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mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

After Google Latitude shut down, I went with OwnTracks logging into the light-weight php-owntracks-recorder.

I’ve since migrated that to Traccar (normally used for car fleet management) on server-side and am still using OwnTracks to push the location updates from my iPhone.

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powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
OwnTracks setup was a bit confusing to me and I never got it working. traccar looks pretty nice though, I’ll check it out!

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- mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I’m using OwnTracks in HTTP mode as I couldn’t be bothered with MQTT. For that, you only need the HTTP(S) endpoint/URL to log to, optionally user credentials and then it’s a “TrackerID”, “UserID” and “DeviceID” so the receiving server knows who’s talking.
  
  Side note: Traccar uses different ports to receive different protocols. For OwnTracks protocol, the correct port is 5144.
  
  My OwnTracks configuration is basically like this:
  
  TrackerID: 1
  
  DeviceID: Phone
  
  UserID: mb
  
  URL: mytraccarserver.com:5144 (the port itself is HTTP-only IIRC, but I’ve mapped Traefik Proxy in front of it which handles HTTPS)
  
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  - powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I tried both MQTT and just the plain HTTP variant, and I couldn’t get either to work. I’ve fully settled on the latter you mentioned, Traccar. it’s pretty much what I’ve wanted: self-hosted, easy to set up, beautiful web interface. Thanks for the suggestions!
    
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