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Raspberry Pi Server Essentials. If you want to use Raspberry Pi as a server, this is the book that makes it all possible. Covering a wide range of projects – from network storage to a game server – you’ll learn in easy, engaging steps

Piotr J Kula

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Raspberry Pi Server Essentials
- Table of Contents
- Raspberry Pi Server Essentials
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
  - Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
    - Why Subscribe?
    - Free Access for Packt account holders
- Preface
  - What this book covers
  - What you need for this book
  - Who this book is for
  - Conventions
  - Reader feedback
  - Customer support
    - Downloading the example code
    - Errata
    - Piracy
    - Questions
- 1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
  - Hardware requirements
  - Extra peripherals
    - Essential peripherals
      - Wireless USB network adapters
      - USB hubs
      - Keyboards and mice
    - Useful peripherals
      - Internet 3G dongles
      - Sound cards
      - IR receivers
      - TV and radio receivers
      - Webcams
      - Multicard readers
      - Alamode
      - HDMI to VGA
    - Fun peripherals
      - Joysticks
      - USB to SATA
      - CAN bus
      - Home automation
      - USB missile launcher
      - Fingerprint scanners
  - Installing Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi
  - Understanding the design of the Raspberry Pi
    - Boot process
    - Other capabilities
    - Hardware limitations
      - Network speeds
      - USB bottlenecks
      - Time
  - Summary
- 2. Preparing the Network
  - Local Area Network (LAN)
    - The eth0 port
    - The wlan0 interface
    - The lo interface
  - Wireless configuration Wi-Fi
    - Recommended wireless adapters
    - Setting up from the desktop
    - Setting up from the console
    - Using wicd-curses
  - Static network address
  - Testing and benchmarking your network
    - Basic tests
    - Advanced benchmarking tools
      - Speedtest application
      - Iperf
    - Recommended bandwidth
  - Internet configuration
    - ISP packages
      - Home packages
      - Business packages
    - Dynamic DNS
      - Installing the client
      - Dynamic DNS domain workaround
  - Summary
- 3. Configuring Extra Features
  - Updating the Raspberry Pi
    - Updating firmware
    - Updating packages
    - Outcomes
  - Hardware watchdog
    - Enabling the watchdog and daemon
    - Testing the watchdog
  - Enabling extra decoders
    - Buying licenses
    - MPEG-2
    - VC-1
  - Hardware monitoring
  - Summary
- 4. Using a Fast PHP Web Server and Database
  - Working with nginx
    - Installing nginx
    - Configuring virtual hosts
    - Installing PHP
  - Installing a database
    - Installing MySQL
    - Installing SQLite3
  - Nginx with custom modules
  - Summary
- 5. Setting Up a File Server
  - Preparing the storage medium
    - Listing the available drives
    - Formatting a drive
    - Mounting the drives
    - Remounting a disk after reboot
  - Accessing files
    - FTP service
      - Connecting with FileZilla
      - Connecting with WinSCP
    - Samba service
      - Installing and configuring Samba
      - Network shares
    - AFP for Macintosh
      - Installing and configuring
      - Shares and Time Machine
    - BitTorrent Sync
      - Installing Sync
      - Autostart
  - Hardware RAID
    - Configuration
      - Massive storage
      - Redundant storage
  - Summary
- 6. Setting Up the Game Servers
  - Updating to Jessie
    - Selective settings
  - Games servers
    - OpenTTD
      - Installing OpenTTD
      - Configuring OpenTTD
      - Playing OpenTTD
    - Freeciv
      - Installing Freeciv
      - Configuring Freeciv
      - Playing Freeciv
    - OpenArena
      - Installing OpenArena
      - Configuring OpenArena
      - Playing OpenArena
    - Minecraft
      - Installing Java Hard-Float
      - Installing the Minecraft server
      - Configuring Minecraft
      - Playing Minecraft
  - Summary
- 7. Bitcoins Pools and Mining
  - Installing Bitcoind
    - Bitcoin wallet
    - Creating a Bitcoin address
      - Receiving Bitcoins
      - Sending Bitcoins
      - The value of Bitcoins
  - Mining for Bitcoins
    - Mining with ASICMiner
    - Installing CGMiner
  - Summary
- 8. Streaming Live HD Video
  - Streaming with GStreamer
  - Streaming with FFmpeg
  - Raspivid
  - Compiling nginx-rtmp
    - Configuring nginx
    - Streaming video using the RTMP module
  - Watching a video
    - RTMP streams
    - MPEG streams
    - Other streams
  - Summary
- 9. Setting Up a Media Center
  - Slideshows
    - Using fbi
  - Watching movies
    - Using OMXPlayer
  - Playing audio
    - Using aplay
    - Using OMXPlayer
    - Using AirPlayer
    - Using alsamixer
  - Installing RaspBMC
    - Enabling other codecs
    - Configuring RaspBMC
      - Wireless
      - Media sources
      - Using Add-ons
      - AirPlay
      - Enabling CEC
    - Performance optimization
      - Change the skin
      - Overclocking
      - NFS versus Samba
  - Summary
- Index

Title: Raspberry Pi Server Essentials. If you want to use Raspberry Pi as a server, this is the book that makes it all possible. Covering a wide range of projects – from network storage to a game server – you’ll learn in easy, engaging steps
Author: Piotr J Kula
Original title: Raspberry Pi Server Essentials. If you want to use Raspberry Pi as a server, this is the book that makes it all possible. Covering a wide range of projects – from network storage to a game server – you’ll learn in easy, engaging steps.
ISBN: 9781783284702, 9781783284702
Date of issue: 2014-02-10
Format: Ebook
Item ID: e_3az1
Publisher: Packt Publishing

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