Web of Things gateway.
- If you have a Rasberry Pi, the easiest way to use the gateway is to download and flash a pre-built software image to an SD card.
- If you prefer to use Docker, we have a prebuilt Docker image available here, for both ARM and amd64. You can also build your own image from this repository.
- On Fedora, Debian, Raspberry Pi OS, or Ubuntu, you can install the relevant .rpm or .deb package from the releases page.
- On Arch Linux, you can install the webthings-gateway AUR package. The PKGBUILD for this package can also be seen here.
- Otherwise, you can build it from source yourself (see below).
(If you're just installing on your PC, you can skip this step).
If you're installing on a Raspberry Pi then you may need to set up the OS on the Raspberry Pi first. See here for instructions.
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install \
autoconf \
build-essential \
curl \
git \
libbluetooth-dev \
libboost-python-dev \
libboost-thread-dev \
libffi-dev \
libglib2.0-dev \
libpng-dev \
libudev-dev \
libusb-1.0-0-dev \
pkg-config \
python-six \
python3-pip
$ sudo -H python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/WebThingsIO/gateway-addon-python#egg=gateway_addon
$ sudo dnf --refresh upgrade
$ sudo dnf group install "C Development Tools and Libraries"
$ sudo dnf install \
autoconf \
bluez-libs-devel \
boost-devel \
boost-python2-devel \
boost-python3-devel \
curl \
git \
glib2-devel \
libffi-devel \
libpng-devel \
libudev-devel \
libusb1-devel \
pkgconfig \
python2-pip \
python3-pip
$ sudo -H python2 -m pip install six
$ sudo -H python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/WebThingsIO/gateway-addon-python#egg=gateway_addon
$ brew update
$ brew install \
autoconf \
libffi \
pkg-config
$ sudo -H python2 -m pip install six
$ sudo -H python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/WebThingsIO/gateway-addon-python#egg=gateway_addon
nvm allows you to easily install different versions of node. To install nvm:
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash
Reinitialize your terminal session.
$ . ~/.bashrc
(If you already installed node via nvm you can skip this step)
Follow the directions from NodeJS to install on your platform.
The following is required in order to let node and python3 use the Bluetooth adapter.
$ sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)
$ sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which python3`)
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Clone the GitHub repository (or fork it first):
$ git clone https://github.com/WebThingsIO/gateway.git -
Change into the gateway directory:
$ cd gateway -
If you have chosen to install nvm above, install and use an LTS version of node and then set the default version. The
.nvmrcfile will be used by nvm to determine which version of node to install.$ nvm install $ nvm use $ nvm alias default $(node -v) -
Verify that node and npm have been installed:
$ node --version v10.23.0 $ npm --version 6.14.9Note: these versions might differ from the LTS version installed locally.
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Install dependencies:
$ npm ci -
Add Firewall exceptions (Fedora Linux Only)
$ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=4443/tcp --permanent $ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=8080/tcp --permanent $ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=5353/udp --permanent -
Set up domain:
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If you plan to use the provided tunneling service to set up a
_.webthings.iodomain:-
Start the web server:
$ npm start -
Load http://localhost:8080 in your web browser (or use the server's IP address if loading remotely). Then follow the instructions on the web page to set up domain and register. Once this is done you can load https://localhost:4443 in your web browser (or use the server's IP address if loading remotely).
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If you plan to use your own SSL certificate:
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The HTTPS server looks for
privatekey.pemandcertificate.pemin thesslsub-directory of theuserProfiledirectory specified in your config. You can use a real certificate or generate a self-signed one by following the steps below.$ WEBTHINGS_HOME="${WEBTHINGS_HOME:=${HOME}/.webthings}" $ SSL_DIR="${WEBTHINGS_HOME}/ssl" $ [ ! -d "${SSL_DIR}" ] && mkdir -p "${SSL_DIR}" $ openssl genrsa -out "${SSL_DIR}/privatekey.pem" 2048 $ openssl req -new -sha256 -key "${SSL_DIR}/privatekey.pem" -out "${SSL_DIR}/csr.pem" $ openssl x509 -req -in "${SSL_DIR}/csr.pem" -signkey "${SSL_DIR}/privatekey.pem" -out "${SSL_DIR}/certificate.pem" -
Start the web server:
$ npm start -
Load https://localhost:4443 in your web browser (or use the server's IP address if loading remotely). Since you're using a self-signed certificate, you'll need to add a security exception in the browser.
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The Gateway requires a browser that supports:
Currently, that translates roughly to:
- Firefox 63+
- Chrome 54+
- Edge 79+
- Safari 10.1+
- Opera 41+
If you are using VS Code, simply use the "launch" target. It will build the gateway in debugger mode.
If you are not using VS Code, run npm run debug and it will build the gateway and launch it with --inspect.
In order to run the browser tests, you'll need to install Google Chrome and a JDK (e.g. OpenJDK).
To run the linter and all tests:
$ npm run test
To run a single test:
$ npm run jest build/test/{test-name}.js
config/- Gateway configuration filesdeb/- Tools for building .deb packagesdocker/andDockerfile- Tools for building Docker imageimage/- Tools for building the Raspberry Pi imagerpm/- Tools for building .rpm packagessrc/addons-test/- Add-ons used strictly for testingcontrollers/- App URL routes and their logiciso-639/- Small utility for interacting with ISO-639 data, i.e. locale namesmodels/- Data model and business logicplatforms/- Platform-specific functionalityplugin/- Utility classes and methods used by add-onsrules-engine/- The rules enginetest/- Integration and unit testsviews/- Handlebars templatesaddon-loader.ts- Script used for starting up Node-based add-onsaddon-manager.ts- Manages add-ons (e.g. Zigbee, Z-Wave)addon-utils.ts- Utilities for add-ons, e.g. for reading the manifestsapp.ts- The main back endcertificate-manager.ts- Certificate registration and renewal, via Let's Encryptconstants.ts- System-wide constantsdb.ts- Manages the SQLite3 databasedeferred.ts- Wraps up a promise in a slightly more convenient manner for passing around, or savingec-crypto.ts- Elliptic curve helpers for the ES256 curveerrors.ts- Common error classesjwt-middleware.ts- Express middleware for determining authentication statuslog-timestamps.ts- Utilities for adding timestamps to console logging functionsmigrate.ts- User profile migrationoauth-types.ts- OAuth typespasswords.ts- Password utilitiesplatform.ts- Platform-specific utilitiespush-service.ts- Push notification servicerouter.ts- Routes app URLs to controllerssleep.ts- Small utility to implement a promise-based sleeptunnel-service.ts- Utilities to determine state of tunnel and manage the PageKite processuser-profile.ts- Manages persistent user datautils.ts- Various utility functionswifi-setup.ts- Initial Wi-Fi setup code for Raspberry Pi OS
static/- Static CSS, JavaScript & image resources for web app front endtools/- Helpful utilities (not part of the build)package.json- npm module manifest
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