sdr-enthusiasts/docker-opensky-network

Docker container running OpenSky Network's's opensky-feeder. Designed to work in tandem with sdr-enthusiasts/docker-readsb-protobuf. Builds and runs on x86_64, arm64, arm32v7 and 386.

opensky-feeder pulls ModeS/BEAST information from a host or container providing ModeS/BEAST data, and sends data to OpenSky.

For more information on what opensky-feeder is, see here: https://opensky-network.org/community/projects/30-dump1090-feeder.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfiles

• latest (master branch, Dockerfile)
• 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.
• Version and architecture specific tags available

Obtaining an OpenSky Network Feeder Serial Number

First-time users should obtain a feeder serial number.

Firstly, make sure you have registered for an account on the OpenSky Network website, and have your username on-hand.

In order to obtain a feeder serial number, we will start a temporary container running opensky-feeder, which will connect to OpenSky Network and be issued a serial number. The container will automatically be stopped and cleaned up after 60 seconds.

To do this, run the command:

timeout 60s docker run \
    --rm \
    -it \
    -e LAT=YOURLATITUDE \
    -e LONG=YOURLONGITUDE \
    -e ALT=YOURALTITUDE \
    -e BEASTHOST=YOURBEASTHOST \
    -e OPENSKY_USERNAME=YOUROPENSKYUSERNAME \
    ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-opensky-network:latest

Be sure to change the following:

• Replace YOURLATITUDE with the latitude of your antenna (xx.xxxxx)
• Replace YOURLONGITUDE with the longitude of your antenna (xx.xxxxx)
• Replace YOURALTITUDE with the altitude above sea level of your antenna in metres
• Replace YOURBEASTHOST with the IP or hostname of your Beast provider (readsb/dump1090)
• Replace YOUROPENSKYUSERNAME with your OpenSky Network username

Once the container has started, you should see a message such as:

[s6-init] making user provided files available at /var/run/s6/etc...exited 0.
[s6-init] ensuring user provided files have correct perms...exited 0.
[fix-attrs.d] applying ownership & permissions fixes...
[fix-attrs.d] done.
[cont-init.d] executing container initialization scripts...
[cont-init.d] 01-opensky-network: executing...

WARNING: OPENSKY_SERIAL environment variable was not set!
Please make sure you note down the serial generated.
Pass the key as environment var OPENSKY_SERIAL on next launch!

[cont-init.d] 01-opensky-network: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] done.
[services.d] starting services
[services.d] done.
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize STAT
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize POS
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize DEVTYPE
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize NET
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize TB
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize SERIAL
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize BUF
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize RELAY
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize RC
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize FILTER
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Initialize RECV
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start STAT
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start POS
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start DEVTYPE
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start NET
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start TB
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start SERIAL
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start RELAY
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start RC
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start FILTER
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [COMP] Start RECV
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [INPUT] Trying to connect to '10.0.0.1': [10.0.0.1]:30005
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [INPUT] connected to '10.0.0.1'
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [NET] Trying to connect to 'collector.opensky-network.org': [194.209.200.6]:10004
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [NET] connected to 'collector.opensky-network.org'
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [LOGIN] Sending Device ID 5, Version 2.1.7
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [SERIAL] Requesting new serial number
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [SERIAL] Got a new serial number: -1408234269
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [LOGIN] Sending Serial Number -1408234269
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [GPS] Sending position -33.3333°, +111.1111°, +100.8m
[opensky-feeder] [INFO] [LOGIN] Sending Username 'johnnytightlips'
[cont-finish.d] executing container finish scripts...
[cont-finish.d] done.
[s6-finish] waiting for services.
[s6-finish] sending all processes the TERM signal.
[s6-finish] sending all processes the KILL signal and exiting.

As you can see from the output above, we've been allocated a serial number of -1408234269.

Failure to specify the OPENSKY_SERIAL environment variable will cause a new feeder serial to be created every time the container is started. Please do the right thing and set OPENSKY_SERIAL!

Up-and-Running with docker run

docker run \
 -d \
 --rm \
 --name opensky \
 --network=ADSBNET \
 -e TZ="YOURTIMEZONE" \
 -e BEASTHOST=YOURBEASTHOST \
 -e LAT=YOURLATITUDE \
 -e LONG=YOURLONGITUDE \
 -e ALT=YOURALTITUDE \
 -e OPENSKY_USERNAME=YOUROPENSKYUSERNAME \
 -e OPENSKY_SERIAL=YOUROPENSKYSERIAL \
 ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-opensky-network:latest

Be sure to change the following:

• Replace YOURLATITUDE with the latitude of your antenna (xx.xxxxx)
• Replace YOURLONGITUDE with the longitude of your antenna (xx.xxxxx)
• Replace YOURALTITUDE with the altitude above sea level of your antenna in metres
• Replace YOURBEASTHOST with the IP or hostname of your Beast provider (readsb/dump1090)
• Replace YOUROPENSKYUSERNAME with your OpenSky Network username
• Replace YOUROPENSKYSERIAL with your OpenSky feeder serial
• Replace ADSBNET with the name of your docker network containing your BEASTHOST.

For example:

docker run \
 -d \
 --rm \
 --name opensky \
 --network=adsbnet \
 -e TZ="Australia/Perth" \
 -e BEASTHOST=10.0.0.1 \
 -e LAT=-33.33333 \
 -e LONG=111.11111 \
 -e ALT=100.8 \
 -e OPENSKY_USERNAME=johnnytightlips \
 -e OPENSKY_SERIAL=-1408234269 \
 ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-opensky-network:latest

Please note, the altitude figure is given in metres and no units should be specified.

Up-and-Running with Docker Compose

version: "2.0"

services:
  opensky:
    image: ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-opensky-network:latest
    tty: true
    container_name: opensky
    restart: always
    environment:
      - TZ=Australia/Perth
      - BEASTHOST=readsb
      - LAT=-33.33333
      - LONG=111.11111
      - ALT=100.8
      - OPENSKY_USERNAME=johnnytightlips
      - OPENSKY_SERIAL=-1408234269
    networks:
      - adsbnet

Runtime Environment Variables

There are a series of available environment variables:

Environment Variable	Purpose	Default
BEASTHOST	Required. IP/Hostname of a Mode-S/BEAST provider (dump1090/readsb)
BEASTPORT	Optional. TCP port number of Mode-S/BEAST provider (dump1090/readsy)	30005
OPENSKY_USERNAME	Required. OpenSky Network Username
OPENSKY_SERIAL	Optional. OpenSky Feeder Serial	Automatically generated
LAT	Required. Latitude of the antenna
LONG	Required. Longitude of the antenna
ALT	Required. Altitude in metres
TZ	Optional. Your local timezone	GMT

Ports

No ports need to be mapped into this container.

Logging

• All processes are logged to the container's stdout, and can be viewed with docker logs [-f] container.

Getting Help

You can log an issue on the project's GitHub.

I also have a Discord channel, feel free to join and converse.