Recently (relatively) I was going through some video recommendations and came across a video describing on how to host a website on a Raspberry Pi from just about anywhere including while traveling (like hotel WIFI or a mobile hotspot).
Checking out the dataplicity site, the service is intended for management of IoT devices by making it convenient to connect to them wherever, without needing to jump through a lot of hoops (like configuring firewalls). I had a spare Raspberry Pi so why not give this a try and I went about setting it up.
The setup process is really simple, I am not going to spell it out here since the documentation is really clear – set up the Pi, connect it to the internet, run the script. Once complete, the Pi shows up in a dashboard letting one connect to the terminal or providing a randomized URL to connect with a web browser.
Once the Pi is reporting to the console and the URL is created then the next step is to create the website on one’s favorite webserver, which is a lesson for another time. All said, when finished, I did not really feel this would be useful as I thought for anything I might need, but I left the Pi online while deciding what to do… maybe I will put a model train online or something.