[kwlug-disc] Open questions from pioreactor

[Andres Vargas - zodman]

Q: How do you think you could enable https for local network?

I suggested in the meeting today the HTTP local tunnel.

I mention this:
https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/

That enables a URL like https://mymachine.mydomain.com to point to your
local host or IP address. with a proxy, and exposed to internet.

here are a bunch of  similar solutions
https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
The first software making this was called ngrok and it was popular!

Q: how fix mDNS for not being slow?

mDNS is stupid slow. xD, It is like a printer discovery protocol.

Instead of using mDNS, why not use dynamic DNS with ddclient[1]

You could have machine1.pioreactor.io pointing to the local IP network like
10.0.0.1  and updated on every boot.

Or create your own protocol for support offline.

[1]: https://ddclient.net/protocols.html

Q: update software should I use deb ?

I think the release should be by image release. You could warranty it works
on every raspberry pi, and implementing a deb file could be messy.

Another possible solution is to could package your Python application using
the PEP 441[2]

There are some interesting packagers like shiv
https://shiv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Check this pyempaq. It's from a friend.
https://github.com/facundobatista/pyempaq?tab=readme-ov-file#how-pyempaq-relates-to-other-similar-tools

Here a video explaining how to make the perfect deployment with shiv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzf8gTLN1To


{2}: https://peps.python.org/pep-0441/
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