#Setting up a traccar server install#
#Setting up a traccar server update#
#Setting up a traccar server code#
#Setting up a traccar server password#

#Setting up a traccar server password#

#define WIFI_PASSWORD 'Enter your Wifi password here' #define WIFI_SSID 'Enter your Wifi SSID here' #define NET_DEVICE NET_SIM7600 // NET_SIM7600 or NET_WIFI for testing change the following line to change network device Here are the configs I ended up customizing at some point, in bold, and what they do. You'll need to change more or less, depending on the types of troubles you run into. The details below list the configurations you will want to change.

#Setting up a traccar server code#

There will be four big buttons: New Project, Import Arduino Project, Open Project and Project Examples.ĭespite the directions to import, the choice the worked for me was to Open Project and navigate to the Freematics/firmware_v5/telelogger/ folder of the downloaded source code and click Open 'telelogger'.Ĭlick on config.h in the sidebar and start editing. Click on that and make sure the Home icon in the new PlatformIO panel is selected. Just do what is says on the tin, and head to the github repo and download or clone the latest code.Īfter installing the PlatformIO extension in VS Code there is a little Ant looking icon in the left pane.

#Setting up a traccar server install#

You can install it by opening Visual Studio Code (at least as of Version 1.62.3), clicking File > Preferences > Extensions and then searching the EXTENSIONS: MARKETPLACE for PlatformIO IDE. The PlatformIO package has issues with installation on HA OS. This should be done on your local computer and not via the Studio Code Server plug in available in Home Assistant OS. Most steps have some ambiguity even though it looks straightforward. * Click upload button to flash the firmware * Download Freematics firmware source code This is a very specific use case, and there were a bunch of weird gotchas as I was getting things set up, so I thought I'd list the issues and solutions for my setup here in the hopes that they help someone else down the line. Home Assistant OS is self-hosted by me, but most of the below will apply if you have one running on a VPS like Digital Ocean. user: admin - password: admin.I recently ordered three Freematics One+ units for use in my Taccar instance hosted *within* Home Assistant OS as a plug-in. You can now login to your traccar server at the public URL of your VM using HTTP. Start the app: sudo /opt/traccar/bin/startDaemon.shĪnd watch the build log: tail -f /opt/traccar/logs/wrapper.log.* Remove the installer: sudo rm -f n README.txt traccar-linux-*.zip Save the file and then move it to traccar’s config folder: sudo cp traccar.xml /opt/traccar/conf/ conf/default.xml 80 false jdbc:mysql://localhost/traccar?allowMultiQueries=true&autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8&sessionVariables=sql_mode='' tobyt pa55word 120 Time to build the config file with your MYSQL details: nano traccar.xml The unzip and install: unzip traccar-linux-*.zip sudo. Head over to to grab the URL for the latest stable release and then: wget

With MYSQL set up, now it’s time to download the latest traccar installer. With the user set up, it’s time to create a database called traccar, which will be used by the application when we install it: create database traccar exit Next up create a user (traccar) and set the password: CREATE USER IDENTIFIED BY 'password' GRANT ALL ON *.* TO FLUSH PRIVILEGES Login to MYSQL - the default password is set as “password”: sudo mysql -u root -p Next install Java and MYSQL: sudo apt-get install unzip default-jre mysql-server -yįor some reason, it is necessary to create a new user.

#Setting up a traccar server update#

And update the libraries: sudo apt-get update -y Once the instance has been created, access your server using the cloud based SSH. Choose at least g1-small to avoid issues with installation.