cgm-remote-monitor VS Dokku

https://xdrip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor https://androidaps.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html#

Don't waste too much time doing things from the ground up. There are already a few projects that do this sort of thing. Take a look at the nightscout project. https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor

Nightscout for monitoring blood glucose levels: https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor

INSECURE_USE_HTTP: 'true' MONGO_CONNECTION: mongodb://mongo:27017/nightscout # CHANGEME below to a secret passphrase that is at least 12 characters long (this is your top secret password to get in) API_SECRET: CHANGEME # CHANGEMEs below: See https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor#plugins for options. To preserve my original config, I've left in my options and just removed stuff that has to be changed. Note that I'm using the Dexcom bridge. DISPLAY_UNITS: CHANGEME ENABLE: careportal boluscalc food bwp cage sage iage iob cob basal ar2 rawbg pushover bgi pump openaps bridge BRIDGE_SERVER: CHANGEME BRIDGE_USER_NAME: CHANGEME BRIDGE_PASSWORD: CHANGEME DEVICESTATUS_ADVANCED: true PUMP_FIELDS: reservoir battery clock PUMP_URGENT_BATT_P: 26 PUMP_WARN_BATT_P: 51 SHOW_FORECAST: openaps AUTH_DEFAULT_ROLES: denied

Any free alternatives? Lots of diabetics like myself use the Heroku free plan to run Nightscout.

There are 66K thousand forks of https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor and I suspect the vast majority are using the free heroku version, so I would guess there are going to be quite a few unhappy diabetics!

This error is displayed when trying to deploy this app from github - https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor

I like to add that this becomes even more powerful in combination with nightscout. https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor

Install NightScout on VM: Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS NOTICE: If you do not have your own web page or static IP, you can user no-ip.com to register a web address. PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS WITH CARE. THERE ARE PLACES IN CONFIGURATION THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH SPECIFIC VALUE. ------------------------------- ------- PREPARING ENV --------- ------------------------------- 1. Download and install mongoDB: sudo apt install mongodb 2. Install Node.js & GIT sudo apt-get install nodejs npm git 3. install nginx sudo apt-get install nginx 4. Install LetsEncrypt sudo apt-get install letsencrypt python3-certbot-nginx ------------------------------- ---- SETUP MONGO DB------------ ------------------------------- 1. enter mongodb: mongo 2. run following commands to create admin user > use admin > db.createUser( { user: "myUserAdmin", pwd: passwordPrompt(), // or cleartext password roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" }, "readWriteAnyDatabase" ] } ) > exit 3. edit mongodb config to enable authentication: sudo nano /etc/mongodb.conf 4. find the auth=true and uncomment it (delete '#'). Save the document 5. restart mongodb service: sudo systemctl restart mongodb ------------------------------- ---- SETUP NIGHTSCOUT --------- ------------------------------- 1. Go to home folder and clone NightScout repository: git clone https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor.git 2. Enter that directory and create a new file. that file will be used as a startup script: cd cgm-remote-monitor vi start.sh 3. Put the following: #!/usr/bin/bash # environment variables export DISPLAY_UNITS="mg/dl" export MONGO_CONNECTION="mongodb://username:password@localhost:27017/Nightscout?authSource=admin" export BASE_URL="https://YOUR.WEBPAGE.URL" export PORT=1234 export API_SECRET="PUT SOME PASSWORD HERE" export PUMP_FIELDS="reservoir battery status" export DEVICESTATUS_ADVANCED=true export ENABLE="careportal iob cob openaps pump bwg rawbg basal" export TIME_FORMAT=24 # start server node server.js 4. Save file. 5. make file executable: chmod a+x start.sh 6. check if it's working: sudo ./start.sh 7. if everything is ok, let's create a service. Create a new file: sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/nightscout.service 8. Paste the following: [Unit] Description=Nightscout Service After=network.target [Service] Type=simple WorkingDirectory=/your/nightscout/path/cgm-remote-monitor ExecStart=/your/nightscout/path/cgm-remote-monitor/start.sh [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target 9. Save file and reload daemon: sudo systemctl daemon-reload 10. Start the service and enable it sudo systemctl enable nightscout.service sudo systemctl start nightscout.service ------------------------------- ------- SETUP NGINX ----------- ------------------------------- NGINX will be used as a reverse proxy. 1. stop the nginx service: sudo systemctl stop nginx 2. open /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default file, delete everything in it and paste the following: sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default server { listen 80; server_name YOUR_WEB_ADDRESS_LIKE_cgm.ddns.net; location / { proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1234; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade'; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade; } } 3. save file and start nginx: sudo systemctl start nginx 4. open the following ports on your router: 80 443 ------------------------------- ----- SETUP CERTIFICATES ------ ------------------------------- 1. run certbot to install certificates on your nginx sudo certbot --nginx -d YOUR_WEB_ADDRESS_LIKE_cgm.ddns.net 2. Enter you email address, Agree to Terms and It will ask you if you want to redirect all traffic from HTTP to HTTPS. Select yes (2). This automatically makes some changes to our NGINX default configuration. you can check new configuration by running: cat /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default 3. it will also automatically install renewal of certificates. ------------------------- --- setup XDRIP------- ------------------------- In your xDrip+ go to Settings --> Cloud Upload-> NightScout Rest API Set following URL: https://API_SECRET_CODE@YOUR_WEB_PAGE/api/v1 enable synchronization. AND THAT'S IT.

Would be great to see a comparison to some better known alternatives like

- Dokku [0]

- CapRover [1]

[0] https://dokku.com/

[1] https://caprover.com/

If you want to dig into it anyways, Dokku is an interesting mention. They provide an Open Source PaaS that you can install on your server to simplify self hosting containers.

When I came across Coolify, I thought of giving it a try. I am aware of Dokku, but I never really tried it because it doesn't have a UI. I work primarily as a UI developer, so having a nice UI to work with is a plus for me.

I run all my projects on Dokku. It’s a sweet spot for me between a barebones VPS with Docker Compose and something a lot more complicated like k8s. Dokku comes with a bunch of solid plugins for databases that handle backups and such. Zero downtime deploys, TLS cert management, reverse proxies, all out of the box. It’s simple enough to understand in a weekend and has been quietly maintained for many years. The only downside is it’s meant mostly for single server deployments, but I’ve never needed another server so far.

https://dokku.com/

Yeah there are a bunch of selfhostable things:

Caprover (https://caprover.com/)

Dokku (https://github.com/dokku/dokku)

But people still choose Netlify and Vercel for ease of use I think.

Maybe we need something that's just Netlify. The closest I've seen to the "right" UX is Ness:

https://ness.sh

The modern iteration of these tools has taken the developer experience learnings from the Platform as a Service (PaaS) category, and will bring them to your own VM, giving you your own personal PaaS. Example of this include Dokku, Coolify, Caprover, Cloud66 and many more!

Based on the fact that your ideal is to have a similar experience to heroku than managing your own server setting up reverse proxies take a look at these options:

1) https://dokku.com - lets you turn your light sail instance basically into heroku

2) https://render.com

3) https://fly.io

4) If you have aws credits this is their heroku equivalent: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk

above is not what I do but would be the options I would pursue if I understand your preference and requirement correctly.

All in all, I really recommend trying out Dokku if you are a developer interested in hosting your own projects. It makes it super easy to get everything you need to get up and running without having to worry about the specifics. And the price is impossible to beat!

The installation instructions are on the frontpage of our site. Thats basically all you need to do to install Dokku. As far as using it, we have a simplified tutorial here.