This post is a follow-up to my original post: https://lemmy.zip/post/71885626
Surprisingly, it wasn’t that tough to set up.
My original plan was to install postmarketOS and turn the phone into a proper tiny Linux server. Unfortunately, my Moto E5 Play is the pettyl variant, while the available postmarketOS port is for james. I decided that turning the phone into a brick probably wasn’t an essential part of the project.
So I went with Termux instead.
It’s now running nginx, PHP, MariaDB, WordPress, SSH and cloudflared directly on the phone. Everything starts automatically on boot, and I even made a tiny WordPress plugin for anonymous Today / Total / Online visitor stats.
And yes, the website is being served by the exact phone in the photo.
1 GB of RAM. Somehow this thing is now a production server.
I named it Pettyl, after the device codename.
You can actually visit it at https://moto.dimitrium.org/.
The website is barebones, I plan to push it to the limits. Also, this project will soon be available on my GitHub page https://github.com/tradicije
Next problem: figuring out how long an old Motorola can tolerate my bullshit.
How do you keep it powered?
For now, it’s just sitting on a charger, until I find a solution on how to bypass the battery. The great thing about the Motorola E5 Play is that it has removable battery, so I just need to figure out how to turn it on without the battery inside.
That’s a fire hazard, its not meant to be plugged in 24/7
I’ll say again, I love this.
I think you should keep posting these, I’d like to see more guerrilla servers.
Thanks very much! Expect more updates very soon!
Back in the days when WordPress started out, 1GB of RAM was a lot! You’d be surprised what you can do when you’re just running a server.
Back in the days, 1GB was the hard drive of a newspaper.
That’s super cool :)
I’d love a visitors book on the website, where one could leave a little message.
That’s a great shout, I’ll make this as soon as I have some free time, I would love for all of us to leave something on that poor little server ;)
Well done!
How did you connect it to the internet?
Cloudflare Tunnel. cloudflared is running directly on the phone, so I didn’t need to open any ports on my router.
Also, if you meant how I connected the phone to the internet, not the website — just Wi-Fi. :)
Boo Cloudflare, but I still love the idea. Given that I’m not planning to turn in this current phone for a few dollars of “credit” when I need to replace it, this seems like a cool weekend project!
Can always use your own tunnel, like wireguard or even just SSH. You are then responsible for where the tunnel terminates, of course.
This is awesome I appreciate you sharing all the details with us
Yeah, it’s a fun experience, I’ll update you again soon!
