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@jimaek why would anyone run a hardware probe if you can run the docker container on a VPS?
(and what are the hardware requirements?)
People that want a plug-and-play solution and non-technical power users. And it's a good marketing tool, e.g. giving them at conferences.
Requirements to run the probe are very low, 512MB RAM+ and ability to run docker.
Maybe you could share a direct link to an update image for those who are having dead MicroSD cards. Maybe some people have MicroSD cards with just 2GB idling around, and could revive probes.
Of course, you can find the firmware here https://github.com/jsdelivr/globalping-hwprobe/releases/tag/v1.4
Just flash using Balena Etcher or similar
Self contained hareware appliances are much easier to manage/maintain..
My Atlas Probe has been sitting on a shelf for a long time, it does its thing, I don't need to worry about updates or anything else..
Except the recovery procedure a number of years ago when they were corrupting themselves... Close to a decade now with the same tiny USB flash drive.
If you can run it in Docker I definitely prefer if you do that
Love the project regardless, will just run a software probe.