Hauk
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Easy to setup location sharing platform that lets you temporarily share your location with anyone in real-time.
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Hauk is a fully open source, self-hosted location sharing service. Install the backend code on a PHP-compatible web server, install the companion app on your phone, and you're good to go!
memcached, memcache or redis extension installed on the web server.ldap extension if using LDAP authentication.git clone https://github.com/bilde2910/Hauk.gitsudo ./install.sh -c web_root where web_root is the folder you want
to install Hauk in, for example /var/www/html. Follow the instructions
given by the install script. Make sure to set a secure hashed password and
edit your site's domain in the configuration file after installation.If you prefer not to use the install script, you can instead choose to copy the files manually.
git clone https://github.com/bilde2910/Hauk.gitbackend-php and frontend folders to a common folder
in your web root, for example /var/www/html.include/config.php to your liking. Make sure to set a secure hashed
password and edit your site's domain in this file.The Hauk backend is available as packages for the following distributions:
Install hauk-server from
AUR. The backend will be installed to /usr/share/webapps/hauk-server.
The official Docker image on Docker Hub is bilde2910/hauk. It comes with several different tags:
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
latest |
Updated with each commit to this repository and always has the latest changes. |
stable-1.x |
The latest tagged release of version 1.x. |
X.Y.Z |
A specific release of the Hauk backend. Note that old versions are not supported and are provided for your convenience only. |
latest, stable-1.x and all releases from 1.5.2 and up are multi-arch and compiled for x86_64, armv7l and aarch64. 1.5.1 and older are x86_64 only. You can use any of these tags for all architectures, and Docker will automatically pick the correct one. If you need the image for a specific architecture, however, you can fetch them using *-amd64 (x86_64), *-arm32v7 (armv7l) or *-arm64v8 (aarch64) versions of any of the tags (e.g. latest-arm32v7).
docker-compose.yml
version: '3.4'
services:
hauk:
image: bilde2910/hauk
container_name: hauk
volumes:
- ./config/hauk:/etc/haukCopy the config.php file to the ./config/hauk directory and customize it. Leave the memcached connection details as-is; memcached is included in the Docker image.
The Docker container exposes port 80. For security reasons, you should use a reverse proxy in front of Hauk that can handle TLS termination, and only expose Hauk via HTTPS. If you expose Hauk directly on port 80, or via a reverse proxy on port 80, anyone between the clients and server can intercept and read your location data.
Here's an example config for an nginx instance running in another container. You may want to customize this, especially the TLS settings and ciphers if you want compatibility with older devices.
server {
listen 443 ssl;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305';
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
ssl_ecdh_curve 'secp521r1:secp384r1';
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_session_timeout 10m;
ssl_session_tickets off;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/hauk.example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/hauk.example.com/privkey.pem;
add_header Referrer-Policy same-origin always;
add_header X-Frame-Options DENY always;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
add_header X-Robots-Tag "noindex, nofollow" always;
server_name hauk.example.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://hauk:80;
}
}Hauk is versioned according to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0. Any update that is not a major update is guaranteed to be without breaking changes, and you can keep the same configuration file for the updated release.
Aside from certain major changes, you can keep your configuration file. New options may have been added to the config, but these will have sane defaults applied automatically. If you wish to change any new options, you can either reconfigure Hauk from the new config.php template, or copy and paste the relevant options from the new template to your existing file and change the appropriate values.
Installations done using either the installer (install.sh) or via manual file copy can be upgraded simply by pulling the latest version of this repository and running the installer again, or overwriting the installation with the new files.
Installations done via distribution-specific packages will be updated to the latest version by your package manager.
Docker installations will be updated whenever you pull the image. If you're using Docker, you can reserve yourself from receiving major updates (which may contain breaking changes) by using the stable-* tag instead of latest. If you use a specific versioned tag, your installation will be locked at that specific version and you will not receive feature updates or bugfixes unless you manually change the tag and pull.
If you'd like to see what Hauk can do, download the app and insert connection details for the demo server:
Server: https://apps.varden.info/demo/hauk/
Password: demo
Location shares on the demo server is limited to 2 minutes and is only meant for demonstration purposes. Set up your own server to use Hauk to its full extent.
Hauk depends on volunteers to translate the project. Want to help out? Head over to the translation portal to get started.
Hauk is an ad-free, open source project, and I am not doing this for financial gain. Thus, my time spent making this is unpaid. I do however accept donations from anyone who appreciates my work enough that they feel inclined to compensate me, no matter the amount. Donations mean a lot to me, as they help cover costs associated with server upkeep, domains and hosting, and general cost of living, and they serve as an incentive for me to keep working on open-source projects.
If you wish to donate to me, you may check out my donations page on my website.
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