Questionmark Dashboard

based on Dashing.

Install

bundle install

Run

dashing start

Configure

The mixpanel widget uses an API key and secret. Obtain the key / secret from the Mixpanel admin within Questionmark and add it to your .bash_profile or /etc/init.d/dashing (see below). Google Analytics needs a PKCS#12 file and service account email address for authentication, as well as profile ids.

export MIXPANEL_API_KEY=XXX
export MIXPANEL_API_SECRET=XXX
export QM_BARCODES_URL=XXX
export GA_KEY_FILE=~/.google-analytics.p12
export GA_ACCOUNT_EMAIL=xxx@developer.gserviceaccount.com
export GA_PROFILE_ID_WEB=xxx
export GA_PROFILE_ID_APP=xxx
export MAILCHIMP_API_KEY=xxx
export UPTIMEROBOT_API_KEY=xxx

Restart dashboard after code change

First do git pull on the repository, then restart Dashing and Lightdm (the desktop manager):

sudo /etc/init.d/dashing stop && sudo /etc/init.d/dashing start && sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart

Run on a Raspberry Pi

Some hints to get this running on a Raspberry Pi:

1. Install Raspbian, configure, set password, etc.
2. apt-get install bundler
3. Install node.js
4. git clone https://github.com/q-m/questionmark-dash
5. cd questionmark-dash && bundle install
6. sudo cp initscript /etc/init.d/dashing && update-rc.d dashing defaults
7. Edit /etc/init.d/dashing and edit the configuration variables on top.
8. sudo apt-get install chromium-browser unclutter x11-xserver-utils
9. ln -s xsession ~/.xsession
10. cat screen.cron | sudo tee /etc/crontab
11. Run sudo raspi-config and choose Enable boot to desktop > Desktop Log in as user 'pi' ....
12. Reboot.

Remember to have some patience, as the Raspberry Pi is not that fast. After the desktop appears, it may take quite a while for Dashing to be fully up (at which point the browser appears as a white window) and be shown (it can take more than a minute for nodejs to compile the assets at first visit).

See also

• Setting up a Raspberry Pi as a dashboard server with Dashing
• DIY Info-screen using a Raspberry Pi and Dashing
• Running Shopify’s Dashing on a Raspberry Pi

License

Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.