respondd Status for Servers

A gluon compatible status script for respondd in python.

Dependencies

• lsb_release
• ethtool
• python3.3
• python3-netifaces
• batman-adv

Setup

Debian-Dependencies

apt-get install python3-netifaces ethtool lsb-release

config.json

Startparameter for ext-respondd. Copy config.json.example to config.json and change it to match your server configuration. (cp config.json.example config.json)

• batman (string) (Optional: default bat0)
• bridge (string) (Optional: default br-client)
• mesh-wlan (array of string) (Optional: Ad-Hoc batman-Mesh)
• mesh-vpn (array of string) (Optional: fastd, GRE, L2TP batman-Mesh)
• fastd_socket (string) (Optional: needed for uplink-flag)
• rate_limit (integer) (Optional: limit incoming requests per minutes)
• rate_limit_burst (integer) (Optional: allow burst requests)
• nodeinfo (array) (Optional: overwrite the returned server data) The JSON content matches one block of the nodes.json, which is outputted by e.g. the HopGlass-Server.

ext-respondd.service

Register ext-respondd as a systemd service

cp ext-respondd.service.example /lib/systemd/system/ext-respondd.service
! modify the path inside of the ext-respondd.service !
systemctl enable ext-respondd
systemctl start ext-respondd

Related projects

Collecting data from respondd:

• yanic written in Go
• HopGlass Server written in Node.js

Respondd for servers:

• ffho-respondd from Freifunk Hochstift (fork of ext-respondd)
• ffnord-alfred-announce from FreiFunkNord
• py-respondd