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This makes it easily possible to continue using the legacy ffmap-d3 front end with the new backend while migrating.
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# Data for Freifunk Map, Graph and Node List
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[](https://travis-ci.org/ffnord/ffmap-backend)
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ffmap-backend gathers information on the batman network by invoking :
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* batctl (might require root),
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* alfred-json and
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* batadv-vis
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The output will be written to a directory (`-d output`).
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Run `backend.py --help` for a quick overview of all available options.
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For the script's regular execution add the following to the crontab:
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<pre>
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* * * * * backend.py -d /path/to/output -a /path/to/aliases.json --vpn ae:7f:58:7d:6c:2a d2:d0:93:63:f7:da
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</pre>
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# Dependencies
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- Python 3
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- Python 3 Package [Networkx](https://networkx.github.io/)
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- [alfred-json](https://github.com/tcatm/alfred-json)
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- rrdtool (if run with `--with-rrd`)
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# Running as unprivileged user
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Some information collected by ffmap-backend requires access to specific system resources.
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Make sure the user you are running this under is part of the group that owns the alfred socket, so
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alfred-json can access the alfred daemon.
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# ls -al /var/run/alfred.sock
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srw-rw---- 1 root alfred 0 Mar 19 22:00 /var/run/alfred.sock=
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# adduser map alfred
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Adding user `map' to group `alfred' ...
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Adding user map to group alfred
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Done.
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$ groups
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map alfred
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Running batctl requires passwordless sudo access, because it needs to access the debugfs to retrive
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the gateway list.
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# echo 'map ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/batctl' | tee /etc/sudoers.d/map
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map ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/batctl
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# chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/map
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That should be everything. The script automatically detects if it is run in unprivileged mode and
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will prefix `sudo` where necessary.
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# Data format
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## nodes.json
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{ 'nodes': {
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node_id: { 'flags': { flags },
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'firstseen': isoformat,
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'lastseen': isoformat,
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'nodeinfo': {...}, # copied from alfred type 158
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'statistics': {
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'uptime': double, # seconds
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'memory_usage': double, # 0..1
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'clients': double,
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'rootfs_usage': double, # 0..1
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'loadavg': double,
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'gateway': mac
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}
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},
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...
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}
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'timestamp': isoformat
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}
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### flags (bool)
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- online
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- gateway
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## Old data format
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If you want to still use the old [ffmap-d3](https://github.com/ffnord/ffmap-d3)
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front end, you can use the file `ffmap-d3.jq` to convert the new output to the
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old one:
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```
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jq -n -f ffmap-d3.jq \
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--argfile nodes nodedb/nodes.json \
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--argfile graph nodedb/graph.json \
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> nodedb/ffmap-d3.json
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```
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Then point your ffmap-d3 instance to the `ffmap-d3.json` file.
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# Removing owner information
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If you'd like to redact information about the node owner from `nodes.json`,
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you may use a filter like [jq]. In this case, specify an output directory
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different from your webserver directory, e.g.:
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./backend.py -d /ffmap-data
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Don't write to files generated in there. ffmap-backend uses them as its
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database.
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After running ffmap-backend, copy `graph.json` to your webserver. Then,
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filter `nodes.json` using `jq` like this:
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jq '.nodes = (.nodes | with_entries(del(.value.nodeinfo.owner)))' \
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< /ffmap-data/nodes.json > /var/www/data/nodes.json
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This will remove owner information from nodes.json before copying the data
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to your webserver.
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[jq]: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
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