server

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Building Networks and Servers using Beaglebone

Chapter 2. Installing and Configuring Multimedia Server Software

This chapter will serve as an installation guide for the software that will be used to store streamed videos and to serve up both the audio and video files to any device on the network, either BB or computers or tablets/phones. However, first some "housekeeping" needs to be done to the packages that were installed in the last chapter. For this, we will do the following:

  • Set up the BeagleBone to have a static IP.
  • Start the VNC server as soon as the BeagleBone is powered on.
  • Set the time and date to their proper values and to automatically update via NTP time servers.
  • After the housekeeping, download and set up Samba for the BeagleBone. Samba is going to be used because it is easy to configure and maintain. This will be used to load the MP3 files into their proper shared directory and for the video streaming to store the video files for playback later.
  • Download and set up the DLNA server software for the BeagleBone...

Setting up a static IP on the BeagleBone

First, display the contents of the /etc/network/interfaces file. Run the following command:

cat /etc/network/interfaces

If the board is configured to use DHCP services (the default configuration), dhcp appears at the end of the following line:

iface eth0 inet dhcp

If the board is configured to use static IP settings, static appears at the end of the line instead of dhcp.

The following screenshot shows the output of the cat /etc/network/interfaces command:

Setting up a static IP on the BeagleBone

Now, create a backup of the /etc/network/interfaces file by running the following command:

sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.backup

Now, edit the interfaces file with nano, as follows:

iface eth0 inet dhcp

Change the preceding command line to this:

iface eth0 inet static
Setting up a static IP on the BeagleBone

Now, enter the following command in the terminal:

ifconfig

On the command line, you will see something similar to what is shown in the following screenshot:

Setting up a static IP on the BeagleBone

Starting the VNC server

To start the VNC server after booting and logging in, we just SSH to the multimedia server and enter the following command:

tightvncserver

The terminal will display the following response:

Starting the VNC server

You can now access the multimedia server's desktop from your PC or Mac.

Installing NTP

Every time the board is powered, the clock is reset. This can be inconvenient when using a source code repository; therefore, the Network Time Protocol (NTP) will be installed and set up so that the board updates to the current time and date on power up. To install NTP, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install ntp

Here's the output of the NTP install command:

Installing NTP

Setting the local time zone

Once NTP is installed, a local time server should be set to offload the requests from global time servers. This is done by editing the /etc/ntp.conf file and replacing one or more of the default servers with a local time server that can be found via a web search. The following is an example ntp.conf...

Installing and configuring Samba

Samba is a very convenient application to have running for a home media server, as it allows easy access to files from other computers on the local network. Here, Samba is configured to be used with authentication and authorization. In other words, a username and password must be used in order to access Samba's shared folders from any network connection. In order to access the folders, they will be mapped to a local drive on the non-BeagleBone system. Then, the Samba share will appear as a local drive on the non-BeagleBone system, even though it is actually a folder on the BeagleBone. On the Windows operating system, this is easily accomplished by the map network drive option. This option is available by right-clicking on the shared folder in a File Explorer window.

To install samba, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install samba

Sometimes, there are extra packages that need to be installed in addition to the package you want to install. After...

Installing the DLNA server

Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), which is a group of organizations that have created an industry-wide standard, enables all DLNA devices to share media over a home network. Once a device is connected to a DLNA server, media content can be accessed with minimum hassle so that movies, music, or digital photos are available to be played on game consoles, tablets, mobile phones, and televisions.

This content will be loaded by remote machines using the Samba shares that have been mapped as part of their filesystem. Once the network and server is set up, content can be added and viewed at anytime, anywhere on the local network.

Now, the DLNA server will be installed with the following command:

sudo apt-get install minidlna

Installing the DLNA server will have extra packages that need to be installed in addition to the package you want to install. After reading the details of these packages, select y to continue, as shown in the following screenshot:

Installing the DLNA server

Once the server...

Summary

In this chapter, the BeagleBone was set up to update the time and date via NTP. It was also configured to automatically start the VNC server so that an external keyboard, mouse, and display will not be needed to control the BeagleBone. Next, Samba was installed to allow access to the yet to be connected Raid array, and a DLNA server was installed in order to serve up audio, video, and pictures to the properly authenticated user.

In the next chapter, we will talk about the software needed to secure the network from any unauthorized use.

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If you are a developer with BeagleBone experience and want to learn how to use it to set up a network and file server, then this book is ideal for you. To make the most of this book, you should be comfortable with the Linux operating system and know how to install software from the Internet, but you do not have to be a network guru.

Who is this book for?

If you are a developer with BeagleBone experience and want to learn how to use it to set up a network and file server, then this book is ideal for you. To make the most of this book, you should be comfortable with the Linux operating system and know how to install software from the Internet, but you do not have to be a network guru.

What you will learn

  • Install and configure the latest Debian image onto your BeagleBone
  • Set up simple file services and multimedia sharing services
  • Monitor your network traffic to ensure highspeed streaming
  • Build and utilize a RAID storage system
  • Stream live video action from your BeagleBone
  • Make your multimedia server wireless by setting up a DHCP WiFi Server

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7 Chapters
1. Installing Debian onto Your BeagleBone Black Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Installing and Configuring Multimedia Server Software Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Installing and Configuring Network Monitoring Software Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Installing and Setting Up a BeagleBone RAID System Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Streaming Videos Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Setting Up a Wireless Access Point Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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