Success story Armbian /w Nextcloud, Iobroker, Wireguard

#1

I just wanted to report that I am running my Rock 5B 8Gb now in my production environment with:

Armbian 22.11.2 Jammy
boot from SD Card
Os on SSD via PCI M2 E Key Sata adapter
Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Stick
Case: case by Cyborgium at Thingiverse
1000Mbit Ethernet connection
5V 3A power Adpater (official RASPI4 power supply)
Radxa Rock5b Fan with heatsink

Running:
Nextcloud snap NC25
Iobroker
wireguard
radxa fan control

idle Power draw: 2,4 watt

Replaced Raspberry Pi 4 8Gb. High performance increase. Downloads from local NC install +100MB/s (might be higher if using 2,5 GBit Ethernet). RP4= 30MB/s.
Fan never spins, only when benchmarking, Idle temp 37 C

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#2

How did you get wireguard installed on Armbian?
I need nftables and wireguard support for vpn, but didn’t manage to get it working on armbian.

#3 
update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy
update-alternatives --set ip6tables /usr/sbin/ip6tables-legacy

using iptables which is fine for my use case

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#4

thanks for sharing :slight_smile:
can You please take photo of whole setup? where did You fit this ssd?

I also plan to use rock5 with those sata adapters, have You done any benchmarks for Your drive?

#5

I just have the ssd lying next to the Rock5 Case. would be great to have a case that could hold the ssd as well.
measured speed via Sata adapter: 415.16 MB/sec

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#6

How do you boot from sd-card and have the OS on a sata disk?
I would love some instructions!

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#7

using the built in function in armbian. boot from SD card and then

sudo armbian-config

select boot from on SD / OS on SSD

#8

Thnx I figured it out. Just modified /boot/armbianEnv.txt and /etc/fstab