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Raspberry Pi Server Essentials

By : Piotr J Kula
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Raspberry Pi Server Essentials

By: Piotr J Kula

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Raspberry Pi Server Essentials
Piotr J Kula
Feb, 2014 | 116 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Server Essentials
Raspberry Pi Server Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
Hardware requirements
Extra peripherals
Installing Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi
Understanding the design of the Raspberry Pi
Summary
2
Preparing the Network
Preparing the Network
Local Area Network (LAN)
Wireless configuration – Wi-Fi
Static network address
Testing and benchmarking your network
Internet configuration
Summary
3
Configuring Extra Features
Configuring Extra Features
Updating the Raspberry Pi
Hardware watchdog
Enabling extra decoders
Hardware monitoring
Summary
4
Using a Fast PHP Web Server and Database
Using a Fast PHP Web Server and Database
Working with nginx
Installing a database
Nginx with custom modules
Summary
5
Setting Up a File Server
Setting Up a File Server
Preparing the storage medium
Accessing files
Hardware RAID
Summary
6
Setting Up the Game Servers
Setting Up the Game Servers
Updating to Jessie
Games servers
Summary
7
Bitcoins – Pools and Mining
Bitcoins – Pools and Mining
Installing Bitcoind
Mining for Bitcoins
Summary
8
Streaming Live HD Video
Streaming Live HD Video
Streaming with GStreamer
Streaming with FFmpeg
Raspivid
Compiling nginx-rtmp
Watching a video
Summary
9
Setting Up a Media Center
Setting Up a Media Center
Slideshows
Watching movies
Playing audio
Installing RaspBMC
Summary
Index
Index

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. We also learned the following points:

  • Installing a Bitcoin daemon

  • Receiving and sending Bitcoins

  • Mining for Bitcoins

In the next chapter, we will try streaming live HD videos.

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