Changes for page Nightscout on Linux

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3 3  [[https:~~/~~/github.com/schmitzn/howto-nightscout-linux>>url:https://github.com/schmitzn/howto-nightscout-linux]]
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5 -except that where it mentions port 80, you **must** use port 443.  You should be using Python3. You will also probably need to install "npm" in addition to the packages he mentions. You **must** use https to connect, which means you need a certificate.  Everything else seems pretty straight-forward and I have verified that it works, pulling numbers from Dexcom share, if you configure BRIDGE_USER_NAME, BRIDGE_PASSWORD, and "bridge" under the Enable options.  Everywhere pages mention changing the "Config Vars", this maps directly to the environment variables in the "start.sh" file.
5 +except that where it mentions port 80, you **must** use port 443 ("https" means SSL encryption, so port 443).  You should be using Python3. You will also probably need to install "npm" in addition to the packages he mentions. You **must** use https to connect, which means you need a certificate.  Everything else seems pretty straight-forward and I have verified that it works, pulling numbers from Dexcom share, if you configure BRIDGE_USER_NAME, BRIDGE_PASSWORD, and "bridge" under the Enable options.  Everywhere pages mention changing the "Config Vars", this maps directly to the environment variables in the "start.sh" file.
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8 8  Now, on to trying to install my own MongoDB on a Raspberry Pi Zero W...
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67 67  node ~-~-no-deprecation server.js
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69 69  )))
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71 +Note: The idea is that this can be used as a temporary Nightscout site, if we have no access to Internet.  Once we have access again, the MongoDB data stored on this temp. site can be pulled and uploaded to the main MongoDB Nightscount online.  (This merging can be done at any time, since it's just copying DB records over.  No big deal.)
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1 +Hello Richard,
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4 +Thank you for your post above, it is just the starting point i was looking for.
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7 +My goal is to monitor in near real time and share via web pages our son's Libra sensor content via a MiaoMiao2 .
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9 +We are finding as he does a lot of sport, especially as soccer training ramps up,  he can go low even with good insulin management and nite time.
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11 +If we could get on top of nite lows, he and us will sleep better, my hope is NightScout will be the engine that helps us.
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13 +Have not as yet used the NightScout platform or the MiaoMiao, looking forward to the challenges ahead  to sort it out.
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16 +I personally like the ability to run a raspberry pi 4 with a local database and web server and then share that via our ISP to me and my wife to browse in and check status etc.
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18 +Alarms and low prediction are the icing on the cake.
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20 +The pi will be initially located in his bedroom and we would locate a dedicated browser / monitor screen in our kitchen / lounge for simple visibility.
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23 +Once we have above going, adding more BT sensor monitor pick-up points and maybe using his cellphone can be explored.
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26 +This will be an interesting evening project over the coming weeks that should be a significant step forward for our family.
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29 +Kind regards
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31 +Brent from New Zealand
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1 +Sorry, I'm only just now seeing this.  Thanks for the note!  I'm glad this is useful to someone!
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3 +I setup my own nightscout server on a Raspberry Pi because my wife and I would go on hikes and sometimes there was no good cellular connectivity.  We both monitor her BGs on both of our Fitbit watches using watchfaces which I wrote (and made freely available, search for "cgm" to find quite a few good choices), but most such solutions require a Nightscout server to contact for the data.
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5 +If you run your own server at home, you probably can't contact your home Nightscout server when outside of the house.  (Most ISPs don't allow running a web server on a "residential" connection.)  Your best bet is to use "heroku.com", where you can setup a Nightscout server for free (since it uses very little resources) and you can have it use a Mongodb database at "mondodb.com" for free also.  There are many step-by-step instruction pages online.
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7 +We have used a MiaoMiao a lot in the past and it worked fine.  We finally moved to Dexcom, however, because it didn't require two pieces of hardwae and software in order to the same job and it works with "Loop" on iphone directly.  We then have Loop upload the data to Nightscout.
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9 +Good luck and let me know if I can help!  Also, you might want to join the "CGM in the Cloud" group on Facebook.
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