| 1 | * Location Logging |
| 2 | This document was created by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval on |
| 3 | <2020-06-29 Mon 12:14> under a [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/][Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license]]. It |
| 4 | was updated by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval on <2020-06-29 Mon 18:39>. |
| 5 | ** Narrative |
| 6 | Ninfacyzga-01 records (logs) its position in time and space using a |
| 7 | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation_device][GPS receiver]]. The NMEA location data produced by the receiver is |
| 8 | converted into the more commonly used GPS data storage formats of GPX |
| 9 | and KML. All three types of data are then compressed and encrypted |
| 10 | against a set of public keys. The encrypted data is then written to |
| 11 | disk. Data produced by the receiver is segmented into 60-second chunks |
| 12 | before being processed and written to disk. |
| 13 | ** Description |
| 14 | *** Hardware |
| 15 | **** Raspberry Pi Zero W |
| 16 | See the [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/pi-zero-w/][OEM]] webpage for this product. |
| 17 | **** PiZ UpTime 2.0 |
| 18 | See the [[https://alchemy-power.com/piz-uptime-2-0/][OEM]] webpage for this product. |
| 19 | *** Software |
| 20 | ~bkgpslog~ : The bash script that performs the location data |
| 21 | collection and processing. Is an executable file contained within this |
| 22 | repository at ~exec/bkgpslog~. It should be copied to |
| 23 | ~$HOME/.local/bin~. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | ~gpsd~ : A background daemon app capable of interfacing with the |
| 26 | Ozzmaker BerryGPS-IMU's GPS submodule. Installed and initialized by |
| 27 | ~apt~. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | ~gpspipe~ : A command line app that polls ~gpsd~ and produces a stream |
| 30 | stdout consisting of GPS data lines in NMEA format. Installed via |
| 31 | ~apt~. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ~gpsbabel~ : A command line app that converts GPS data from one format |
| 34 | into another. ~bkgpslog~ uses it to convert NMEA data into GPX and |
| 35 | KML. Installed via ~apt~. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | ~gzip~ : A simple command line app that compresses stdin into a |
| 38 | smaller stdout stream. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ~age~ : A simple command line app that encrypts stdin against public |
| 41 | keys specified in its options. Produces encrypted stdout. Is an |
| 42 | executable file contained within this repository at ~exec/age~. It |
| 43 | should be copied to ~$HOME/.local/bin~. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | **** Narrative |
| 46 | ~bkgpslog~ populates a 60-second buffer with NMEA data from ~gpsd~ via |
| 47 | ~gpspipe~. This buffer is used by ~gpsbabel~ to produce GPX and KML |
| 48 | versions of the buffer. All 3 buffers are then comprssed with ~gzip~, |
| 49 | encrypted with ~age~, and then written to disk. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | *** Output |
| 52 | **** File Formats |
| 53 | ***** NMEA |
| 54 | See the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMEA_0183][Wikipedia page]] for this. |
| 55 | ***** GPX |
| 56 | See the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_Exchange_Format][Wikipedia page]] for this. [[http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/WGS84][WGS84]] is the datum used. |
| 57 | ***** KML |
| 58 | See the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language][Wikipedia page]] for this. [[http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/WGS84][WGS84]] is the datum used. |
| 59 | **** Encryption Method |
| 60 | Files produced by the bkgpslog script are encrypted against a set of |
| 61 | public keys using [[https://github.com/FiloSottile/age][~age~]], a simple command line encryption tool |
| 62 | selected over ~gpg~ because of ~age~'s deliberate lack of |
| 63 | configurability. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | The public keys are bech32 strings supplied as options to bkgpslog |
| 66 | when called. The secret key should *NOT* be stored in Ninfacyzga-01. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | If a key pair was generated using ~age-keygen~, then it is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve25519][~X25519~]] |
| 69 | key pair. See the [[https://age-encryption.org/v1][~age~ Version 1 specification]]. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | An ~ssh-rsa~ or ~ssh-ed25519~ SSH public key string may be used instead of |
| 72 | the bech32 public key string produced by ~age-keygen~ for convenience. |
| 73 | |
| 74 | Help information for ~age~ is available by running ~$ age --help~. |
| 75 | ***** Encryption |
| 76 | Files may be encrypted to several recipients using a command similar to: |
| 77 | #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE |
| 78 | timeout "60s" gpspipe -r | gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o gpx -F | age \ |
| 79 | -r age1kza7pfshy7xwygf9349zgmk7x53mquvedgw9r98qwyyqhssh830qqjzlsw \ |
| 80 | -r age1ce3pvzrqfcn2pc6zqzglc8ac8yjk3fzukpy08cesqjjwns53xywqmaq7xw \ |
| 81 | -r age1pu5usxm743sx7rf22985xv2f4s0luzv6r6yx4fa7p8c2zyvp9fvqus2xr5 \ |
| 82 | > location.gpx.age |
| 83 | #+END_EXAMPLE |
| 84 | |
| 85 | In this example, the strings beginning with ~age1...~ are |
| 86 | bech32-formatted public key strings. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ***** Decryption |
| 90 | Files may be decrypted using a command similar to: |
| 91 | |
| 92 | #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE |
| 93 | cat location.gpx.age | age -d -i key.txt > location.gpx |
| 94 | #+END_EXAMPLE |
| 95 | |
| 96 | The version of ~age~ used to perform the encryption |
| 97 | ** Operating Procedures |
| 98 | *** Initial Startup |
| 99 | See OEM (Ozzmaker) [[https://ozzmaker.com/berrygps-berrygps-imu-quick-start-guide/][quickstart guide for the BerryGPS-IMU]]. |
| 100 | |
| 101 | **** Physical Setup |
| 102 | |
| 103 | BerryGPS-IMU must be electrically connected to the correct pins on the |
| 104 | GPIO header of a Raspberry Pi Zero W. |
| 105 | |
| 106 | *Optional*: stack together with PiZ Uptime 2.0 module. No GPIO pins |
| 107 | conflict so a simple stacking and soldering with long header pins is |
| 108 | possible. |
| 109 | |
| 110 | **** Software Setup |
| 111 | |
| 112 | ***** Install Executables |
| 113 | |
| 114 | Install Raspbian 10 Buster onto an SD card image. See the Raspberry Pi |
| 115 | Foundation [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md][installation instructions]]. Configure WiFi to permit log |
| 116 | file transfer. Configure SSH to permit remote administration via the |
| 117 | command line interface. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | Make sure to install the ~unattended-upgrades~ package to make sure |
| 120 | the latest security patches for packages are installed. See [[https://linux-audit.com/using-unattended-upgrades-on-debian-and-ubuntu/][this page]] |
| 121 | for a description of how ~unattended-upgrades~ works. |
| 122 | |
| 123 | Install ~gpsd~, ~gpspipe~, ~git~, and this repository for location |
| 124 | logging capability. |
| 125 | |
| 126 | Install ~syncthing~ for log file transfer capability. |
| 127 | |
| 128 | Place ~age~ binary (the one compiled for ARM CPU architecture for |
| 129 | Linux) in ~$HOME/.local/bin~. |
| 130 | |
| 131 | ***** Automatic Start Configuration |
| 132 | |
| 133 | Edit the user cron job list with ~$ crontab -e~ to add the following |
| 134 | lines: |
| 135 | |
| 136 | #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE |
| 137 | 0 * * * * /bin/bash /path/to/bkgpslog --output $HOME/Sync/example_dir |
| 138 | |
| 139 | @reboot /bin/bash /path/to/bkgpslog --output $HOME/Sync/example_dir |
| 140 | #+END_EXAMPLE |
| 141 | |
| 142 | The first line will run ~bkgpslog~ at the start of every hour. |
| 143 | |
| 144 | The second line will run ~bkgpslog~ when the system starts up. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | ***** Log Transfer Configuration |
| 147 | Log files may be shared to other machines via ~syncthing~. See [[https://docs.syncthing.net/][this]] |
| 148 | manual for how to set up a shared folder and add Ninfacyzga-01 as a |
| 149 | device. Syncthing's directory synchronization capability allows a |
| 150 | remote machine to delete files from Ninfacyzga-01 by deleting from the |
| 151 | shared folder that they both share. |
| 152 | |
| 153 | When log files are removed from Ninfacyzga-01 is not within the scope |
| 154 | of this document. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | ***** Key Generation |
| 157 | An ~age~ encryption key may be generated like so: |
| 158 | #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE |
| 159 | $ umask # Gets current umask |
| 160 | 0022 # Note: This is the default umask for Raspbian 10 |
| 161 | $ umask 066 # Sets umask so key.txt will have no permissions except for owner (you) |
| 162 | $ umask # Confirm umask set to 066 |
| 163 | 0066 |
| 164 | $ age-keygen > key.txt |
| 165 | Public key: age1pu5usxm743sx7rf22985xv2f4s0luzv6r6yx4fa7p8c2zyvp9fvqus2xr5 |
| 166 | $ ls -al key.txt |
| 167 | -rw------- 1 baltakatei baltakatei 184 Jun 29 18:28 key.txt |
| 168 | $ umask 0022 # Return umask to default value |
| 169 | $ umask |
| 170 | 0022 |
| 171 | #+END_EXAMPLE |
| 172 | |
| 173 | The resulting public/private keypair data looks like: |
| 174 | #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE |
| 175 | $ cat key.txt |
| 176 | # created: 2020-06-29T18:01:56Z |
| 177 | # public key: age1pu5usxm743sx7rf22985xv2f4s0luzv6r6yx4fa7p8c2zyvp9fvqus2xr5 |
| 178 | AGE-SECRET-KEY-1NEUU5U2XGZGL9UYWNPU5DL99TGJJHFSN4F2E2WCCSDJJ6L5ZMLESNTVTU0 |
| 179 | #+END_EXAMPLE |
| 180 | |
| 181 | The file ~key.txt~ is not password-protected by default and should be |
| 182 | secured like an SSH public key should. The ~$ umask 066~ command run |
| 183 | before the ~$ age-keygen > key.txt~ command ensures ~key.txt~ will not |
| 184 | be readable, writeable, or executable to anyone except the owner |
| 185 | (you). |
| 186 | |
| 187 | *** Normal Startup |
| 188 | Turn on Ninfacyzga-01 by supplying 5VDC power to the Raspberry Pi. No |
| 189 | further interaction should be required. |
| 190 | *** Normal Operation |
| 191 | No interaction beyond continually supplying approximately 100mA of |
| 192 | 5VDC power and occasionally removing log files to conserve disk space |
| 193 | is required. |
| 194 | **** Log Transfer |
| 195 | Log files may be transferred by use of ~syncthing~ shared folders. |
| 196 | **** Automatic Updates |
| 197 | The ~automatic-upgrades~ package, if installed, should automatically |
| 198 | install security patches to packages installed via ~apt~. |
| 199 | *** Normal Shutdown |
| 200 | The system may be shutdown via SSH by running: |
| 201 | |
| 202 | : $ sudo shutdown -r 0 |
| 203 | |
| 204 | *** Unscheduled Shutdown |
| 205 | Ninfacyzga-01 as described and setup should tolerate unscheduled power |
| 206 | loss. Log files being written every 60 seconds means, at most, 60 |
| 207 | seconds worth of location data may be lost. |
| 208 | *** End of Life Disposal |
| 209 | LiPo batteries used by the PiZ Uptime 2.0 module should be disposed of |
| 210 | properly with their potential ignitability in mind, especially if they |
| 211 | are not fully discharged. |
| 212 | |
| 213 | Consult your local municipality for its "E-Waste Disposal" (or |
| 214 | equivalent) policy. Metals used in the Raspberry Pi and related |
| 215 | components may be recycled. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | Take extra precuation if lead solder was used in assembling the |
| 218 | electronics. Consumer electronics in early 21st century should use |
| 219 | lead-free solder. |
| 220 | |