Docker container to feed ADS-B data into adsbexchange. Designed to work in tandem with sdr-enthusiasts/docker-readsb-protobuf or another BEAST provider. Builds and runs on x86, x86_64, arm32v7 & arm64v8.
The container pulls ADS-B information from a BEAST provider and sends data to adsbexchange.
For more information on adsbexchange, see here: ADSBExchange How-To-Feed. This container uses a modified version of the "script method" outlined on that page.
latest
is built from the main
branch within 24 hours of a commit to the base image and/or any adsbexchange software included in the image. It contains:
mlat-client
and readsb
specified in adsbxchange/adsb-exchange/setup.shadsbexchange-stats
rtl-sdr
latest_nohealthcheck
is the same as the latest
version above. However, this version has the docker healthcheck removed. This is done for people running platforms (such as Nomad) that don't support manually disabling healthchecks, where healthchecks are not wanted.latest
.sdr-enthusiasts/adsbexchange
Container30005
(or whatever port is serving BEAST data) into the sdr-enthusiasts/docker-readsb-protobuf container.sdr-enthusiasts/docker-adsbexchange
container via the BEASTHOST
environment variable shown below. The port can be changed from the default of 30005
with the optional BEASTPORT
environment variable if required.LAT
and LONG
environment variables respectively.ALT
environment variable respectively. Defaults to metres, but units may specified with a 'ft' or 'm' suffix.UUID
environment variable (see below).SITENAME
environment variable. This field supports letters, numbers, -
& _
only. Any other characters will be stripped upon container initialization.First-time users should generate a static UUID using this command:
cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid
Take note of the UUID returned. You should pass it as the UUID
environment variable when running the container.
You will be able to view your site's stats by visiting https://www.adsbexchange.com/api/feeders/?feed=YOUR-UUID-HERE
. The link with your UUID will be printed to the container log when the container starts.
docker run
docker run
-d
--rm
--name adsbx
-e TZ=YOUR_TIMEZONE
-e BEASTHOST=beasthost
-e LAT=-33.33333
-e LONG=111.11111
-e ALT=50m
-e SITENAME=My_Cool_ADSB_Receiver
-e UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
--tmpfs=/run:rw,nosuid,nodev,exec,relatime,size=64M,uid=1000,gid=1000
ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-adsbexchange:latest
First timers are encouraged to read ADS-B Reception, Decoding & Sharing with Docker.
An example docker compose service definition is below:
adsbexchange:
image: ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-adsbexchange:latest
tty: true
container_name: adsbx
restart: always
environment:
- BEASTHOST=beasthost
- TZ=Australia/Perth
- LAT=-33.33333
- LONG=111.11111
- ALT=50m
- SITENAME=My_Cool_ADSB_Receiver
- UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
tmpfs:
- /run:rw,nosuid,nodev,exec,relatime,size=64M,uid=1000,gid=1000
There are a series of available environment variables:
Environment Variable | Purpose | Default |
---|---|---|
BEASTHOST |
Required. IP/Hostname of a Mode-S/BEAST provider (dump1090) | |
BEASTPORT |
Optional. TCP port number of Mode-S/BEAST provider (dump1090) | 30005 |
UUID |
Required. Your static UUID | |
LAT |
Required. The latitude of the antenna | |
LONG |
Required. The longitude of the antenna | |
ALT |
Required. The altitude of the antenna above sea level. If positive (above sea level), must include either 'm' or 'ft' suffix to indicate metres or feet. If negative (below sea level), must have no suffix, and the value is interpreted in metres. | |
SITENAME |
Required. The name of your site (A-Z, a-z, - , _ ) |
|
TZ |
Optional. Your local timezone | GMT |
REDUCE_INTERVAL |
Optional. How often beastreduce data is transmitted to ADSBExchange. For low bandwidth feeds, this can be increased to 5 or even 10
|
0.5 |
PRIVATE_MLAT |
Optional. Setting this to true will prevent feeder being shown on the ADS-B Exchange Feeder Map | false |
MLAT_INPUT_TYPE |
Optional. Sets the input receiver type. Run docker run --rm -it --entrypoint mlat-client ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-adsbexchange:latest --help and see --input-type for valid values. |
dump1090 |
STATS_DISABLE |
Optional. Set to any value to disable stats module / anywhere map (if you don't like lots of DNS lookups, set this to 1) | unset |
ADSB_FEED_DESTINATION_HOSTNAME |
Optional. Allows changing the hostname that ADS-B data is fed to. | feed.adsbexchange.com |
ADSB_FEED_DESTINATION_PORT |
Optional. Allows changing the TCP port that ADS-B data is fed to. | 30005 |
ADSB_FEED_DESTINATION_TYPE |
Optional. Allows changing the readsb output data type. |
beast_reduce_out |
MLAT_FEED_DESTINATION_HOSTNAME |
Optional. Allows changing the MLAT server hostname. | feed.adsbexchange.com |
MLAT_FEED_DESTINATION_PORT |
Optional. Allows changing the MLAT server TCP port. | 31090 |
Port | Purpose |
---|---|
30105 |
MLAT data in Beast format for tools such as graphs1090 and/or tar1090
|
docker logs [-f] container
.Please feel free to open an issue on the project's GitHub.
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