Help with Linux (CentOS 7) VPS install of V4.7 (Noobie)

Hello,

I am new to using a VPS, and linux in general.

I am attempting to install Traccar v4.7 on a system running CentOS 7. (This can be changed to several other common Linux operating systems if it makes installing easier).

1. I have started by installing Java

sudo yum install java-11-openjdk

This ultimately results in "Complete!" - which makes me think it has successfully installed.

1. I install traccar v4.7
   wget https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/download/v4.7/traccar-linux-64-4.7.zip

This results in:
"2020-01-23 15:54:06 (39.4 MB/s) - 'traccar-linux-64-4.7.zip' saved [91531056/915
31056] "

1. I unzip traccar
   unzip traccar-linux-64-4.7.zip

This results in:
"Archive: traccar-linux-64-4.7.zip
inflating: traccar.run
inflating: README.txt "

1. I run traccar
   sudo ./traccar.run

This results in:
"Creating directory out
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing traccar 100%
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/traccar.service
to /etc/systemd/system/traccar.service. "

1. I attempt to start traccar
   sudo /opt/traccar/bin/traccar start

This results in:
"sudo: /opt/traccar/bin/traccar: command not found "

• So I try
  sudo systemctl start traccar.service
  I found this on https://www.traccar.org/linux/ under "Install"

This results in:
Nothing happens

• So I try
  sudo /opt/traccar/bin/startDaemon.sh
  (this appears to be the command for versions < 4.1 via https://www.traccar.org/linux/ and I figure it is worth a try...)

This results in:
"sudo: /opt/traccar/bin/startDaemon.sh: command not found"

I am stuck here. Any help proceeding to the next step would be really appreciated!

• Meesha

If you don't have /opt/traccar then something is failed during installation.

By the way, you don't need to install Java. It comes with Traccar.

Thanks for letting me know about Traccar's inclusion of Java.

I will try it again without installing Java up front, and we will see what happens.

try

sudo systemctl status traccar.service

why ?

sudo /opt/traccar/bin/traccar start

no directoty like this.

Oh yeah. Where did you get that command from?

I got it from here https://www.traccar.org/forums/topic/how-to-instal-traccar-server-on-centos-vps/

"Anton Tananaev 3 years ago
What I would recommend to do is to download the file straight from VPS:

wget https://github.com/tananaev/traccar/releases/download/v3.6/traccar-linux-64-3.6.zip
unzip traccar-linux-64-3.6.zip
sudo ./traccar.run
sudo /opt/traccar/bin/traccar start
That's it."

Obviously I got the other two commands from traccar.org/linux

Install
Run traccar.run (sudo ./traccar.run)
Start service:
4.1 and later: sudo systemctl start traccar.service
4.0 and earlier: sudo /opt/traccar/bin/startDaemon.sh

However, none of the three commands works.

What am I doing wrong?

I would recommend you to read official installation documentation instead of outdated forum posts.

sudo systemctl start traccar.service

is correct

check if service running

sudo systemctl status traccar.service

@Micah,
I think you've mixed up steps from an outdated guide for linux.
Only things which is needed now is just download software, unzip it and run sudo ./traccar.run.
You do not have to run any services manually, everything is created by this traccar.run program.
As @Slawek wrote eventually you can check if service is running: sudo systemctl status traccar.service
if not then start by executing: sudo systemctl start traccar.service

At the end you can login to web page: http://yourip:8082 ,
reconfigure your GPS tracker device to use your server and go to /opt/traccar/logs/ to see details if your device is sending data to the server.

Thanks for all the help!

@Anton Tananaev
I agree - trying to follow an outdated process is non logical. This is what happens when newbie like me is only following directions (making random attempts "in the dark" as it were.)

@ Slawek
I ran sudo systemctl status traccar.service as you suggested.
Resulting in:

CT-5ef7f4e3 /# sudo systemctl status traccar.service                            
● traccar.service - traccar                                                     
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/traccar.service; enabled; vendor preset: 
disabled)                                                                       
   Active: inactive (dead)  

@robertr4
If I understand you correctly the process now looks like:

1. wget https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/download/v4.7/traccar-linux-64-4.7.zip
2. unzip traccar-linux-64-4.7.zip
3. sudo ./traccar.run.

So there is no longer a need to "start" traccar? I can just go to http://myip:8082/?

is some problem

try:
sudo systemctl restart traccar.service
and again:
sudo systemctl status traccar.service

1. Download latest release.
2. Unzip.
3. Follow readme instructions.

@Slawek

Here are the results of what you suggested:

/# sudo systemctl restart traccar.service                           
CT-5ef7f4e3 /# sudo systemctl status traccar.service                            
● traccar.service - traccar                                                     
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/traccar.service; enabled; vendor preset: 
disabled)                                                                       
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-01-23 16:58:58 CST; 13s ago          
 Main PID: 1121 (java)                                                          
   CGroup: /system.slice/traccar.service                                        
           └─1121 /opt/traccar/jre/bin/java -jar tracker-server.jar conf/trac...
                                                                                
Jan 23 16:58:58 server1.mowstuff.com systemd[1]: Started traccar.               
Jan 23 16:59:04 server1.mowstuff.com traccar[1121]: WARNING: An illegal refle...
Jan 23 16:59:04 server1.mowstuff.com traccar[1121]: WARNING: Illegal reflecti...
Jan 23 16:59:04 server1.mowstuff.com traccar[1121]: WARNING: Please consider ...
Jan 23 16:59:04 server1.mowstuff.com traccar[1121]: WARNING: Use --illegal-ac...
Jan 23 16:59:04 server1.mowstuff.com traccar[1121]: WARNING: All illegal acce...
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@Anton
I will wipe everything and start over using your instructions.

try:

sudo rm -f traccar.run README.txt traccar-linux-*.zip

Remove Traccar

sudo systemctl stop traccar.service
sudo systemctl disable traccar.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/traccar.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm -R /opt/traccar

Download Traccar

wget https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/download/v4.7/traccar-linux-64-4.7.zip

Install Traccar

sudo ./traccar.run

Run Traccar

sudo systemctl start traccar.service

Check if running

sudo systemctl status traccar.service

but I think you have also some problem with java