Raspberry Pi image with Tickets and Members loaded and linked.

[mdtayl...@gmail.com]

All,

I have created an image file for those that wish to run TickersCAD and Members on a Raspberry Pi. It is free to download from this link.

The requirements are as follows:

Raspberry Pi 3, Model B
At least a Class 10, 8gb MicroSD card. If you want to be sure it fits get a 16gb card. If you want to do almost anything else get an even larger card. I use a 128gb card but 64gb should be enough for most.
A "carrier" device that is often purchased with a microSD card that allows it to be inserted into a SD or USB slot of a PC.
A program that will burn the image file to the MicroSD card.


Installation:

Download the file from the link. It is 2gb so be patient.
Extract the single file contained in the zip file to your local hard drive. It should be a single 4+gb .img file. If not then the download likely failed.
Use your Disk Imaging program to burn the image to your MicroSD card.

Insert your MicroSD card into your Raspberry Pi.
Plug your Pi into your network that has a DHCP server on it. Usually your router is a DHCP server and will issue the Pi an ip address. No network, or DHCP server, or just WiFi? See below about HDMI.
Power on your Pi.
Log in to your router to determine the assigned IP address of your Pi.

From any computer on the same network you can go to that IP address with a browser. You will get the Raspbian web server "It Works" page.
Add a /tickets or a /members to get to the TicketsCAD or Members installation. I left the root web directory empty so you can put your own front end on it.

You can access your Pi desktop with VNC
Connect VNC Viewer to the ip address of the Pi.
Log in with the username pi and with the password raspberry.

SSH is enabled and you can access your Pi with PuTTY or similar ssh client tool.
Username is pi and password is raspberry.

You can FTP into your Pi with almost any FTP client program.
Username is pi and the password is raspberry.

Or you can plug in a monitor into the HDMI port and see your Pi. It automatically boots into the user Pi.
Use a USB keyboard and mouse.

Have I mentioned that the username is pi and the password is raspberry? You might want to change that as it is the default for all Raspberry Pi's I know of.
That is also the username and password of the maria database. But, don't change that unless you can also change the details in Tickets and Members. If you do, I have left write permissions on the config files.
I did change the permissions of the install.php files. If for some reason you need to re-run the install files then you will need to change the permissions to allow the web process to read them.

phpMyAdmin is installed so that you can access your database locally or remotely. The username is root and the password is raspberry. Access phpMyAdmin by going to http://yourIPaddress/phpmyadmin
The username is root and password is raspberry.

Once you have it installed your will likely see that it has installed an 8gb partition on your larger MicroSD card. If you want to increase the size of the partition I have installed gparted for your convenience. I make no guarantees to how gparted works or if it has any bugs. I have never used it, but the docs make it look real simple to use.

If you want to use TicketsCAD and NOT use Members simply go to Config in Tickets, scroll to the bottom, and Remove the PDB_Integration module.

There is no data in the database.
Tickets and Members are linked together with Amateur Radio Callsign as the common field. If you do not use amateur radio callsign you will  have to configure the module again with your field of choice.

Use your own security rules to change passwords and/or usernames to protect your Pi. Just remember, if you change a username or password and something stops working you probably did something wrong. Just remember what you did so that others can help you get back to work.

I can't say much else.... If you need any other help ask here and someone should be able to point you in the right direction. And the username is pi and the password is raspberry.

Mark