Installation¶

FitTrackee can be installed via a single Python package from PyPI or from sources after cloning the repository.

For a single-user instance, it’s possible to disable registration. So all you need is Python and PostgreSQL. A CLI is available to manage user account.

The following steps describe an installation on Linux systems (tested ArchLinux-based OS and Ubuntu on CI).

On other operating systems, some issues can be encountered and adaptations may be necessary.

Note

Other installation guides are available thanks to contributors:
- Installation on Uberspace Web hosting
- Installation on Debian 12 net install (guide in German)

Main dependencies¶

This application is written in Python (API) and Typescript (client):

API:
- Flask
- gpxpy to parse gpx files
- staticmap to generate a static map image from gpx coordinates
- dramatiq for task queue
- Authlib for OAuth 2.0 Authorization support
- Flask-Limiter for API rate limits
- gunicorn to serve application
Client:
- Vue3/Vuex
- Leaflet to display map
- Chart.js to display charts with elevation and speed

Logo, some sports and weather icons are made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com.

FitTrackee also uses icons from Fork Awesome.

Prerequisites¶

mandatory
- Python >= 3.8.1
- PostgreSQL 12+
optional
- Redis for task queue (if email sending is enabled and for data export requests) and API rate limits
- SMTP provider (if email sending is enabled)
- API key from a weather data provider
- Poetry 1.2+ (for installation from sources only)
- Node 18+ and Yarn (for development only)
- Docker and Docker Compose (for development or evaluation purposes)

Note

If registration is enabled, it is recommended to set Redis and a SMTP provider for email sending and data export requests.

Environment variables¶

Warning

Since FitTrackee 0.4.0, Makefile.custom.config is replaced by .env

The following environment variables are used by FitTrackee web application or the task processing library. They are not all mandatory depending on deployment method.

FLASK_APP¶: Name of the module to import at flask run.

FLASK_APP should contain $(PWD)/fittrackee/__main__.py with installation from sources, else fittrackee.

HOST¶

FitTrackee host.

Default:: 127.0.0.1

PORT¶

FitTrackee port.

Default:: 5000

APP_SETTINGS¶

FitTrackee configuration.

Default:: fittrackee.config.ProductionConfig

APP_SECRET_KEY¶: FitTrackee secret key, must be initialized in production environment.

Warning

Use a strong secret key. This key is used in JWT generation.

APP_WORKERS¶

Number of workers spawned by Gunicorn.

Default:: 1

APP_LOG¶: New in version 0.4.0.

Path to log file

UPLOAD_FOLDER¶

New in version 0.4.0.

Absolute path to the directory where uploads folder will be created.

Default:: <application_directory>/fittrackee

Danger

With installation from PyPI, the directory will be located in virtualenv directory if the variable is not initialized.

DATABASE_URL¶: Database URL with username and password, must be initialized in production environment.

For example in dev environment : postgresql://fittrackee:fittrackee@localhost:5432/fittrackee

Warning

Since SQLAlchemy update (1.4+), engine URL should begin with postgresql://.

DATABASE_DISABLE_POOLING¶

New in version 0.4.0.

Disable pooling if needed (when starting application with FitTrackee entry point and not directly with Gunicorn), see SqlAlchemy documentation.

Default:: false

UI_URL¶: FitTrackee URL, needed for links in emails.

EMAIL_URL¶

New in version 0.3.0.

Email URL with credentials, see Emails.

Changed in version 0.6.5.

Default:: empty string

Danger

If the email URL is empty, email sending will be disabled.

Warning

If the email URL is invalid, the application may not start.

SENDER_EMAIL¶: New in version 0.3.0.

FitTrackee sender email address.

REDIS_URL¶

New in version 0.3.0.

Redis instance used by Dramatiq and Flask-Limiter.

Default:: local Redis instance (redis://)

WORKERS_PROCESSES¶: New in version 0.3.0.

Number of processes used by Dramatiq.

API_RATE_LIMITS¶

New in version 0.7.0.

API rate limits, see API rate limits.

Default:: 300 per 5 minutes

TILE_SERVER_URL¶

New in version 0.4.0.

Tile server URL (with api key if needed), see Map tile server.

Since 0.4.9, it’s also used to generate static maps (to keep default server, see DEFAULT_STATICMAP)

Changed in version 0.7.23.

The default URL is updated: OpenStreetMap’s tile server no longer requires subdomains.

Default:: https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

STATICMAP_SUBDOMAINS¶

New in version 0.6.10.

Some tile servers require a subdomain, see Map tile server.

For instance: “a,b,c” for OSM France.

Default:: empty string

MAP_ATTRIBUTION¶

New in version 0.4.0.

Map attribution (if using another tile server), see Map tile server.

Default:: © <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors

DEFAULT_STATICMAP¶

New in version 0.4.9.

If True, it keeps using staticmap default tile server to generate static maps (OSM tile server since staticmap 0.5.6 (Komoot.de tile server before this version)).

Otherwise, it uses the tile server set in TILE_SERVER_URL.

Changed in version 0.6.10.

This variable is now case-insensitive.

If False, depending on tile server, subdomains may be mandatory.

Default:: False

WEATHER_API_KEY¶: Changed in version 0.4.0: ⚠️ replaces WEATHER_API

Weather API key (not mandatory), see WEATHER_API_PROVIDER.

WEATHER_API_PROVIDER 🆕¶: New in version 0.7.11.

Provider for weather data (not mandatory), see Weather data.

VITE_APP_API_URL¶: Changed in version 0.7.26: ⚠️ replaces VUE_APP_API_URL

Emails¶

New in version 0.3.0.

To send emails, a valid EMAIL_URL must be provided:

with an unencrypted SMTP server: smtp://username:password@smtp.example.com:25
with SSL: smtp://username:password@smtp.example.com:465/?ssl=True
with STARTTLS: smtp://username:password@smtp.example.com:587/?tls=True

Warning

If the email URL is invalid, the application may not start.

Sending emails with Office365 may not work if SMTP auth is disabled.

Changed in version 0.5.3.

Credentials can be omitted: smtp://smtp.example.com:25.

If :<port> is omitted, the port defaults to 25.

Warning

Since 0.6.0, newly created accounts must be confirmed (an email with confirmation instructions is sent after registration).

Emails sent by FitTrackee are:

account confirmation instructions
password reset request
email change (to old and new email addresses)
password change
notification when a data export archive is ready to download (new in 0.7.13)

Changed in version 0.6.5.

For single-user instance, it is possible to disable email sending with an empty EMAIL_URL (in this case, no need to start dramatiq workers).

A CLI is available to activate account, modify email and password and handle data export requests.

Changed in version 0.7.24.

Password can be encoded if it contains special characters. For instance with password passwordwith@and&and?, the encoded password will be: passwordwith%40and%26and%3F.

Map tile server¶

New in version 0.4.0.

Default tile server is now OpenStreetMap’s standard tile layer (if environment variables are not initialized). The tile server can be changed by updating TILE_SERVER_URL and MAP_ATTRIBUTION variables (list of tile servers).

To keep using ThunderForest Outdoors, the configuration is:

TILE_SERVER_URL=https://{s}.tile.thunderforest.com/outdoors/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?apikey=XXXX where XXXX is ThunderForest API key
MAP_ATTRIBUTION=© <a href="http://www.thunderforest.com/">Thunderforest</a>, © <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors

Note

Check the terms of service of tile provider for map attribution.

Changed in version 0.6.10.

Since the tile server can be used for static map generation, some servers require a subdomain.

For instance, to set OSM France tile server, the expected values are:

TILE_SERVER_URL=https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.fr/osmfr/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
MAP_ATTRIBUTION='fond de carte par <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.fr/mentions-legales/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">OpenStreetMap France</a>, sous <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">licence CC BY-SA</a>'
STATICMAP_SUBDOMAINS=a,b,c

The subdomain will be chosen randomly.

New in version 0.7.23.

The default URL is updated: OpenStreetMap’s tile server no longer requires subdomains.

API rate limits¶

New in version 0.7.0.

API rate limits are managed by Flask-Limiter, based on IP with fixed window strategy.

To enable rate limits, Redis must be available.

Note

If no Redis instance is available for rate limits, FitTrackee can still start.

All endpoints are subject to rate limits, except endpoints serving assets.
Limits can be modified by setting the environment variable API_RATE_LIMITS (see Flask-Limiter documentation for notation).
Rate limits must be separated by a comma, for instance:

export API_RATE_LIMITS="200 per day, 50 per hour"

Flask-Limiter provides a Command Line Interface for maintenance and diagnostic purposes.

$ flask limiter
Usage: flask limiter [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Flask-Limiter maintenance & utility commands

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  clear   Clear limits for a specific key
  config  View the extension configuration
  limits  Enumerate details about all routes with rate limits

Weather data¶

Changed in version 0.7.11.

The following weather data providers are supported by FitTrackee:

Visual Crossing (note: historical data are provided on hourly period)

To configure a weather provider, set the following environment variables:

WEATHER_API_KEY: the key to the corresponding weather provider

Changed in version 0.7.15.

DarkSky support is discontinued, since the service shut down on March 31, 2023.

Installation¶

Warning

Note that FitTrackee is under heavy development, some features may be unstable.

From PyPI¶

Note

Simplest way to install FitTrackee.

Create and activate a virtualenv
Install FitTrackee with pip

$ pip install fittrackee

Create fittrackee database

Example :

CREATE USER fittrackee WITH PASSWORD '<PASSWORD>';
CREATE SCHEMA fittrackee AUTHORIZATION fittrackee;
CREATE DATABASE fittrackee OWNER fittrackee;

Note

see PostgreSQL documentation for schema and privileges.

Initialize environment variables, see Environment variables

For instance, copy and update .env file from .env.example and source the file.

$ nano .env
$ source .env

Initialize database schema

$ ftcli db upgrade

Start the application

$ fittrackee

Start task queue workers if email sending is enabled, with flask-dramatiq CLI:

$ flask worker --processes 2

Note

To start application and workers with systemd service, see Deployment

Open http://localhost:5000 and register
To set admin rights to the newly created account, use the following command line:

$ ftcli users update <username> --set-admin true

Note

If the user account is inactive, it activates it.

From sources¶

Warning

Since FitTrackee 0.2.1, Python packages installation needs Poetry.

For more information, see Poetry Documentation

Note

To keep virtualenv in project directory, update Poetry configuration.

$ poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true

Dev environment¶

Clone this repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/SamR1/FitTrackee.git
$ cd FitTrackee

Create .env from example and update it (see Environment variables).
Install Python virtualenv, Vue and all related packages and initialize the database:

$ make install-dev
$ make install-db

Start the server and the client:

$ make serve

Run dramatiq workers:

$ make run-workers

Open http://localhost:3000 and register
To set admin rights to the newly created account, use the following command line:

$ make user-set-admin USERNAME=<username>

Note

If the user account is inactive, it activates it.

Production environment¶

Warning

Note that FitTrackee is under heavy development, some features may be unstable.

Download the last release (for now, it is the release v0.8.0):

$ wget https://github.com/SamR1/FitTrackee/archive/v0.8.0.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf v0.8.0.tar.gz
$ mv FitTrackee-0.8.0 FitTrackee
$ cd FitTrackee

Create .env from example and update it (see Environment variables).
Install Python virtualenv and all related packages:

$ make install-python

Initialize the database (after updating db/create.sql to change database credentials):

$ make install-db

Start the server and dramatiq workers:

$ make run

Note

If email sending is disabled: $ make run-server

Open http://localhost:5000 and register
To set admin rights to the newly created account, use the following command line:

$ make user-set-admin USERNAME=<username>

Note

If the user account is inactive, it activates it.

Upgrade¶

Warning

Before upgrading, make a backup of all data:
- database (with pg_dump for instance)
- upload directory (see Environment variables)

Warning

For now, releases do not follow semantic versioning). Any version may contain backward-incompatible changes.

From PyPI¶

Warning

Only if FitTrackee was initially installed from PyPI

Stop the application and activate the virtualenv
Upgrade with pip

$ pip install -U fittrackee

Update environment variables if needed and source environment variables file

$ nano .env
$ source .env

Upgrade database if needed (see changelog for migrations):

$ ftcli db upgrade

Restart the application and task queue workers (if email sending is enabled).

From sources¶

Warning

Only if FitTrackee was initially installed from sources.

Dev environment¶

Stop the application and pull the repository:

$ git pull

Update .env if needed (see Environment variables).
Upgrade packages:

$ make install-dev

Upgrade database if needed (see changelog for migrations):

$ make upgrade-db

Restart the server:

$ make serve

Run dramatiq workers:

$ make run-workers

Prod environment¶

Stop the application
Change to the directory where FitTrackee directory is located
Download the last release (for now, it is the release v0.8.0) and overwrite existing files:

$ wget https://github.com/SamR1/FitTrackee/archive/v0.8.0.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf v0.8.0.tar.gz
$ cp -R FitTrackee-0.8.0/* FitTrackee/
$ cd FitTrackee

Update .env if needed (see Environment variables).
Upgrade packages:

$ make install-python

Upgrade database if needed (see changelog for migrations):

$ make upgrade-db

Restart the server and dramatiq workers:

$ make run

Note

If email sending is disabled: $ make run-server

Deployment¶

There are several ways to start FitTrackee web application and task queue library. One way is to use a systemd services and Nginx to proxy pass to Gunicorn.

Examples:

Warning

To adapt depending on your instance configuration and operating system

for application: fittrackee.service

[Unit]
Description=FitTrackee service
After=network.target
After=postgresql.service
After=redis.service
StartLimitIntervalSec=0

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
User=<USER>
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=fittrackee
Environment="APP_SECRET_KEY="
Environment="APP_LOG="
Environment="UPLOAD_FOLDER="
Environment="DATABASE_URL="
Environment="UI_URL="
Environment="EMAIL_URL="
Environment="SENDER_EMAIL="
Environment="REDIS_URL="
Environment="TILE_SERVER_URL="
Environment="STATICMAP_SUBDOMAINS="
Environment="MAP_ATTRIBUTION="
Environment="WEATHER_API_KEY="
WorkingDirectory=/home/<USER>/<FITTRACKEE DIRECTORY>
ExecStart=/home/<USER>/<FITTRACKEE DIRECTORY>/.venv/bin/gunicorn -b 127.0.0.1:5000 "fittrackee:create_app()" --error-logfile /home/<USER>/<FITTRACKEE DIRECTORY>/gunicorn.log
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Note

To handle large files, a higher value for timeout can be set.

Note

More information on deployment with Gunicorn in its documentation.

for task queue workers: fittrackee_workers.service

[Unit]
Description=FitTrackee task queue service
After=network.target
After=postgresql.service
After=redis.service
StartLimitIntervalSec=0

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
User=<USER>
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=fittrackee_workers
Environment="FLASK_APP=fittrackee"
Environment="APP_SECRET_KEY="
Environment="APP_LOG="
Environment="UPLOAD_FOLDER="
Environment="DATABASE_URL="
Environment="UI_URL="
Environment="EMAIL_URL="
Environment="SENDER_EMAIL="
Environment="REDIS_URL="
WorkingDirectory=/home/<USER>/<FITTRACKEE DIRECTORY>
ExecStart=/home/<USER>/<FITTRACKEE DIRECTORY>/.venv/bin/flask worker --processes <NUMBER OF PROCESSES>
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Nginx configuration:

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name example.com;
    ssl_certificate fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key privkey.pem;

    ## this parameter controls how large of a file can be
    ## uploaded, and defaults to 1MB. If you change the FitTrackee
    ## settings to allow larger uploads, you'll need to change this
    ## setting by uncommenting the line below and setting the size limit
    ## you want. Set to "0" to prevent nginx from checking the
    ## request body size at all
    # client_max_body_size 1m;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000;
        proxy_redirect    default;
        proxy_set_header  Host $host;
        proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
        proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    location / {
        return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
    }
}

Note

If needed, update configuration to handle larger files (see client_max_body_size).

Docker¶

Installation¶

New in version 0.4.4.

For evaluation purposes, docker files are available, installing FitTrackee from sources.

To install FitTrackee:

$ git clone https://github.com/SamR1/FitTrackee.git
$ cd FitTrackee
$ cp .env.docker .env
$ make docker-build

To initialise database:

$ make docker-init

Open http://localhost:5000 and register.

Open http://localhost:8025 to access MailHog interface (email testing tool)

To set admin rights to the newly created account, use the following command line:

$ make docker-set-admin USERNAME=<username>

Note

If the user account is inactive, it activates it.

To stop Fittrackee:

$ make docker-stop

To start Fittrackee (application and dramatiq workers):

$ make docker-run-all

To run shell inside Fittrackee container:

$ make docker-shell

Development¶

New in version 0.5.0.

an additional step is needed to install fittrackee_client

$ make docker-build-client

to start FitTrackee with client dev tools:

$ make docker-serve-client

Open http://localhost:3000

Note

Some environment variables need to be updated like UI_URL

to run lint or tests:

$ make docker-lint-client  # run type check and lint on javascript files
$ make docker-test-client  # run unit tests on Client
$ make docker-lint-python  # run type check and lint on python files
$ make docker-test-python  # run unit tests on API

Yunohost¶

Thanks to contributors, a package is available, see https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/fittrackee_ynh.