Fr24feed, FlightAware and RadarBox with dump1090 as a Docker image for Raspberry Pi (armhf)

armhf-RPi docker image of Fr24feed, FlightAware, RadarBox and dump1090.

Feed FlightRadar24, FlightAware and RadarBox services and allow you to see the positions of aircrafts on a map.

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Requirements

• Raspberry Pi with Raspbian (tested with V4 Model B)
• Docker
• RTL-SDR DVBT USB Dongle (RTL2832)

Getting started

Run :

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -p 8754:8754 \
	--device=/dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb \
	-e "FR24FEED_FR24KEY=MY_SHARING_KEY" \
	-e "PIAWARE_FEEDER_DASH_ID=MY_FEEDER_ID" \
	-e "RBFEEDER_KEY=MY_SHARING_KEY" \
	-e "HTML_SITE_LAT=MY_SITE_LAT" \
	-e "HTML_SITE_LON=MY_SITE_LON" \
	-e "HTML_SITE_NAME=MY_SITE_NAME" \
	-e "PANORAMA_ID=MY_PANORAMA_ID" \
	thomasreiser/flightfeeder

Go to http://dockerhost:8080 to view a map of reveived data. Go to http://dockerhost:8754 to view fr24feed configuration panel.

Note : remove -e "PANORAMA_ID=MY_PANORAMA_ID" from the command line if you don't want to use this feature.

Configuration

Common

To disable starting a service you can add an environment variable :

Environment Variable	Value	Description
SERVICE_ENABLE_DUMP1090	false	Disable dump1090 service
SERVICE_ENABLE_PIAWARE	false	Disable piaware service
SERVICE_ENABLE_FR24FEED	false	Disable fr24feed service
SERVICE_ENABLE_RBFEEDER	false	Disable rbfeeder service
SERVICE_ENABLE_HTTP	false	Disable http service

Ex : -e "SERVICE_ENABLE_HTTP=false"

FlightAware

Register on https://flightaware.com/account/join/.

Run :

docker run -it --rm \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_DUMP1090=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_HTTP=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_FR24FEED=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_RBFEEDER=false" \
	thomasreiser/flightfeeder /bin/bash

When the container starts you should see the feeder id, note it. Wait 5 minutes and you should see a new receiver at https://fr.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/claim (use the same IP as your docker host), claim it and exit the container.

Add the environment variable PIAWARE_FEEDER_DASH_ID with your feeder id.

Environment Variable	Configuration property	Default value
PIAWARE_FEEDER_DASH_ID	feeder-id	YOUR_FEEDER_ID

Ex : -e "PIAWARE_RECEIVER_DASH_TYPE=other"

FlightRadar24

Run :

docker run -it --rm \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_DUMP1090=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_HTTP=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_PIAWARE=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_FR24FEED=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_RBFEEDER=false" \
	thomasreiser/flightfeeder /bin/bash

Then : /opt/fr24feed/bin/fr24feed --signup and follow the instructions, for technical steps, your answer doesn't matter we just need the sharing key at the end.

Finally to see the sharing key run cat /etc/fr24feed.ini, you can now exit the container.

Add the environment variable FR24FEED_FR24KEY with your sharing key.

Environment Variable	Configuration property	Default value
FR24FEED_FR24KEY	fr24key	YOUR_KEY_HERE

Ex : -e "FR24FEED_FR24KEY=0123456789"

RadarBox

Run :

docker run -it --rm \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_DUMP1090=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_HTTP=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_PIAWARE=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_FR24FEED=false" \
	-e "SERVICE_ENABLE_RBFEEDER=false" \
	thomasreiser/flightfeeder /bin/bash

Then : /opt/rbfeeder/bin/rbfeeder to do an initial startup which will also create a new key for you. Use this key then to claim this station in your RadarBox account at https://www.radarbox.com/raspberry-pi/claim.

Add the environment variable RBFEEDER_KEY with your sharing key.

Environment Variable	Configuration property	Default value
RBFEEDER_KEY	[client] -> key	``

Ex : -e "RBFEEDER_KEY=0123456789"

Terrain-limit rings (optional):

If you don't need this feature ignore this.

Create a panorama for your receiver location on http://www.heywhatsthat.com.

Environment Variable	Default value	Description
PANORAMA_ID		Panorama id
PANORAMA_ALTS	1000,10000	Comma seperated list of altitudes in meter

Note : the panorama id value correspond to the URL at the top of the panorama http://www.heywhatsthat.com/?view=XXXX, altitudes are in meters, you can specify a list of altitudes.

Ex : -e "PANORAMA_ID=FRUXK2G7"

If you don't want to download the limit every time you bring up the container you can download http://www.heywhatsthat.com/api/upintheair.json?id=${PANORAMA_ID}&refraction=0.25&alts=${PANORAMA_ALTS} as upintheair.json and mount it in /usr/lib/fr24/public_html/upintheair.json.

Build it yourself

Clone this repository into your Raspberry Pi.

docker build .