[Commotion-dev] Commotion-OpenBTS-Serval live image

[Dan Staples]

Well I can just give you the summary of what I did:

 1. Do a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a laptop (32-bit for
    better hardware compatibility).
 2. Enable main/restricted/universe/multiverse repositories
 3. apt-get update/dist-upgrade and then install dependencies: autoconf
    libtool libosip2-dev libortp-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev g++ sqlite3
    libsqlite3-dev erlang libreadline6-dev libboost-all-dev subversion
    git libxml2-dev
 4. Download source code into home directory:
     1. svn checkout http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/branches/1.8
        asterisk-1.8
     2. svn co http://wush.net/svn/range/software/public openbts (or
        whatever version you like)
     3. git clone git://github.com/servalproject/serval-dna.git
     4. git clone git://github.com/servalproject/app_servaldna.git
     5. wget http://www.olsr.org/releases/0.6/olsrd-0.6.4.tar.bz2
 5. build and install OLSRd (including nameservice, jsoninfo, txtinfo
    plugins in lib/ directory); configure /etc/olsrd.conf as needed (I
    used Commotion-specific settings)
 6. build and install asterisk
 7. build serval-dna
 8. build and configure app_servaldna (following steps here:
    https://github.com/servalproject/serval-dna/blob/master/doc/OpenBts-setup.md)
 9. add the following to /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf:

        [phones]
        include => openbts

10. build, install, and configure OpenBTS
11. create /etc/rc.local script to start and configure everything on
    boot
    (https://code.commotionwireless.net/projects/commotion-openbts/repository/revisions/liveboot/entry/liveboot/rc.local)
12. rm ~/.bash_history and any other unnecessary customizations ;)
13. install remastersys and create a backup (do not use the "distro" option)
14. create bootable USB with the resulting .iso
15. profit

That's the process I used. Let me know if there are any other details
that would be helpful!

Dan


On 12/12/2012 03:07 PM, Alexander Chemeris wrote:
> Thanks! How much time would it take to write up? We'd love to get our
> own images before we departure to 29c3.
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Dan Staples
> <danstaples at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>> Yup, putting the image in a git repo turned out to be a bad idea and
>> made things break. I'll upload it elsewhere and send out the link so you
>> can download it.
>>
>> I would be glad to share the process I used to create it. I'll write it
>> up and send it out to the list as well.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On 12/12/2012 02:25 PM, Alexander Chemeris wrote:
>>> Hi Dan,
>>>
>>> Creating a live image with OpenBTS is something we long wanted to do
>>> for our version of OpenBTS. Could you please share the process you
>>> used? We'd love to repeat it here.
>>>
>>> PS Seems that git web interface you're using is buggy. Looking at the
>>> liveboot branch I don't see the ISO directory there, though it shows
>>> commit log fine:
>>> https://code.commotionwireless.net/projects/commotion-openbts/repository/show?rev=liveboot
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:17 PM, Dan Staples
>>> <danstaples at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>>>> I just put a customized Ubuntu live image into the Commotion-OpenBTS git
>>>> repo that includes OpenBTS, OLSRd, and Servald. The current image was
>>>> built for the RAD1 transceiver board, but I will add another version
>>>> later on built for the USRP. The image can be found in the ISO directory
>>>> of the liveboot branch of the repo.
>>>>
>>>> All the components start on boot, and it assigns itself a Serval name
>>>> and DID based on the MAC address of the computer's first ethernet
>>>> interface. So theoretically if it's booted up with a transceiver plugged
>>>> in, it should be able to field any OpenBTS and Serval traffic on a
>>>> Commotion mesh network.
>>>>
>>>> That said, the RAD1 transceiver software currently doesn't work, so
>>>> testing is a bit difficult. If anyone has a USRP or another transceiver
>>>> they'd like to test it on, please do!
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
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>>>> Open Technology Institute
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Dan Staples
Open Technology Institute

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