A vagrant/virtualbox VM or dockerized equivalent should be doable on either x86-64 or raspi platforms since they support accessing the physical RTLSDR stick attached to the host platform.
Passing a device to docker is easy. I do it for a zwave antenna into home assistant running into docker on a x86-64 box here. I don’t remember if I have tried it on virtualbox. I have no idea how to pass the device through to a vm or container on a mac but perhaps parallels or fusion support that now on m-series macs. Virtualbox might still be limited on mac. Macs can be weird. Zero idea on anything NAS. Never used one, On Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 7:35:33 AM UTC-7 John Smith wrote: > Or too outside of what most users here are interested in doing? > > > The internet is a big place, someone somewhere will eventually stumble > upon it appreciate it saving many hours repeating what you can short cut > for them. > > Above all it would be a handy reference for yourself when you need to > revisit in future and can't quite remember exactly what you did the first > time :) > > On Tue, 19 May 2026 at 20:56, WeatheredScientist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> That's brilliant advice: I learned from Vince that his repo is built for >> Raspberry Pi, and (correct my words if wrong) assumes/prefers a Debian >> distro. I was planning on using container manager in the Synology OS, but >> perhaps the VMM solution is a better one for no other reason than >> permitting a simple Debian environment. TBH, I am not sure what container >> manager is using. >> >> What would be useful for the community re: the mac? Is it worth trying to >> write-up what I did for future reference? Or too one-off to be worth it? >> Next up before the Syno is my PC. I am hoping it will be quicker based on >> previous experience, though I did set up Ubuntu over Debian in WSL. If >> successful on the Win11, PC, again, worth a write-up? Or too outside of >> what most users here are interested in doing? >> >> Thanks to all, especially Vince, for the immense help, guidance, and >> above all, patience. >> >> -Mike >> >> On Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 4:19:32 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I suggest you to use Virtual Machine Manager and install there simple >>> basic Debian linux with weewx and passthrough the RTL-SDR usb device there. >>> There has been problems with docker and usb devices in Synology NAS:es >>> lately. >>> >>> lauantai 2. toukokuuta 2026 klo 23.39.41 UTC+3 WeatheredScientist >>> kirjoitti: >>> >>>> Hello to all! >>>> >>>> I have a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weather station that is up and >>>> running. This is a new system, so it comes with the iPad-like Weatherlink >>>> Live console. >>>> >>>> I have tried using ChatGPT and Claude to get an instance of weewx >>>> running in a Docker container on my Synology NAS. I have not had much >>>> luck, >>>> which seems to be a common experience with this approach. I'm adept with >>>> technology and computers, but I am not a programmer, even though I have >>>> programmed a bit in the past. >>>> >>>> *Can this group provide steps to getting weewx set up in a container on >>>> the NAS, connecting to services like Weather Underground? *I feel like >>>> I got close, but I am not even sure how to describe what the LLMs guided >>>> me >>>> to do. Largely, I was able to get weewx "installed", but seemed to be >>>> having problems with the config file. I did see at one point weewx >>>> outputing data, but it wasn't able to connect to wunderground, even though >>>> I had provided my station name and key in the right section (so maybe no >>>> using the right config file). >>>> >>>> Happy to provide much more info, just need guidance on what. >>> >>> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7747bb27-ddf1-4159-841b-e941b245d44an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7747bb27-ddf1-4159-841b-e941b245d44an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/703c9124-925b-487b-872c-da4fd819a2e1n%40googlegroups.com.
