Plant Monitoring System
An over engineered dashboard for monitoring soil moisture, light, temperature, and humidity across multiple plants with data visualization and Arduino integration.
Frontend
Backend & Database
Infrastructure
Development Tools
System Architecture
Ubuntu Machine
Host server for Docker containers
CI/CD Pipeline
Self-hosted GitHub Runner + Actions for automated building & deployment
Container Management
Harbor private registry with Portainer monitoring
Secure Access
Cloudflare Tunnel for access without port forwarding
Main Board
ESP8266 NodeMCU CP2102 (Wi-Fi enabled microcontroller)
Light Sensor
TSL2561 Luminosity Sensor for ambient light measurement
ADC Converter
ADS1115 for high-precision analog-to-digital conversion
Climate Sensor
DHT22/AM2302 for temperature & humidity monitoring
Soil Sensors
Gikfun Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors x3
Deployment Pipeline
Code Push
Self-hosted GitHub Runner builds Docker images on merge to main branch
Registry Push
Built images pushed to Harbor private container registry
Auto Deploy
Latest container automatically deployed to Ubuntu server