How to Install Your Own ATAK Server (Raspberry Pi or Virtual Server) Complete Setup Guide

Part 2 of my ATAK series is here!
In this video, I’ll walk you through setting up your own ATAK Server — whether on a Raspberry Pi at home or a virtual Ubuntu server in the cloud. I cover everything you need to know to get your ATAK server up and running with OpenTAKServer (OTS) and the official TAK Docker server.

▶️ We’ll go step-by-step:
– What hardware you need (Raspberry Pi 4 or VPS)
– The difference between OpenTAKServer and the “OG big TAK Server” From Tak.gov (docker)
– How to Install Open Tak Server
– How to Install the official Tak.gov Docker ATAK Server
– Why Docker is helpful and how to use it
– Bonus: setting up VPN access with Tailscale, which is the same as remote access with ZeroTier, and using DuckDNS for your own domain – making the server reachable by users.

👉 Missed Part 1 of the series? Watch it here:
🔗 https://youtu.be/_v11m2FQQZU

🔗 Helpful Links and GitHub repos mentioned in the video:
📃 Feature Comparison: https://docs.opentakserver.io/feature_comparison.html

📦 Open Tak Server GitHub: https://github.com/brian7704/OpenTAKServer
📦 Open Tak Server Docu: https://docs.opentakserver.io/

🐳 OG TAK Server Docker: https://github.com/Cloud-RF/tak-server
🔐 TAK Security Best Practices: https://mytecknet.com/tak-security-best-practices/

💬 Drop your questions in the comments – let’s figure this all out together!

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00:00-01:20 Intro
01:21-04:42 What we need!
04:43-12:05 What Server to choose?
12:06-15:59 Some Theory (Atak? Meshtastic?)
16:00-20:44 Setting up the RaPi
20:45-22:20 Setting up the Virtual Server
22:21-27:32 How to Install OTS
27:33-45:11 How to Setup DuckDNS & Let's Encrypt
45:12-58:49 How to Install OG Tak Server (docker)
58:50-01:04:20 Setting up Tailscale
01:04:21-01:06:25 Outro



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