/ansible-chartplotter

Ansible to setup a chartplotter

Primary LanguageMakefile

Chart plotter provisioning

This Ansible playbook builds out a general Navigation chart plotter system on a target Arch Linux host.

Pre-requisites

  • A general minimal Arch Linux install target device, preferably a tablet or laptop with on-board GPS
  • A root user, you will normally be required to create a root user during the original install

Tools and systems provisioned by this playbook

gpsd

Managing any local GPS’s for plotting and potentially NTP time syncing use. For time syncing a GPS supporting PPS is needed.

ntpd

Time server potentially wired to GPS if GPS supports PPS

Usage

Add any new target hosts to the inventory. Use make to select a host or hosts from the inventory and provision it:

make deploy LIMIT=stolen