This is a python program to issue basic power commands to a Dell Poweredge Server via a Telegram bot. I came up with it because I host my Plex server on an ancient Dell PowerEdge and don't need it to be online all the time but would still like to boot it remotely. First i was using the Internet router's built-in VPN functionality, but then the router started to randomly decide to turn the VPN off. So here we are. I now have a Raspi sitting on top of my server and running that Telegram bot to control the aforementioned server. Works perfectly so far.
- Docker
- docker-compose
Create a settings.env file that defines the parameters given in settings.default.env
- MANAGE_IP is the ip of the idrac interface
- SERVER_USERNAME/SERVER_PASSWORD have to be credentials for the idrac interface
- SERVER_IP is the ip of the OS when the server is up
- TELEGRAM_OWNER_ID is the telegram User ID of the owner account
- DELUGE_USERNAME/ DELUGE_PASSWORD are credentials for a deluge account as described here
[Optional] If you want to override the defaults for the values defined in default.env you can do so by creating a file called .env and define the values you want in there. These env variables are used in the docker-compose.yml file. Currently the following variables are defined in that way:
- MAIN_DNS & FALLBACK_DNS are the ip adresses of 2 DNS servers
run the bot with docker-compose up --build -d
The bot only provides a few commands as of now, the naming of which should explain enough about what they do:
| Everyone | Admins | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| /uptime | /start | /addadmin |
| /whatsmyid | /stop | /deladmin |
| /ping | /getadmins | |
| /gettorrents | /addmovie | |
| /addseries |
Basically all torrent related functionality becomes obsolete once one starts using Radarr/Sonarr and a reverse proxy... D;
[1] Suggestions for a better name? anyone?