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HopGlass Server

The HopGlass Server collects data from Freifunk networks and processes it to be used in HopGlass, for statistics and other purposes.

How to use

Installation

  1. Install a recent version of NodeJS. It is recommended to use your distribution's package manager: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/

  2. Clone the hopglass-server repository to /opt/hopglass/server

    mkdir -p /opt/hopglass
    git clone https://github.com/hopglass/hopglass-server /opt/hopglass/server
    
  3. Install NPM dependencies with yarn

    cd /opt/hopglass/server
    yarn install
    
  4. Copy the systemd service file to /etc/systemd/system, or create an init-script if your distribution does not support systemd.

    cp /opt/hopglass/server/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/
    systemctl daemon-reload
    
  5. Start the HopGlass Server: # systemctl start hopglass-server@default

    systemctl start hopglass-server@default
    
  6. (Optional) Automatically start the HopGlass Server at boot:

    systemctl enable hopglass-server@default
    

After installation

Optionally create a configuration file in /etc/hopglass-server/default/config.json, and an aliases file in /var/lib/hopglass-server/default/aliases.json. Ensure, that the ports, you configured are open in your firewall (default port 1001 UDP and 45123 UDP).

You might want to

  • Install a webserver (search for Nginx or Apache) and configure a reverse proxy and gzip-compression
  • Install HopGlass
  • Install Prometheus and Grafana

Update

Warning: The HopGlass Server is subject to major changes. Updates may require manual intervention.

For a start, you can try this:

  1. pull

    cd /opt/hopglass/server
    git pull
    
  2. Copy the new systemd service file to /etc/systemd/system or /lib/systemd/system/ and reload with:

    cp /opt/hopglass/server/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/
    systemctl daemon-reload
    
  3. check for possible needed changes in the config.json

    diff config.json config.json.example
    
  4. rebuild the server:

    cd /opt/hopglass/server
    yarn install
    
  5. restart the service

    systemctl restart hopglass-server@default
    

Note: The default paths for configuration and state files might have changed. Make sure your config.json, raw.json and aliases.json are located in /etc/hopglass-server/default/config.json, /var/lib/hopglass-server/default/aliases.json and /var/lib/hopglass-server/default/raw.json respectively.

Possible webserver queries

Query Location Description
/nodes.json HopGlass nodes.json v2
/graph.json HopGlass graph.json v1
/mv/nodes.json Meshviewer nodes.json v2
/mv/graph.json Meshviewer graph.json v1
/mv1/nodes.json Meshviewer nodes.json v1
/mv1/graph.json Meshviewer graph.json v1
/raw.json Raw data collected, same as the raw.json save file
/nodelist.json nodelist.json format (github.com/ffansbach/nodelist)
/hosts hosts file to be placed in /etc/hosts
/metrics Prometheus metrics
/wifi-aliases.txt Aliases file for Wifi Analyzer app
/WifiAnalyzer_Alias.txt Aliases file for Wifi Analyzer app
/ffapi.json Freifunk API file
/nodes.zone Named DNS zone file

Metrics values

per node (all with the labels hostname, and nodeid):

  • statistics.clients.total
  • statistics.uptime
  • statistics.traffic
  • statistics.loadavg
  • statistics.memory_usage

total values:

  • meshnodes_total
  • meshnodes_online_total
  • total_clients
  • total_traffic

Filter / Query's

Syntax

  • [nodes|nodelist].json?filter=[filterName]&value=[filterValue]

Filternames

  • site
  • firmware_release
  • firstseen
  • lastseen
  • uptime
  • clients
  • nodeid

Development timeline

oldmaster (outdated)

v0.1.0 (outdated)

  • fully modular conversion system
  • many bugfixes
  • meshviewer provider
  • ffapi provider
  • label-based traffic metrics

v0.1.1 (outdated)

  • bugfix release

v0.1.2 (outdated)

  • many bugfixes (many contributors)
  • additional input checks (Joshua1337, eberhab)
  • provider/hopglass: resolve gateways to nodeids (mar-v-in)
  • provider/hopglass: nexthop key (eberhab)
  • new provider: dns zone output (eberhab)
  • probably more I forgot

v0.1.3 (outdated)

  • fix the install script

v1.0.0 (current)

  • various bugfixes (many contributors)
  • remove obsolete installation scripts
  • rewrite systemd service file to use DynamicUser and StateDirectory options
  • new provider: meshviewers nodes.json v1 (rotanid)
  • allow hjson for aliases and config
  • receiver/announced: offset queries for different data typesnodeinfo/statistics
  • receiver/announced: Ensure multicast interface is set (tobleminer)
  • add Nix derivation and flake
  • Recommended NodeJS version: 12+
  • provider/prometheus: only add gateway label to online metric

v2.0.0 (next)

  • provide a graph-generation implementation for all providers
  • graph caching
  • handle gateway flag correctly without aliases
  • alfred receiver
  • new HopGlass data format
  • network-transparent receivers

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