basestation3

Automated basestation3 install/update scripts

NOTE These scripts are highly experimental and not yet considered appropriate for general use.

install_basestation.sh and update_basestation.sh automate the steps described in the main Readme.md’s “Installation for a realtime basestation” section - system packages, the gliders group, the PAM login edit, the /usr/local/basestation3 checkout, the uv venv setup, and the login/logout scripts. Chromium/Playwright are dev/CI-only concerns (the ci extras group in pyproject.toml, used by the test suite’s browser-click test) and are never installed on a production host.

install_basestation.sh

Fresh install, from system packages through login/logout scripts:

sudo install/install_basestation.sh --pilot-user <user>

update_basestation.sh

Updates an existing install (git pull the source, re-sync the uv venv, refresh the login/logout scripts if they haven’t been hand-edited), without repeating the one-time group/PAM/package steps:

sudo install/update_basestation.sh --pilot-user <user>

What these scripts do not cover

• chroot jail setup (see Jail ReadMe.md)
• Basestation2 coexistence
• the optional rawxfer/Sensors extension builds
• the external repos (seaglider_lrzsz, rudicsd)
• modem/mgetty setup
• commissioning a glider account (Commission.py, still run manually - see Commissioning a new glider)

Those remain manual, advanced steps documented in the main Readme.md. The manual walkthrough there is also the reference for what these scripts do under the hood, useful if a script fails partway through.

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