Fidian

Installscript for setting up a Fido node (or point..) using binkd, husky and golded.

RaspberryPi Image

You can download a Raspberry Pi SD-Card Image based on the standard Raspbian (aka RaspiOS) Image.
This will automatically download and start fidian setup when you first login as the default user "pi" via console or SSH.

Nothing else is done. It's a completely fresh Raspbian installation. So, the following steps are strongly adviced:

1. Run sudo raspi-config to change the password for user "pi", setup your localisation options and most important: Expand your filesystem! (at the "Advanced Options" submenu)
2. Update your Raspbian base system:
   sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
3. You could also think about further securing the SSH server, silencing syslog to safe your SD-Card, setting up dyndns and portforwarding, so you can receive crashmail, but that's beyond the scope of this manual..

Manual Installation

interactive

wget https://kuehlbox.wtf/fidosetup.sh
sudo bash fidosetup.sh
rm fidosetup.sh

Headless

For non-interactive installation, add a file fidoconfig.txt to the same folder, where the fidosetup.sh is located.

Use the included fidoconfig.txt as an example and template...

To add more than one link, copy "fidoconfig.txt" to "fidoconfig2.txt", "fidoconfig3.txt" ... (up to 10 links allowed)

(Re-)config

fidoconfig.sh

Uninstall

sudo fidouninstall.sh

Configuration Parameters explained

No matter whether, you're running fidosetup.sh, fidoconfig.sh or manually writing a headless configuration file fidoconfig.txt, it all comes down to these parameters:

LINK_NAME

Free text identifier for this link.
eg: FidoNet

LINK_DOMAIN

Domain identifier (used internally to distinguish different links)
While this is technically free text, but you should still use the standards provided by your uplink.
eg: fidonet

YOUR_NAME

Your full first- and last name.
eg: John Doe

YOUR_AKA

Your AKA, assigned by your uplink.
eg: 2:240/5853.5

YOUR_SYSTEM

Free text to identify your system. Most common: Name of your BBS or just your name.
eg: Johnny's Fido System

YOUR_LOCATION

Free text to identify your location.
You're kindly asked to use a format like this: City, country.
eg: Frankfurt, germany

YOUR_HOSTNAME

If your system is reachable from the internet, please enter your FQDN here.
eg: your.domain.com

UPLINK_HOST

The FQDN or IP of your uplink. eg: kuehlbox.wtf

UPLINK_PORT

Port number of uplink's binkd.
Leave empty for default: 24554

UPLINK_AKA

The AKA of your uplink.
eg: 2:240/5853

SESSION_PASSWORD

The session / binkp password provided by your uplink.
eg: SECRET123

PACKET_PASSWORD

The packet password provided by your uplink.
Leave empty to use SESSION_PASSWORD

AREAFIX_PASSWORD

The areafix password provided by your uplink.
Leave empty to use PACKET_PASSWORD

FILEFIX_PASSWORD

The filefix password provided by your uplink.
Leave empty to use AREAFIX_PASSWORD