TAK Server Setup

How to install a TAK server on your machine

Requirements

Have the following on your device:

• Debian-based operating system such as Debian or Ubuntu

  • Virtual machine will also work

• Docker with compose

  • Test if you have docker successfully installed with docker run hello-world

• 4 GB of memory

• Network connection

• unzip and netstat utilities

  • install with

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install net-tools unzip zip

Installation

1. Clone this repo https://github.com/Cloud-RF/tak-server

   git clone https://github.com/Cloud-RF/tak-server.git

2. Download this file and put it in the same directory as the cloned repo, tak-server

3. Navigate to the tak-server directory and run ./setup.sh

4. When prompted for a network interface select the option starting with ens or enp to expose the machine's physical network.

Successful Installation

Upon successful installation you will see something like this:

Import the admin.p12 certificate from this folder to your browser as per the README.md file
Login at https://10.0.0.6:8443 with your admin account. No need to run the /setup step as this has been done.
Certificates and *CERT DATA PACKAGES* are in tak/certs/files 

Setup script sponsored by CloudRF.com - "The API for RF"

---------PASSWORDS----------------

Admin user name: admin
Admin password: <Your password here>
Postgresql password: <Your password here>

---------PASSWORDS----------------

MAKE A NOTE OF YOUR PASSWORDS. THEY WON'T BE SHOWN AGAIN.
Docker containers should automatically start with the docker service from now on.

Make sure to save your passwords somewhere safe.

Web UI Access

See the section "Web UI Access" at this link. https://github.com/Cloud-RF/tak-server

RTSP Video Stream

Adding a stream

After following the instructions to run the TAK server and access the Web Interface in "Web UI Access", navigate to https://localhost:8443 . You should reach the following screen.

Click the menu in the top-right corner, and then select Data --> Video Feed Manager

Click add and then enter your video stream parameters.

Viewing stream

Go the main dashboard at https://localhost::8443 and navigate to Menu --> Situation Awareness --> WebTAK

You should find a page like the picture below. Navigate to the "+" sign in the top-left corner and then click video.

You can then filter for the type of video stream. In the image below, I selected RTSP and can see a RTSP video stream from my phone called "test," which was previously added from the video feed manager. This stream can be opened in VLC or any compatible media player.