I have a simple trading bot that I currently run from a WSL Ubuntu session in my home computer. In this post, I'll set up a headless Raspberry Pi that can host that session. I still want to be able to control it from my mobile, so I need to do the following:
Set up RPI headless, Install and Disable screen saver
After installation, the board became unresponsive after some 10 minutes. I found
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=286000
Now, the RPI works fine for at least a couple of days.
Install app for accessing RPI from mobile
I found RaspController that is available for both Android and Iphone that gives a good interface to the RPI.
Set up Dynamic DNS using NoIP
I activated a Dynamic DNS session using NoIP with both a host name and ipv4 IP.
As my router was too old, I decided to configure my RPI instead using the instructions below
https://www.noip.com/support/knowledgebase/install-linux-3-x-dynamic-update-client-duc
Make NoIP start automatically when booting
https://www.noip.com/support/knowledgebase/running-linux-duc-v3-0-startup-2
Configure Python and setup venv
There is plenty of documentation online
Nohup to run detached
Finally, since I need the program to run in the background, I used the nohup command to start the script,
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/nohup-command-in-linux
