{"id":242,"date":"2024-09-27T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T08:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ltzs.us\/?p=242"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:00:08","slug":"2024-self-hosted-vehicle-fleet-tracking-for-3-50-mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.ltzs.us\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"2024 Self-hosted vehicle\/fleet tracking for $3.50\/mo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last updated 2024-09-27<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The only cost in this setup is the GPS tracker itself and the monthly SIM card subscription. The trackers are available for as little as $15<\/a> and seem to work quite well. Most come linked to Chinese servers, but you can change that to a different IP address and different reporting frequency. I use the minimum of 10 seconds for higher accuracy, and data usage is still extremely low. Around 100KB\/hour for a 2G tracker. 4G trackers probably consume more. In the US, Redpocket sells one year subscriptions with 500MB data per month for about $5\/mo<\/a>. I can get 4GB for $3.50\/mo where I live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic outline is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign up for a free VPS<\/a> (Oracle) or use your home internet if you have a public IP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install traccar and configure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install Mosquitto and configure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install Node Red and configure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install ntfy.sh and configure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy as cheap a SIM card as possible<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adjust settings of the GPS tracker to point to your own server<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set up geofences in traccar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optional steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get a domain name and use Caddy to reverse proxy so you can use https for traccar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set up notifications in Node Red<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install grafana so you can have beautiful maps like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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