DeviceNanny is a device lab checkout system. It was designed with one goal in mind: be as reliable as possible. In fact, it's so reliable that you can't not use it. Devices are connected to the system via USB, and USB actions trigger the check-in, checkout, or device addition processes. Say hello to a fully charged device lab with an accurate inventory of available devices.

Features:

• Super simple checkout and check-in process triggered by USB connections/disconnections
• Every device is fully charged and ready
• Renew your expired checkouts through your browser
• Slackbot notifications when you check out/in a device
• Slackbot reminders to check in a device
• Monitor available devices, reliably, through your browser
• Channel alerts when a device is taken without being checked out
• Monitor device checkout activity in a Slack channel
• Easily add devices to the database by plugging them in
• RFID for devices not plugged in via USB
• Smart script to fix situations where devices could be taken/returned without being checked in/out

Hardware Requirements:

• Raspberry Pi (version 3 recommended)
• Raspberry Pi power supply
• Cool Raspberry Pi case
• USB hubs for power and data (must be able to power all connected devices)
• USB cords for all devices
• RFID reader (optional for devices that won't connect via USB)
• RFID tags (optional for devices that won't connect via USB)

Configuring the Raspberry Pi from First Install

1. Download and install the latest image of Raspbian Jessie from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

2. Update settings in Raspberry Pi Configuration:

   • Open Raspberry Pi Configuration in the Menu or sudo raspi-config
   • Expand Filesystem
   • Disable Underscan if necessary
   • Set Localization options (especially timezone)
   • Reboot

3. Download and install system updates:

   • sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
   • sudo reboot

4. Disable screen from sleeping:

   • sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
   • Change #xserver-command=X under the [SeatDefaults] header to this xserver-command=X -s 0 -dpms (make sure you uncomment the line)

5. ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT Disable auto-mounting USB devices:

   • sudo nano ~/.config/pcmanfm/LXDE-pi/pcmanfm.conf
   • Under [volume] change all options to 0

   [volume] mount_on_startup=0 mount_removable=0 autorun=0

   • Reboot sudo reboot

6. Install MySQL server:

   • sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y
   • Create password for root user when prompted

7. Install PyMySQL:

   • sudo pip3 install PyMySQL

8. Install Apache2:

   • sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 -y

9. Install PHPMyAdmin:

   • sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin -y
   • Select Apache2 as the server to use
   • Select Yes to configure database to PHPMyAdmin
   • Enter the root password entered for MySQL
   • Enter a password for PHPMyAdmin

10. Edit Apache to include PHPMyAdmin:

    • sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
    • At the bottom of the file, add Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf then save and exit
    • Restart apache2 sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

11. Test PHPMyAdmin:

    • Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin
    • You should reach the login page where you can login as root

Create Database and Web User

1. Log in to http://localhost/phpmyadmin

2. Create a new database called DeviceNanny

3. Create a new user for web front end with read only privileges

   • Go to the Privileges tab
   • Click Add User
   • Create a new user with at least Select and Update privileges under Data

Download and Configure DeviceNanny

1. Clone the repo to your home directory (/home/pi/)

   • Go to the home directory: cd
   • Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/hudl/DeviceNanny

2. Install requirements:

   • sudo pip3 install -r ~/DeviceNanny/requirements.txt

3. Copy file config/DeviceNanny.ini.template and add values:

   • Copy the file and paste without .template extension
   • Add your database password
   • Add your Slack api key
   • Add your Slack device room ID

4. Copy file web/secretInfo.php.template and add values:

   • Copy file and paste without .template extension
   • Add the username and password for the web user

5. Import tables into database:

   • Login to http://localhost/phpmyadmin
   • Click into the DeviceNanny database
   • Go to the Import tab and choose to import DeviceNannyDB.sql in the /resources directory

Add UDEV Rule and Cron Job

1. Copy /resources/device_nanny.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/

   • sudo cp ~/DeviceNanny/resources/device_nanny.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/

2. Add Cron job (needs sudo):

   • sudo crontab -e
   • If you haven't picked out an editor, choose 2 for nano
   • Add */3 * * * * cd /home/pi/DeviceNanny/ && ./nanny.py to the end of the file
   • Save and exit

Enable Front-End

1. Apache2 changes:
   • Open file sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
   • Change DocumentRoot to /home/pi/DeviceNanny/web/pages
   • On the line under DocumentRoot add DirectoryIndex devicenanny.php
   • Save and exit
   • Open file sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
   • Scroll down to the <Directory> section and add this below the last </Directory>

<Directory /home/pi/DeviceNanny/web/pages/>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
</Directory>

2. Restart apache2 sudo systemctl apache2 restart

Add Users

1. Login at http://localhost/phpmyadmin

2. Manually input users to the Users table

Reboot and Configuration is COMPLETE