Why a Pi
A Pi makes a cheap, always-on home-lab agent. The sysinfo, shell, and notify tools turn it into a watchdog that reports CPU, memory, and disk, and can run maintenance jobs on a schedule.
Requirements
- Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) on a Pi 4 or newer.
- Node.js 20+ — the standard apt package may be older, so use NodeSource or nvm.
Install and log in
- Run
curl -fsSL https://remoteagent.online/install.sh | bash. - Run
remoteagent loginand approve the device. - Start it:
remoteagent start.
Keep it running
Register the systemd service so it comes back after a reboot. The installer does this for you on supported systems.
A useful first job
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Schedule a cron job that runs
df -h every morning and notifies you if a disk drops under 15% free. The Pi becomes a cheap early-warning system.