Update – Added some fixes and the like, the new iso can be found in the downloads section or just below.

*All passwords are set to ‘slighPCs‘ by default.

 

OpenGTSlive-0.0.1
11-16-2011

• added CentOS-6 abrt fix (bug ID 4993 ^[1])
• added htop ^[2](commandline process viewer)
• added mytop ^[3](commandline MySQL process viewer configured to watch the ‘gts’ DB)
• added epel repo (for possible future dependency issues)
• added ‘boot to install’ methods
• removed extra OpenGTS files (files left under LIVE_ROOT)
• removed 10 second timed login
• re-added 10 second timed login (due to missing Language and Keyboard selection option)

 

OpenGTSlive-0.0.2
11-27-2011

• added fonts to display all languages properly
• added OpenGTS Language Selection menu
• fixed mytop for installed systems
• reconfigured auto-login timer to 3 minutes (more time for Language/Keyboard selection at login)
• symlinked OpenGTS logs to /var/log

 

  OpenGTSlive-0.0.3.iso ^[4] (699.0 MiB, 483 hits)

12-22-2011

• updated CentOS to 6.1 Final
• updated OpenGTS to v2.3.9
• reconfigured OpenGTS to run under the user ‘gts’
• hard drive install; add Firstboot user to sudoers by default
• hard drive install; disable screensaver lock by default
• added a very simple configuration GUI (via yad)

 

We have also added an update script (opengts_0.0.2_update.sh) in the Downloads section to update any previous LiveCD install…

*Apparently the mytop config file didn’t make it’s way over properly. To fix this issue, you can either copy the contents of gtsmytop.txt ^[5] to the file ~/.mytop (the file will have to be created) or just run the following from a terminal (‘Applications’ > ‘System Tools’ > ‘Terminal’):

wget -O ~/.mytop http://www.nwitechsupport.com/download/69/

wget -O ~/update002.sh http://www.nwitechsupport.com/download/opengts/opengts_0.0.2_update.sh

su (enter your password)

sh update002.sh

 

This is somewhat of  follow-up for the OpenGTS script recently posted, but I figured it deserved it’s own post due to the information I wanted to provide.

You can download the CentOS 6 OpenGTS LiveCD from the downloads section, or just click here ^[6]. We have aptly named this distro ‘OpenGTS Live’.

What is OpenGTS Live?

OpenGTS Live is a LiveCD running CentOS 6.0 Final with all of the necessary components to successfully operate OpenGTS, as well as phpMyAdmin for low-level OpenGTS database manipulation. This includes native Tomcat6 (v6.0.24), OpenJDK (v1.6.0.0), MySQL-server (v5.1.52), Apache2 (v2.2.15), and phpMyAdmin (v3.4.7) installed from the epel repo, as well as OpenGTS (v2.3.8). Ant (v1.7.1) is also installed to allow rebuilding of the webapps, in case you’d like to add your own custom edits.

The LiveCD is locked down via iptables (firewall) to only allow TCP port 8080 for tomcat (OpenGTS Web Interface), both TCP and UDP port 31000 for OpenDMTP communications (GPS data server transmissions), as well as TCP port 22 for shell access. Of course, to allow successfull communications between device(s) and server you’ll need to map all ports with the exception of ssh (port 22) from your router/firewall to the OpenGTS server.

Here is a run through:

1.) Download and burn the image to CD. While Windows 7 includes a native ISO burning utility, there are plenty of ISO to disk applications for all other flavors… you can refer to this ^[7] post if you are on one of those other various versions (Windows XP, Vista, etc…).

 

2.) Insert and boot from the CD (either use the Function command for the boot menu or change the boot sequence from within BIOS).

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3.) Login to the LiveCD (or wait 10 seconds to let the Auto Login take place).

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4.) You should now have the system loaded. On the desktop you’ll notice two important icons labeled ‘OpenGTS Web Interface’ as well as ‘phpMyAdmin’. You can also find both shortcuts under ‘Applications’ > ‘Internet’ (top left-hand corner).

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5.) Let’s start by double clicking the ‘OpenGTS Web Interface’ icon on the desktop. You’ll be prompted to login. The Account: is ‘admin’ and the Password: is ‘slighPCs’, leave the User: field blank. Click on ‘Administration’ > ‘Vehicle Admin’ and you’ll notice the user ‘test01′. This ID was specifically setup for the Android application ‘GPS2OpenGTS_free’ ^[14] for testing purposes.

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6.) Now we’ll take a look at ‘phpMyAdmin’. You can open the interface from the desktop icon or via ‘Applications’ > ‘Internet’ > ‘phpMyAdmin’. The Username: is ‘root’ and the Password: is ‘slighPCs’ (the same credentials for MySQL). The OpenGTS database was defaultly named ‘gts’.

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That about sums it up!

There will be a follow-up post to run through the install process as soon as time permits.

 

If anyone has any suggestions, questions, or comments please let us know!

 

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