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Clone this project.

Create a virtual environment in the project folder: python3 -m venv ./venv

Activate the virtual environment: source venv/bin/activate

Install the required packages: pip install -r requirements.txt

pip install uwsgi

Manually run with UWSGI for testing: uwsgi --ini plantwatering.ini

Test with curl: curl -u username:password localhost:8080

Use cloudflared to make the website publicly accessible: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-cloudflare-tunnel/ (Make sure to also follow the steps to start it on boot)

To start uwsgi on boot:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/plantwatering.service with content:

[Unit]
Description=uWSGI instance to serve the plantwatering project
After=network.target

[Service]
User=pi
Group=pi
WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/Desktop/plantwatering-flask
ExecStart=/home/pi/Desktop/plantwatering-flask/venv/bin/uwsgi --ini plantwatering.ini
# default is 90. For some reason sometimes stopping the service doesn't work until that timeout triggers a kill
TimeoutStopSec=15

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable plantwatering

sudo systemctl start plantwatering