Tutorial: How to install satnogs groundstation for Newbie & PRO

why would we want to set the rtlsdr at 250 kHz sampling rate ? 2.048 MSPS would be my favour, the waterfall bandwidth is limited by the transmitter settings. I find 1.024 MSPS usable but 2.048 gives me less unwanted mixed signals.

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Hello, thank you for your time and help, but since I can’t access satnosg-setup, I can’t change the cascade values. Regards

Hello, after several installations, all sorts of tests, and several different Raspberry Pis, the problem is that the RF adjustment control doesn’t work. There are no signal variations, not even from minimum to maximum. Finally, installing the Satnogs image fixed it. Your installation installs, but it’s not possible to adjust the RF values, at least not on my setup. It would have been great because your installation makes the job much easier and faster. I don’t know if anyone else has experienced the same problem. Perhaps it can be fixed. Best regards.

Error message

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 705, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 400, in _make_request
conn.request(method, url, **httplib_request_kw)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1282, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1328, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1277, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1037, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 975, in send
self.connect()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 30, in connect
sock.connect(self.unix_socket)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 489, in send
resp = conn.urlopen(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 789, in urlopen
retries = retries.increment(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py”, line 552, in increment
raise six.reraise(type(error), error, _stacktrace)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/six.py”, line 718, in reraise
raise value.with_traceback(tb)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 705, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 400, in _make_request
conn.request(method, url, **httplib_request_kw)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1282, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1328, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1277, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1037, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 975, in send
self.connect()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 30, in connect
sock.connect(self.unix_socket)
urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 214, in _retrieve_server_version
return self.version(api_version=False)[“ApiVersion”]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/daemon.py”, line 181, in version
return self._result(self._get(url), json=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/utils/decorators.py”, line 46, in inner
return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 237, in _get
return self.get(url, **self._set_request_timeout(kwargs))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 600, in get
return self.request(“GET”, url, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 587, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 701, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 547, in send
raise ConnectionError(err, request=request)
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/docker-compose”, line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point(‘docker-compose==1.29.2’, ‘console_scripts’, ‘docker-compose’)())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 81, in main
command_func()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 200, in perform_command
project = project_from_options(‘.’, options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/command.py”, line 60, in project_from_options
return get_project(
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/command.py”, line 152, in get_project
client = get_client(
^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/docker_client.py”, line 41, in get_client
client = docker_client(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/docker_client.py”, line 170, in docker_client
client = APIClient(use_ssh_client=not use_paramiko_ssh, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 197, in init
self._version = self._retrieve_server_version()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 221, in _retrieve_server_version
raise DockerException(
docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

sudo docker-compose logs -f

Summary

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 705, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 400, in _make_request
conn.request(method, url, **httplib_request_kw)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1282, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1328, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1277, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1037, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 975, in send
self.connect()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 30, in connect
sock.connect(self.unix_socket)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 489, in send
resp = conn.urlopen(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 789, in urlopen
retries = retries.increment(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py”, line 552, in increment
raise six.reraise(type(error), error, _stacktrace)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/six.py”, line 718, in reraise
raise value.with_traceback(tb)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 705, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 400, in _make_request
conn.request(method, url, **httplib_request_kw)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1282, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1328, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1277, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1037, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 975, in send
self.connect()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 30, in connect
sock.connect(self.unix_socket)
urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 214, in _retrieve_server_version
return self.version(api_version=False)[“ApiVersion”]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/daemon.py”, line 181, in version
return self._result(self._get(url), json=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/utils/decorators.py”, line 46, in inner
return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 237, in _get
return self.get(url, **self._set_request_timeout(kwargs))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 600, in get
return self.request(“GET”, url, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 587, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 701, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 547, in send
raise ConnectionError(err, request=request)
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/docker-compose”, line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point(‘docker-compose==1.29.2’, ‘console_scripts’, ‘docker-compose’)())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 81, in main
command_func()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 200, in perform_command
project = project_from_options(‘.’, options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/command.py”, line 60, in project_from_options
return get_project(
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/command.py”, line 152, in get_project
client = get_client(
^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/docker_client.py”, line 41, in get_client
client = docker_client(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/docker_client.py”, line 170, in docker_client
client = APIClient(use_ssh_client=not use_paramiko_ssh, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 197, in init
self._version = self._retrieve_server_version()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 221, in _retrieve_server_version
raise DockerException(
docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

hello friend, seen like some file is broken.

maybe you can try to update the satnogs_client with this command:

sudo docker-compose pull
sudo docker image prune

and try again running:
sudo docker-compose down && sudo docker-compose up -d && sudo docker-compose logs -f

Error message

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 705, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 400, in _make_request
conn.request(method, url, **httplib_request_kw)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1282, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1328, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1277, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1037, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 975, in send
self.connect()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 30, in connect
sock.connect(self.unix_socket)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 489, in send
resp = conn.urlopen(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 789, in urlopen
retries = retries.increment(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py”, line 552, in increment
raise six.reraise(type(error), error, _stacktrace)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/six.py”, line 718, in reraise
raise value.with_traceback(tb)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 705, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 400, in _make_request
conn.request(method, url, **httplib_request_kw)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1282, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1328, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1277, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 1037, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py”, line 975, in send
self.connect()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 30, in connect
sock.connect(self.unix_socket)
urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 214, in _retrieve_server_version
return self.version(api_version=False)[“ApiVersion”]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/daemon.py”, line 181, in version
return self._result(self._get(url), json=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/utils/decorators.py”, line 46, in inner
return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 237, in _get
return self.get(url, **self._set_request_timeout(kwargs))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 600, in get
return self.request(“GET”, url, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 587, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 701, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 547, in send
raise ConnectionError(err, request=request)
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/docker-compose”, line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point(‘docker-compose==1.29.2’, ‘console_scripts’, ‘docker-compose’)())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 81, in main
command_func()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 200, in perform_command
project = project_from_options(‘.’, options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/command.py”, line 60, in project_from_options
return get_project(
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/command.py”, line 152, in get_project
client = get_client(
^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/docker_client.py”, line 41, in get_client
client = docker_client(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/docker_client.py”, line 170, in docker_client
client = APIClient(use_ssh_client=not use_paramiko_ssh, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 197, in init
self._version = self._retrieve_server_version()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py”, line 221, in _retrieve_server_version
raise DockerException(
docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))

try start the docker service:
sudo systemctl start docker

and check the status:
sudo systemctl status docker

Failed to start docker.service: Unit docker.service not found.

sudo apt install docker.io

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Thanks, that did it!

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