One thinks there’s only one problem, but then when one looks, here’s more than one. Here’s what needs to be done and what I have done before.
To Do
The Platform
This needs an operating system upgrade. I am running Debian 11 Bullseye. This is two versions behind and is out of support.
The current Pi is Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 which has 1Gb RAM. Bookworm and Trixie require more memory to support the desktop, which I think I need for admin purposes. It is recommended between 4GB & 8GB for desktops with Chromium. I am not yet running a database. The RP5 is described on this page. They are on sale at Amazon.
If so, should I refresh the current one, buy a new one, or switch to AWS? IONOS is based in Europe, but can I run transmission, and the other services I require. (It might need a dedicated host/instance.) The AWS price predictor is pretty low.
It is recommended that the Pi 3, Model B Rev 1.2 doesn’t have enough memory for Bookworms or Trixie, although both OS’s are binary compatable. The problem is the window manager which has switched to wayland. This requires more RAM than is on the Pi3. It is possible to run the newer OSs in headless mode. (Is this good enough for me). Is there a version of the OS that is not hardware backward compatible, (looks like its OK, by Google Gemini). I need work out how to I back up the system or just the web site and particularly the transmission files and configuration? The web site has a dev version, and I have backed its source up into a github repo.
RFEs
- I document the last build from scratch at Raspberry Pi iv on this wiki
- If I rebuild the site, I should encapsulate it in a docker container, for which I need to learn how to install my certs, and run the service as a daemon, I asked Claude how, but I need it simplified.
- I must encapsulate the source in github repo, or download the theme from a github repo.
- if I go with AWS, (see their pricing page) maybe I should move davelevy.info to AWS, although wordpress needs more resources than HUGO also the IONOS performance is not good. although it has improved since this was originally written.
My articles on Docker and Systemd are bing maintained. Below you’ll find, other article on this wiki, tagged “raspberry-pi”
by Dave on May 24, 2026 at 9:56 am
The ‘pi currently runs ‘transmission’ and a web site, but I want to offer mail using Roundcube, and to run a python2 service i.e. planet venus in a docker container. Also next stop is diaspora! See I have notes on how to do it at claude.ai i.e. installing the products, building the images and linking…
by Dave on January 4, 2026 at 12:24 pm
One thinks there’s only one problem, but then when one looks, here’s more than one. Here’s what needs to be done and what I have done before. To Do The Platform This needs an operating system upgrade. I am running Debian 11 Bullseye. This is two versions behind and is out of support. The current…
by Dave on November 2, 2025 at 6:41 pm
This post talks about scripting on raspbian. I have two problems, cron and privilege and running a java script … cron & privilege My script, run_aptjob requires sudo authentication and so asks for it from the gui when run from crontab despite being defined in the root crontab file and called using the sudo command….
by Dave on July 23, 2025 at 11:25 am
I am rebuilding my virtual pi, I think we have the basics, buster, git, gh, ssh, xrdp, ufw, vsftpd, postfix, mailutils, & apache2. (I need to fix my whatsnew for buster.) So next steps … What’s next Today I posted a thread to the Virtual Box forums on installation and guest-additions. I said something like…
by Dave on November 27, 2022 at 12:22 pm
Installing an SSL certificate and enabling https was a faff, here are my notes. Now including postfix and dovecot… Firstly, my DNS provider is NOIP, and I chose to get a TrustCOR certificate through their portal. Their free service offers a single certificate as a bundled feature. Basically, the process is in three parts, get…
by Dave on October 31, 2022 at 10:02 am
I turned off my Raspberry Pi a couple of weeks ago, I was concerned about its energy draw. FFS. 😲 Also the projects I planned had stalled but like the No 11 bus, another one has come along, So I decided to install a Raspberry Pi in my virtual box instance. Here’s how … I…
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So I had another look at this. I have documented the RAM bottleneck on the PI3 for OS versions 12/13. I reconsider whether to host the site on AWS or IONOS but come to no conclusion.