Glossary

• Allsky is the main program that captures and saves images and includes the Web User Interface (WebUI) used to administer Allsky and parts of your Pi. You can also:
  • When a page says "Allsky Software" or just "software" it's referring to the main Allsky software that's running on your Pi and resides in the ~/allsky directory.
• Allsky Website is a simple web interface that can run on your Pi and/or a remote server and displays:
  • This is often shortened to Website - always with a capital W.
  • A local Allsky Website runs on the same Pi that Allsky runs on.
  • A remote Website runs somewhere else. Allsky doesn't care if the remote machine is a true "server" or simply a 10-year old PC sitting under your desk. The Allsky documentation considers both of them a "remote server".
• WebUI is the Web User Interface used to administer Allsky.
• Module Code that runs during the image capture and processing pipelines
• Extra Module Code contributed by both the Allsky team and others that runs during the image cpature and processing pipelines
• Server A server, as in "remote server", is a computer that often sits in a datacenter and has a dedicated purpose such as hosting web pages or returning search results like Google.