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@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@ db-infoscreen - App/Infoscreen for Railway Departures in Germany --- -[db-infoscreen homepage](https://finalrewind.org/projects/db-fakedisplay/) - -db-infoscreen (formerly db-fakedisplay) shows departures at german train -stations, serving both as infoscreen / webapp and station board look-alike. - -It aims to aggregate departure and train data from different sources and -combine them in a useful (and user-friendly) manner. It is intended both for a -quick glance at the departure board and for public transportation geeks looking -for details about specific trains. +[db-infoscreen](https://finalrewind.org/projects/db-fakedisplay/) (formerly +db-fakedisplay) shows departures at public transit stops in most of Germany, +Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Ireland, and parts of the USA. It can serve +both as infoscreen and web application for mobile usage. Depending on backend +support, it can provide details on individual departures such as a map of the +scheduled route, expected occupancy, and carriage formation. There's a public [db-infoscreen service on finalrewind.org](https://dbf.finalrewind.org/). You can also host your own @@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ Perl Dependencies db-infoscreen depends on a set of Perl modules which are documented in `cpanfile`. After installing the dependencies mentioned above, you can use -carton or cpanminus to install Perl depenencies locally. +carton or cpanminus to install Perl dependencies locally. In the project root directory (where `cpanfile` resides), run either @@ -60,8 +57,12 @@ and set `PERL5LIB=.../local/lib/perl5` before running index.pl or wrap it with `carton exec hypnotoad index.pl`. Note that you should provide imprint and privacy policy pages. Depending on -traffic volume, you may also want to increase the amount of worker processes. -See the Setup notes below. +traffic volume, you may also want to increase the amount of worker processes +and install a caching proxy in front of DBF. See the Setup notes below. + +To update your DBF installation, run `git pull`, ensure that all files are +readable by your www user, and re-run `carton install` or `cpanm --installdeps +.`. Installation with Docker --- @@ -80,16 +81,18 @@ provide imprint and privacy policy pages, see the Setup notes below. Use `docker run -e DBFAKEDISPLAY_WORKERS=4 ...` and similar to pass environment variables to the db-infoscreen service. +To update your Docker installation, fetch a new image from Docker Hub and +re-start the container. + Setup --- -db-infoscreen respects the following environment variables: +In hypnotoad mode (recommended), db-infoscreen respects the following environment variables: | Variable | Default | Description | | :------- | :------ | :---------- | | DBFAKEDISPLAY\_LISTEN | `http://*:8092` | IP and Port for web service | | DBFAKEDISPLAY\_STATS | _None_ | File in which the total count of backend API requests (excluding those answered from cache) is written | -| DBFAKEDISPLAY\_HAFAS\_CACHE | `/tmp/dbf-hafas` | Directory for HAFAS cache | | DBFAKEDISPLAY\_IRIS\_CACHE | `/tmp/dbf-iris-mian` | Directory for IRIS schedule cache | | DBFAKEDISPLAY\_IRISRT\_CACHE | `/tmp/dbf-iris-realtime` | Directory for IRIS realtime cache | | DBFAKEDISPLAY\_WORKERS | 2 | Number of worker processes (i.e., maximum amount of concurrent requests) | @@ -99,15 +102,40 @@ Set these as needed, create `templates/imprint.html.ep` (imprint) and pass requests for db-infoscreen to the appropriate port. See the `examples` directory for imprint and privacy policy samples. -You can run the app using a Mojo::Server of your choice, e.g. **perl -index.pl daemon -m production** (quick&dirty, does not respect all variables) -or **hypnotad** (recommended). A systemd unit example is provided in -`examples/db-infoscreen.service`. +You can then use a service supervisor of your choice to run **hypnotoad index.pl** +(using Mojolicious' hypnotoad server). See `examples/db-infoscreen.service` +for a systemd unit example. + +For a quick&dirty setup on low-traffic sites you can also use **morbo index.pl** +or **perl index.pl daemon -m production**. In this case, DBFAKEDISPLAY\_LISTEN +and DBFAKEDISPLAY\_WORKERS have no effect. Morbo accepts IP and port +configuration using the `-l`/`--listen` switch (default: `http://*:3000`); +Daemon mode respects the MOJO\_LISTEN environment variable (default: `http://*:3000`). + +For public-facing installations, you may want to enable caching in the reverse +proxy serving DBF. See `examples/nginx-cache.conf` and +`examples/nginx-site.conf` for nginx examples. All code in this repository may be used under the terms of the BSD-2-Clause (db-infoscreen, see COPYING) and MIT (jquery, jqueryui, and marquee libraries; see the respective files) licenses. Attribution is appreciated. +Background Data Updates +--- + +db-infoscreen can use <https://lib.finalrewind.org/dbdb/db_zugbildung_v1.json> +to show scheduled ICE/IC types (ICE 1/2/3/4/T, IC 1/2), wagon orders, and other +attributes. It expects the file to be provided in `share/zugbildungsplan.json`. + +As this information is updated regularly, the file is not shipped as part of +this db-infoscreen distribution. It is recommended to retrieve it a few minutes +after midnight via a daily cronjob. See `examples/dbf_update_zugbildungsplan` +for a shell script. + +DBF will periodically reload `share/zugbildungsplan.json`. You can use your +service supervisor (e.g. `systemctl reload db-infoscreen`) to force an +immediate reload. You may also ignore the file; it is entirely optional. + System requirements --- @@ -115,3 +143,36 @@ Resource requirements depend on usage. For a few requests per second, about 200MB (600k inodes) cache and one or two CPU cores should be sufficient. db-infoscreen typically needs 50MB RAM per worker process, though calculating with 100MB per worker is recommended to leave a safety margin. + +Licensing +--- + +This project follows the REUSE specification. The copyright of individual files +is documented in the file's header or in .reuse/dep5. The referenced licenses +are stored in the LICENSES directory. + +The program code of db-infoscreen is licensed under the terms of the GNU AGPL +v3. HTML Templates and SASS/CSS layout are licensed under the terms of the +2-Clause BSD License. This means that you are free to host your own +db-infoscreen instance, both for personal/internal and public use, under the +following conditions. + +* You are free to change HTML/SASS/CSS templates as you see fit (though you + must not remove the copyright headers). +* If you make changes to the program code, that is, a file below lib/ or a + db-infoscreen javascript file below public/static/js/, you must make those + changes available to the public. + +The easiest way of making changes available is by maintaining a public fork of +the Git repository. A tarball is also acceptable. Please change `source_url` in +`lib/DBInfoscreen.pm` to point to your Git repository / source archive if you +are using a version with custom changes. + +Resources +--- + +Mirrors of the db-infoscreen repository are available at + +* [Chaosdorf](https://chaosdorf.de/git/derf/db-infoscreen) +* [git.finalrewind.org](https://git.finalrewind.org/db-fakedisplay/) +* [GitHub](https://github.com/derf/db-fakedisplay) |