WunderGroundGod

Access live logs of devices using the Wunder Ground API and sends the values to an influx db

Description

Java programm which reads wheater data from the wunderGround API. It sends the values to an influx db (the influx API v2 is used, which is compatible with Influxdb2 and Influxdb 1.x).

Docker Image

You can find the Docker image on Docker Hub

If you want to run a container, you can use the command docker run pendl2/wunder-ground-god

There are different tags available for common processor architectures:

• latest
• the project-version itself

Configuration

Two Environment Variables are mandatory. These are:

• DEVICE.ID
• API.KEY

Docker Environment Variable	Default	Description
LOG.LEVEL	INFO	Log Level, can be switched to debug, for detailed information
POLL.TIME.MS	10000	Poll Time in ms
DEVICE.ID		Device from which the data should be fetched
API.KEY		the API key for WunderGround
UNIT	m	e = english units, m = metric units, h = hybrid units
INFLUXDB.HOST	localhost	The host where the influx service is running
INFLUXDB.PORT	8086	The port where the service is running
INFLUXDB.BUCKET	wheater	The bucket
INFLUXDB.ORG	pendulum	The organisation which is sent to the InfluxDB
INFLUXDB.USER.TOKEN		If this environment is set, the token will be added to the request, if not, no authentication is used

Example: setting the host 0.0.0.0 via environment: sudo docker run -e DEVICE.ID=bla -e API.KEY=blub pendl2/wunder-ground-god

Multi-Container Configuration

I created a multi-container configuration, which contains:

• InfluxDb
• Grafana
• Wunder Ground God (this project)

You can find the details in the file: Multi Container Configuration

The compose.yaml includes the service for the influxdb and grafana. As well the wunder-ground-god service will be started, which collects the data.

Configuration

Environment Variable	Default	Description
INFLUX_DB_HOME	/home/pi/influxdb/	Variable which points influxdb home directory
GRAFANA_HOME	/home/pi/grafana/	Variable which points to the grafana home directory

Take care, that you don't forget to fill in the API.KEY and DEVICE.ID in the compose file!

Precondition

There should be three directories available in the HOME directory of influx:

• data: the docker container will put the data of influx in this directory
• config: config file can be added here (e.g.: influxdb.conf)
• backup: backup directory

In the HOME directory of grafana there should be one directory:

• data: the docker container will put the data of grafana in this directory

Before you start up the wunder-ground-god you have to create the database for it:

• First you have to login to the container: sudo docker exec -it influx /bin/bash

• Second connect to the influx cli: influx

• Third create the database: CREATE DATABASE wheater;

Congratulations, you are my local hero!

Docker-Compose

Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications, which uses a YAML configuration file.

To install the compose tool on your maschine follow the instructions.

For the start the containers use the docker-compose up command, add the -d option to run the containers in the background.

To stop and remove everything, the docker-compose down command should be used.