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wanderer on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Applications

wanderer, a self hosted trail and GPS route database for planning, mapping and logging your hikes, rides and runs with GPX tracks, waypoints, photos and stats.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

wanderer is an open source database for outdoor routes. You upload or draw trails on an interactive map, attach GPX tracks, waypoints, photos and notes, and keep hiking, cycling and running routes together with distance, elevation and other stats in one place. Trails can be grouped into lists, kept private or shared, filtered by activity and location, and searched instantly across everything you have recorded. It pairs a map centred web interface with a lightweight embedded database for your account and route data and a dedicated search engine for fast full text lookups, so a single modest instance is plenty for a person, a household or a small club.

Why the cloudimg image

The upstream project ships with open user registration enabled and its search engine and backend keys set to public example values, so cloudimg makes every instance secure by default before the port is ever public. On first boot each instance generates its own search engine master key and backend encryption key, seeds a personal login and a separate backend administrator account each with a random password written to a root only file, and leaves open signup switched off so a fresh instance is not world joinable. The web app, the database and the search engine run as containers bound to loopback and are reached through one hardened reverse proxy, with the backend admin console kept off the public port and the search engine never exposed. Every deployment comes with a paired deploy guide and 24/7 cloudimg support.

Common uses

  • Plan and draw hiking, cycling and running routes on an interactive map
  • Keep a private database of your GPX tracks, waypoints, photos and stats
  • Organise trails into shareable lists and search across everything instantly

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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