GitLab Pi Dashboard

Install ''chilipie-kiosk''

• Download the chilipie-kiosk image
• Flash the image user your favourite image write e.g. Etcher
• Boot up your Pi - Hit F11 and then CTRL-L and enter the website you want to display in this case it will be http://localhost:3000 (URL of node-build-monitor)

Install recent node version

To install and manage node version install NVM:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash

Install node v10.11.0

nvm install v10.11.0

Install node-build-monitor

Clone and setup code:

sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/marcells/node-build-monitor.git
cd node-build-monitor
npm install

Add config:

Open node-build-monitor/app/config.json and add the following config to services section:

{
  "name": "GitLab",
  "configuration": {
    "url": "http://gitlab.example.com:8080",
    "token": "secret_user_token",
    "additional_query": "&search=gitlab-org&starred=true",
    "numberOfPipelinesPerProject": 3,
    "slugs": [
      {
        "project": "gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner",
        "ref": "master"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Start node-build-monitor using npm run start and open http://localhost:3000 in your Pis browser

To run it on boot insert this in /etc/rc.local before exit 0:

/home/pi/.nvm/versions/node/v10.11.0/bin/node /home/pi/node-build-monitor/app/app.js &

The & will make this process run in background. The node version in your path depends on the version you installed.

Simple Script to automate node-build-monitor install

#!/bin/bash
 
echo "Install nvm ..."
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
 
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
 
echo "Install node ..."
nvm install v10.11.0
 
echo "Install node-build-monitor"
 
sudo apt install git
cd ~/
git clone https://github.com/marcells/node-build-monitor.git
cd ./node-build-monitor
npm install
 
echo "Done ..."