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Boeing 787 Dreamliner above lake Chiemsee/Bavaria heading south over the Alps:
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setup starts with a fresh raspbian stretch-lite image:
passwd
sudo raspi-config
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install php7.0-common php7.0-cgi php7.0-mysql php7.0-sqlite php7.0-curl php7.0 php7.0-xml php7.0-zip php7.0-gd php7.0-json
sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
sudo mysql -u root -p (leave password empty)
update mysql.user set password=password('YOUR_DB_PASSWORD') where user='root';
update mysql.user set plugin='' where user='root';
flush privileges;
sudo mysql -u root -p (use password you entered above)
create database flightairmap;
ctrl + z
sudo apt-get install build-essential debhelper librtlsdr-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev pkg-config tcl8.5-dev autoconf python3-dev python-virtualenv libz-dev git tclx8.4 tcllib tcl-tls itcl3 htop
mkdir dump1090-mutability
cd dump1090-mutability/
git clone https://github.com/mutability/dump1090.git
cd dump1090/
dpkg-buildpackage -b
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i dump1090-mutability_1.15~dev_armhf.deb
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090.git
sudo cp -r dump1090/public_html /usr/share/dump1090-mutability/public_html
cd /usr/share/dump1090-mutability
sudo mv html original-html
sudo mv public_html html
cd html
sudo mv index.html gmap.html
sudo wget -O /etc/udev/rules.d/rtl-sdr.rules "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/osmocom/rtl-sdr/master/rtl-sdr.rules"
sudo dpkg-reconfigure dump1090-mutability
sudo shutdown -r now
sudo apt-get install lighttpd
sudo lighty-enable-mod dump1090
sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi
sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php
sudo service lighttpd force-reload
sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/cgi/php.ini
-> set max_execution_time to 0 within php.ini
sudo shutdown -r now
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone --depth=1 http://github.com/ysurac/flightairmap
sudo chmod 666 flightairmap/require/settings.php
sudo chmod 777 flightairmap/install/tmp
sudo chmod 777 flightairmap/data
sudo chmod 777 flightairmap/images/airlines
sudo cp /var/www/html/flightairmap/install/89-flightairmap-lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/conf-available
sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/89-flightairmap-lighttpd.conf (alter pathes to match your path)
sudo lighty-enable-mod flightairmap-lighttpd
sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload
sudo shutdown -r now
sudo cp /var/www/html/flightairmap/install/init/flightairmap.service.systemd /etc/systemd/system/flightairmap.service
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/flightairmap.service (alter pathes to match your path)
sudo chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/flightairmap.service
sudo systemctl enable flightairmap.service
sudo crontab -e (add the below 3 lines to crontab)
# run flightairmap daemons
0 2 * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/flightairmap/scripts/update_db.php > /dev/null
#@reboot sleep 10 && /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/flightairmap/scripts/daemon-spotter.php > /dev/null
sudo shutdown -r now
=> run installer in browser http://127.0.0.1/flightairmap/install
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I am trying to install on RPI and ubuntu following the official guide as well as the step by step described here but i always end up with this:
It seems that i’m missing something. Can someone give me hint? Chrome developer tools shows this:
whats in flightairmap/require/settings.php variable $globalURL set?
// GLOBAL URL
$globalURL = ‘/flightairmap’;
and what url do you use to open flightairmap, what webserver?
I used http://192.168.1.201/install to do the initial setup which went ok , but the portal does not work (http://192.168.1.201)
still lost in 3d 
apache2 with php 7
Tried $globalURL = ‘’; and now it works.
Thanks
Hi, i am trying to install to strecth-lite image, followed your guide but installer says:
Error The directory data must be writable to scripts/update_db.php user.
The directory images/airlines must be writable for IVAO.
domefin - just ignore this
thanks for the info! do i need uncomment “#@reboot sleep 10 && /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/flightairmap/scripts/daemon-spotter.php > /dev/null” ?
normally not this is just meant to be a backup method if someone fails to setup a system-service or does not want to run daemon-spotter.php as system-service.
if there is a problem with these two directories simply set them both to 777
sudo chmod 777 flightairmap/data
sudo chmod 777 flightairmap/images/airlines
Nice, special thanks to TomMuc! Running nicely on RPI 3. Do you guys know if it is possible to show distance between aircraft and receiver? I really like to see range and performance of my receiver…
message rate, distance and table of current aircrafts at the moment skyview is still the better option http://127.0.0.1/dump1090/gmap.html
have fun
the developer of FlightAirMaps added a new and more comprehensive install howto for raspbian: Raspbian · Ysurac/FlightAirMap Wiki · GitHub
I followed developer’s instructions and use the script for installation. Everything went well but I don’t see any aircraft. My sbs3 (network setup) is working properly as I can see data from it in Basestation. I assume I must have made some mistake in either entering it’s IP or port. Do you know if there is any data setting file on the pi where I can check that?
I didn’t install dump1090 since I believe FlightAirMaps can fetch data directly from an SBS receiver.
flightairmap/require/settings.php you find your settings. is daemon-spotter.php running as service or cronjob?
if your stats within flightairmaps are filling with data while you do not see aircrafts - then sth. with your webserver setup is wrong.