Ansible Build Tool for Sensor Stations

Requirements

This code can be run on a host Linux/Mac machine that has access to the target client machine. It can simultaneously run build scripts on any list of IP addresses in the inventory file. A Raspberry Pi works well for building on any set of machines on the network.

Ansible Documentation

Host Machine

sudo apt install python-pip

sudo pip install -g ansible

Configure Inventory File

The ansible playbook can be run against any inventory file. For example: inventories/compute

Edit this file and replace the IP address with the IP address of the target machine. (Repeat a line for each target machine.)

Run the script on the host machine

ansible-playbook -i inventories/compute compute_playbook.yml

CTT Sensor Station System Files

/etc/ctt/ctt.conf

• Configuration profile for radio mapping, recording data to disk, and LED blink frequency. https://github.com/cellular-tracking-technologies/station-radio-interface/blob/v2/src/server/default-config.js

/etc/ctt/station-id

• Contents should only be the ID of the station

/etc/ctt/station-image

• Contents should only be a string indicating the station version

/etc/ctt/modem/*

• Modem udev rules

/etc/ppp/peers/gprs

• Modem ppp config file

/etc/chatscripts/*

• Modem chatscript files