adsb.lol is an open-source, community-driven ADS-B / UAT / MLAT feed aggregator.

We are always looking for new contributors. Our code is open source and we welcome pull requests (See todo)

This includes the infrastructure, API and history services.

The adsb.lol feed client is a toolkit that allows you to install, run and maintain a ADS-B / UAT / MLAT / ACARS / VDL2 feed client.

It is built with ease of use in mind. It is designed to be run on a Raspberry Pi, but can be run on any Linux Debian-like system.

Run this as root on a fresh install of Raspberry Pi OS Lite or similar

bash <(curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adsblol/feed/main/bin/adsblol-init)
cd /opt/adsblol/
cp .env.example .env

Then, set the environment variables.

You can either edit the .env file, or run adsblol-env set <key> <value>

# Altitude in meters
adsblol-env set FEEDER_ALT_M 542
# Latitude
adsblol-env set FEEDER_LAT 98.76543
# Longitude
adsblol-env set FEEDER_LONG 12.34567
# Timezone (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones)
adsblol-env set FEEDER_TZ America/New_York
# SDR Serial Number
adsblol-env set ADSB_DONGLE_SERIAL 1090
# Site name
adsblol-env set MLAT_SITE_NAME "My epic site"
# Would you like to appear on map.adsb.lol? Then set this:
adsblol-env unset ADSBLOL_MLAT_CONFIG

These are the minimum environment variables you need to set.

Then, run:

adsblol-debug && adsblol-up

Let's check if everything is working:

• http:https://IP:8080 (readsb)
• http:https://IP:8082 (adsblol)
• https://adsb.lol (ADSB)
• https://map.adsb.lol (MLAT)

By default, the client will feed to adsb.lol.

To see the current list of supported aggregators, see the services.txt file.

The adsblol service supports feeding to multiple aggregators.

If you have an issue with the feed client, please paste.ee your error logs join our chat on matrix or discord.

The adsblol service can feed to other aggregators.

In this example, we feed adsb.one and theairtraffic.com, two community aggregators we actively work with to share data.

NOTE: This is using --privacy, which excludes you from adsb.lol map, and should exclude you from other aggregators maps too.

adsblol-env set ADSBLOL_ADDITIONAL_NET_CONNECTOR "feed.adsb.one,64004,beast_reduce_out;feed.theairtraffic.com,30004,beast_reduce_out"
adsblol-env set ADSBLOL_ADDITIONAL_MLAT_CONFIG "feed.adsb.one,64006,39001,--privacy;feed.theairtraffic.com,31090,39002,--privacy"
adsblol-env set MLATHUB_NET_CONNECTOR "adsblol,39000,beast_in;adsblol,39001,beast_in;adsblol,39002,beast_in"

If you would like to disable privacy mode, instead, use:

adsblol-env set ADSBLOL_ADDITIONAL_NET_CONNECTOR "feed.adsb.one,64004,beast_reduce_out;feed.theairtraffic.com,30004,beast_reduce_out"
adsblol-env set ADSBLOL_ADDITIONAL_MLAT_CONFIG "feed.adsb.one,64006,39001;feed.theairtraffic.com,31090,39002"
adsblol-env set MLATHUB_NET_CONNECTOR "adsblol,39000,beast_in;adsblol,39001,beast_in;adsblol,39002,beast_in"

adsblol-up

You can now check adsb.one and theairtraffic.com to see if your feed is working.

To enable a service, run adsblol-service enable <service> To disable a service, run adsblol-service disable <service> This is a helper command that will edit the services.txt file, and run adsblol-gen to generate a new cmdline.txt.

You may have to define further environment variables in the .env file.

Then, run adsblol-gen to generate a new cmdline.txt.

The cmdline.txt is used by the adsblol binaries to know what services to start.

Once you have done this, run adsblol-up to start the containers.

To update, run adsblol-update

Running adsblol-debug will tell you about common mistakes.

adsb.lol enables the --privacy flag for your MLAT client by default. This hides you from the MLAT map.

Do you want to appear on the map? Then run:

adsblol-env unset ADSBLOL_MLAT_CONFIG && adsblol-up

• adsblol-logs - view logs
• adsblol-logs -f - view logs and follow

• adsblol-service enable <service> - enable a service
• adsblol-service disable <service> - disable a service
• adsblol-service list - list all enabled services

• adsblol-env list - list all environment variables
• adsblol-env set <key> - set an environment variable (also updates if it already exists)
• adsblol-env unset <key> - unset an environment variable

• adsblol-sdr test - Runs rtl_test
• adsblol-sdr dockertest - Runs rtl_test in a docker container
• adsblol-sdr dockerppm - Runs rtl_test in a docker container with the intent to estimate the PPM

• adsblol-reset - reset the /opt/adsblol directory