Running with docker-compose on a Raspberry Pi Zero

[michaelosthege]

I'm new to RaspberryMatic and trying to follow the wiki instructions to run via docker-compose.

After creating a docker-compose.yml similar to the example, the docker compose up -d errored with

no matching manifest for linux/arm/v6 in the manifest list entries

The search did not find anything arm/v6 or Raspberry Pi Zero related in this project's issues or discussions, so I'm writing this to document what appears to be a workaround that should maybe mentioned on the wiki page:

version: "3.8"
services:
  raspberrymatic:
    image: ghcr.io/jens-maus/raspberrymatic:latest
    platform: linux/arm                              👈 this line
    ...

Disclaimer: At this point I don't know if this is compatible with the kernel modules that had to be installed.

Update: The container goes into endless restarts with "rpimatic exited with code 132"

Does anybody have experience/insights/ideas that could be relevant to run this on a Pi Zero?

• Raspberry Pi Zero W (v1.1)
• Raspbian 11 (bullseye), fresh install

[jens-maus]

Sorry, but I fear this won't work simply because we don't build the docker/OCI images for armv6 at all since this IMHO does not make a lot of sense anyway. The Pi zero is way too underpowered to be used as a general purpose docker host these days. And if you really want to use a Pi Zero for homematic/homematicIP services (as a CCU) please use our PiZero images directly so that RaspberryMatic is installed directly on the Pi Zero rather than using a general purpose OS and using docker to virtualize RaspberryMatic.

[michaelosthege]

Thanks you!
I will check if I have other Raspis in the drawer, or consider using the Pi Zero image you mentioned.

[michaelosthege]

I flashed my Pi Zero W v1.1 with the "RaspberryPi Zero W, RaspberryPi Zero, RaspberryPi Compute Module 1, RaspberryPi1 (A+/B+)" image of release 3.69.7.20230506 but it won't connect to WiFi, and doesn't respond on the USB connection either. About half a minute after connecting to power it's LED goes into a double-flash cycle with about 1s intervals.

If instead I flash it with a Raspberry Pi OS Lite (32 bit), it connects and the LED is on almost continuously 🤔