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I need some useful information about running a local web server in a Raspberry Pi and the best embedded system that can handle my device.

What do I mean?

Well I've created a website using django + redis + celery + postgresql

So what I want to do with this website is to Turn on/off LED lamp using a BreadBoard. This is done by celery ... actually there is a task (celery-beat-schedule) that should turn off/on some specific LED lamps.

And the django is the firmware that creates those tasks and controls my device

For example:

Imagine I have a task that represent the main job of the device (turning on/of) a I can create and run this tasks using django-celery-beat.

But

The main question is how can I run this in a embedded system like Raspberry Pi. Actually what are the best hardware like CPU RAM this website can run on that and does not crash?

For example, is Raspberry Pi zero w suitable for running this web server and setup? And there is no limit to the implementation?

Of course, let me say this too. I don't want to spend too much otherwise I think the Raspberry Pi 4 is the best.

Updated: Also the OS is linux (Raspbian OS) as you already know.

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    You are asking for opinions which is off topic.
    – joan
    Jul 9, 2022 at 12:37
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    How would we know that you are using Raspberry Pi OS (different from Raspian)? There are several Linux distributions that work on the pi.
    – NomadMaker
    Jul 9, 2022 at 14:09
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    you can use an Arduino UNO for this ... any Raspberry Pi is way more powerful than UNO
    – jsotola
    Jul 9, 2022 at 17:47
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    Raspbian is MEANINGLESS - it could be any of 5 families of OS spanning 10 years. Even Raspberry Pi OS is ambiguous - at last count there are 8 and there are significant differences between Buster & Bullseye.
    – Milliways
    Jul 10, 2022 at 0:38
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    What are you using redis and postgres for in a "simple website for controlling a led"?
    – Bergi
    Jul 10, 2022 at 7:08

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All Pi's should work for this simple set-up.

Of course, there are limits to the implementation. But for a simple set-up as yours, you are far below the limits of the humble Zero W.

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  • Except for the Pico, which can probably still do it, but doesn't run Linux so you'll have a harder time.
    – user253751
    Jul 10, 2022 at 10:30
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I hosted an Nginx server on a Pi 4 with 4 Gb of memory for a personal site, it worked well for local connections. Hosting a site to control a lamp should be within the capabilities of all Pi's, although Django seems a bit overkill for this. Perhaps try Flask.

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