diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 99396bd..14cda6b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,12 @@ -# Python 2 script to check cpu load, cpu temperature and free space, -# on a Raspberry Pi computer and publish the data to a MQTT server. -# RUN pip install paho-mqtt -# RUN sudo apt-get install python-pip +Python 2 script to check cpu load, cpu temperature and free space, +on a Raspberry Pi computer and publish the data to a MQTT server. + +#Installation: + +Install these two modules needed for the script +RUN pip install paho-mqtt +RUN sudo apt-get install python-pip +Rename config.py.example to config.py and populate the needed variables +Test the script. +Create a cron entry like this: +*/2 * * * * /usr/bin/python /home/pi/scripts/cpu_mqtt.py