Host your own WordPress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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The Oracle documentation can be accessed with the following link:

https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free-1/?source=v1-TECH-JumpNav-j2204-20241205

Create a free OCI account.

Need credit card details, but won’t be charged (unless chargeable features are used). Main challenge is to ensure that you do not use chargeable features.

Create a VM with following specifications:

Shape configuration

Shape:VM.Standard.A1.Flex

OCPU count:2

Network bandwidth (Gbps):2

Memory (GB):12

Local disk:Block storage only

Image details

Operating system:Oracle Linux

Version:8

Image:Oracle-Linux-8.9-aarch64-2024.05.29-0

Image depends on latest available. I used the above.

Switch to a Pay As You Go account. Pay only for services that exceed the monthly free amounts from Always Free Services.

Make sure only “always free” services are used.

(To be continued…)

Use VLC to Stream Hikvision Camera Feed (RTSP)

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Camera streaming can easily be achieved by using the RTSP protocol. Camera must be configured to enable RTSP.

Use this on an ipad/iphone with VLC installed.

In VLC, open network, type in the URL.

Example:

rtsp://username:password@192.168.1.20:554/Streaming/Channels/101

Raspberry PI – Notes

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  • raspberry pi 4 4g model b (cortex-a72)
  • USB Keyboard & Mouse
  • power supply for raspberry pi (and potentially a plastic case)
  • micro sd card (64G), with adapter so that it can be connected to laptop and initialized with NOOBS files (=OS)
  • copy extracted NOOBS (not the top folder) onto sd card
  • 64G sd card has to be formatted FAT (Not exFAT) – use guiformat-x64.Exe
  • Put the SD Card (with NOOBS on it) into raspberry, cable to monitor (HDMI) + network (ethernet)
  • power on by connecting to power (there is no power button)