PX4 Log Encryption
This section guides you through setting up log encryption in PX4 on our flight controllers, and then explains how to access, decrypt, and view the encrypted logs.
Creating PX4 Board files for Encrypted logs
git clone --recurse-submodules [email protected]:PX4/PX4-Autopilot.gitGenerate your Private and Public Key
You can find your keys in
The ARK flight controllers have targets setup for encryption
You should navigate to
ARK FPV
ARKV6X
ARKPI6X
You should replace the Dummy Key with your own Public Key in the following file
Then you can go ahead and make your board file
Once that is done you can find your build file in
You can go ahead and flash it on your flight controller.
Downloading and Decrypting log files
The encrypted logs can be found on the SD card in .ulge format.
You can either extract the files directly from the SD card our use the log tool provided below
Addresses might need to be adjusted
To Decrypt the logs you can use
Your logs can be found in the following structure
Once you've decrypted your logs, you can view them using your preferred method.
Flight Review
If you choose to use Flight Review, you can embed your Private Key on your local Flight Review server, allowing your encrypted logs to be decrypted automatically when the .ulge is uploaded .
You should follow these steps
Add your Private Key to
Then you need to edit, the config file. There you can define your own network setup (Domain, VPN, etc).
You have to update the Private Key path with your own.
Once you are done you can just open your server using
Once you have your server ready you can upload the Encrypted logs and view them.
Optionally you can also integrate logloader developed by ARK.
The repository can be found here:
https://github.com/ARK-Electronics/logloader
You should specify your server in the config file
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