Getting Started

Overview

To run an instance of indi-allsky, you need to perform the following actions:

1. Install git

sudo apt-get install git

2. Clone the indi-allsky git repository

git clone https://github.com/aaronwmorris/indi-allsky.git

3. Navigate to the indi-allky sub-directory

cd indi-allsky/

4. Run setup.sh to install the indi-allsky system

./setup.sh

The setup.sh script will tell you if you are required to build the INDI software

5. Start the software

systemctl --user start indiserver
systemctl --user start indi-allsky

6. Login to the indi-allsky web application https://raspberrypi.local/

• Note: The web server is configured with a self-signed certificate.

INDI requirements

indi-allsky requires a modern version of INDI (2.0.0+) to operate. This will have to be installed from a custom repository or built from source. Pre-compiled binaries are currently only available for the Ubuntu x86_64 and arm64 distribution. The setup.sh script will automatically setup the INDI PPA repository for you under Ubuntu.

Compiling INDI

indi-allsky includes a script for compiling INDI from source. The script is completely self-contained and automated.

./misc/build_indi.sh

The compile will requires an Internet connection to download packages and the source from GitHub.

System	Time	Notes
Modern PC	15 minutes
Raspberry Pi 4 4GB	40 minutes	Requires more time if you do not have a fan/heatsink
Raspberry Pi 3 1GB	3-4 hours

If you plan on using a libcamera supported camera module, you only need to compile the core INDI library (without the 3rd party libraries and drivers). This can reduce your compile time by 50%

BUILD_INDI_CORE=true BUILD_INDI_3RDPARTY=false ./misc/build_indi.sh

Services

The indi-allsky system consists of three services:

Service	systemd	Purpose
Capture	indi-allsky	Responsible for taking images, generating timelapses, and file transfers
indiserver	indiserver	Manages the camera hardware
Web Server	gunicorn-indi-allsky	Web interface