@Joepke 

 

There are some system differences because of the S905 SOC that is used as the processor.  I'd start with the images on Libre and branch out from there.

 

As for the heatsink...this seems like a no brainer: www_ebay_nl/itm/400985411754, why even take a chance for the price of a coffee?

  @Joepke 

I finally got around to building up a 'fake' OC200 for C$75 (US$55) and I get free PiHole and soon Let's Encrypt and (working) Custom DDNS also for free :).

The OC200 retails for C$110 on amazon.

 

 

Bill of Materials (prices incl shipping but not taxes):

- Libre LePotato 2G S905X (Rasp3B form factor):  $50 (amazon)

- 32GB Sandisk Ultra SD Card: $10 (amazon)

- All aluminum Case: $13 (aliexpress*)

- Heatsink: $2 (part of generic $10 amazon kit of 5 sets)

- Old Phone charger (5V 1.5A): free

 

* 

 

OS:  Armbian 23 CLI (download from Libre site), flashed to card with USB Image Writer (Win10), but dd on OSX/Linux is fine too.

 

How do they compare (Potato/OC200)?

RAM (2G/1G)

Flash (32G*/4G)

CPU (1.5Ghz/1Ghz)

Ethernet (1 x 100M/ 2 x 100M)

POE (No/Yes)

USB (4/1)

Size (34mmx63mmx96mm / 25mmx98mmx100mm)

*replaceable which is important since FLASH memory stops working after a finite number of writes

 

Setup was pretty simple.  Attached ethernet cable, and power cable.  Wait for power up (~6min with 32G card and filesystem expansion).  Determine IP assigned (hostname=lepotato).  SSH to device (u=root, p=1234).  Change password.

 

Install Software (I went for quick, dirty and simple to upgrade).  Use 'armbian-config' to install the prebuilt Docker package after the standard apt update & apt upgrade.

Once docker is installed, I used it to install the Omada 5.9.31 LInux controller...and for fun and giggles, I also installed Pi.hole immediately afterwards.

 

Once docker is up and running, I used mbentley's Omada image for 5.9 (which I've been using for over a year on my NAS) and I used HOST networking because that's how my other is setup.

 

Here's the docker run script (see his website if you want the -p port settings)

 

docker run -d \
  --name Omada-5.9 \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  --ulimit nofile=4096:8192 \
  --net host \
  -e MANAGE_HTTP_PORT=8088 \
  -e MANAGE_HTTPS_PORT=8043 \
  -e PGID="508" \
  -e PORTAL_HTTP_PORT=8088 \
  -e PORTAL_HTTPS_PORT=8843 \
  -e PORT_ADOPT_V1=29812 \
  -e PORT_APP_DISCOVERY=27001 \
  -e PORT_DISCOVERY=29810 \
  -e PORT_MANAGER_V1=29811 \
  -e PORT_MANAGER_V2=29814 \
  -e PORT_UPGRADE_V1=29813 \
  -e PUID="508" \
  -e SHOW_SERVER_LOGS=true \
  -e SHOW_MONGODB_LOGS=false \
  -e SSL_CERT_NAME="tls.crt" \
  -e SSL_KEY_NAME="tls.key" \
  -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
  -v omada-data:/opt/tplink/EAPController/data \
  -v omada-logs:/opt/tplink/EAPController/logs \
  mbentley/omada-controller:5.9

 

and then I installed docker-compose (apt install docker-compose) to then install a Pi.hole container.

Here's the docker-compose.yaml file I used (x.x.x.x is the eth0 IP address) and I changed the http management port to 88 from 80:

 

version: "3"

 

services:

  pihole:

    container_name: pihole

    image: pihole/pihole:latest

    ports:

      - "x.x.x.x:53:53/tcp"  

      - "x.x.x.x:53:53/udp"

      - "67:67/udp"

      - "88:80/tcp"

    environment:

      TZ: 'America/Chicago'

      WEBPASSWORD: 'SecretPassword'

    volumes:

      - './etc-pihole:/etc/pihole'

      - './etc-dnsmasq.d:/etc/dnsmasq.d'

    cap_add:

      - NET_ADMIN

    restart: unless-stopped

 

They co-exist quite nicely together

 

 

and from the base OS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  @Joepke Did you create a test site?  Are you going straight to migrating an existing one?

 

https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/607854

  @Joepke Let's start with some basics, SD card size, RAM size, running containers:

the logs you are seeing are pretty normal until you put your Controller into service.

I haven't configured mine yet to take over responsibility for a site yet, and here's what I get with a 'docker logs Omada-5.9'

 

those are just INFO and WARN notifications, nothing terminal.

  @Joepke 

I just backed up my existing 5.9.31 linux controller from my NAS and imported the file during the setup of the new Libre based controller.  Config and 7-days data imported successfully, controller registered with the cloud, existing devices and data show up when I login.  It does work :)

  @Joepke 

 

You did have your heatsink installed right?  My CPU hit 55'C during initial install and 45'C during the import of the config file, normally it idles around 41-42'C with not much going on.