Impossible to start zigbee2mqtt in LXC container

Configuration Zigbee
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Hi there, I’m migrating my HMA/Zigbee2MQTT configuration to a LXC container in proxmox.
I have migrated all files from the legacy setup onto my LXC container.
the /dev/ttyUSB0 exists. I have temporarily extended the rights to 777 to avoid access issue. The usb device is cc2652rb. I have configured the configuration.yaml this way:
version: 5

homeassistant:

enabled: false

frontend:

enabled: true

mqtt:

base_topic: zigbee2mqtt

server: ‘mqtt://mosquitto.familletaieb.fr:1883’

serial:

port: /dev/ttyUSB0

adapter: ember

advanced:

log_level: debug

network_key:

- 103

- 33

- 159

- 177

- 168

- 173

- 59

- 65

- 200

- 48

- 101

- 111

- 57

- 216

- 32

- 53

pan_id: 59915

ext_pan_id:

- 89

- 135

- 55

- 142

- 82

- 205

- 74

- 70

But zigbee2mqtt doesn’t start with the following error message.
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] debug: z2m: Removing old log directory ‘/opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/log/2025-06-12.19-03-27’
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.log)
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] debug: z2m: Can’t load state from file /opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/state.json (doesn’t exist)
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 2.4.0 (commit #unknown)
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (4.1.0)
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] debug: z2m: Using zigbee-herdsman with settings: ‘“{"network":{"panID":59915,"extendedPanID":[89,135,55,142,82,205,74,70],"channelList":[11],"networkKey":"HIDDEN"},"databasePath":"/opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/database.db","databaseBackupPath":"/opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/database.db.backup","backupPath":"/opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/coordinator_backup.json","serialPort":{"path":"/dev/ttyUSB0"},"adapter":{"disableLED":false}}”’
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] debug: zh:adapter:discovery: Connected devices: [{“path”:“/dev/ttyS0”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS1”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS10”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS11”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS12”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS13”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS14”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS15”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS16”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS17”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS18”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS19”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS2”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS20”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS21”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS22”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS23”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS24”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS25”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS26”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS27”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS28”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS29”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS3”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS30”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS31”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS4”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS5”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS6”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS7”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS8”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS9”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyUSB0”}]
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] error: z2m: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] error: z2m: Failed to start zigbee-herdsman
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] error: z2m: Check Zigbee2MQTT fails to start/crashes runtime | Zigbee2MQTT for possible solutions
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] error: z2m: Exiting…
Jun 12 19:05:21 zigbee2mqtt pnpm[425]: [2025-06-12 19:05:21] error: z2m: Error: USB adapter discovery error (No valid USB adapter found). Specify valid ‘adapter’ and ‘port’ in your configuration.

I’l really stuck…
If someone could help.
Thanks
Laurent

2

Your YAML isn’t formatted for the forum so it is impossible to debug, but I suspect it is wrong

“Specify valid ‘adapter’ and ‘port’ in your configuration.”

Please format it correctly.

3

I would say, change /dev/ttyUSB0 with the correct /dev/serial/by-id/… but I have never setups an LXC.

4

The correct adapter for CC2652RB is zstack, not ember.

And as already suggested by @francisp, you should use /dev/serial/by-id instead of /dev/ttyUSB*, because the latter may change.

5

I have tried zstack. Same issue.
docker logs zigbee2mqtt
Using ‘/app/data’ as data directory
Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
Onboarding page is available at http://0.0.0.0:8080/
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] debug: z2m: Removing old log directory ‘/app/data/log/2025-06-13.00-16-05’
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.log)
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] debug: z2m: Can’t load state from file /app/data/state.json (doesn’t exist)
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 2.4.0 (commit #bdb94da46e0461337f4a61b4f2a6bfa5172f608f
)
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (4.1.0)
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] debug: z2m: Using zigbee-herdsman with settings: ‘“{"network":{"panID":38501,"extendedPanID":[128,236,172,52,141,109,0,227],"channelList":[11],"networkKey":"HIDDEN"},"databasePath":"/app/data/database.db","databaseBackupPath":"/app/data/database.db.backup","backupPath":"/app/data/coordinator_backup.json","serialPort":{"baudRate":115200,"rtscts":true,"path":"/dev/ttyUSB0","adapter":"zstack"},"adapter":{"disableLED":false}}”’
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] debug: zh:adapter:discovery: Connected devices: [{“path”:“/dev/ttyS0”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS1”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS10”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS11”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS12”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS13”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS14”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS15”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS16”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS17”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS18”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS19”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS2”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS20”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS21”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS22”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS23”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS24”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS25”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS26”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS27”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS28”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS29”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS3”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS30”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS31”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS4”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS5”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS6”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS7”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS8”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyS9”},{“path”:“/dev/ttyUSB0”,“manufacturer”:“Silicon Labs”,“serialNumber”:“00_12_4B_00_25_9B_88_8A”,“pnpId”:“usb-Silicon_Labs_slae.sh_cc2652rb_stick_-slaesh_s_iot_stuff_00_12_4B_00_25_9B_88_8A-if00-port0",“vendorId”:“10c4”,“productId”:“ea60”}]
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] info: zh:adapter:discovery: Matched adapter: {“path”:“/dev/ttyUSB0”,“manufacturer”:“Silicon Labs”,“serialNumber”:“00_12_4B_00_25_9B_88_8A”,“pnpId”:"usb-Silicon_Labs_slae.sh_cc2652rb_stick-_slaesh_s_iot_stuff_00_12_4B_00_25_9B_88_8A-if00-port0”,“vendorId”:“10c4”,“productId”:“ea60”} => zstack: 4
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] debug: zh:controller: Starting with options ‘{“network”:{“networkKeyDistribute”:false,“networkKey”:“HIDDEN”,“panID”:38501,“extendedPanID”:[128,236,172,52,141,109,0,227],“channelList”:[11]},“serialPort”:{“baudRate”:115200,“rtscts”:true,“path”:“/dev/ttyUSB0”,“adapter”:“zstack”},“adapter”:{“disableLED”:false},“databasePath”:“/app/data/database.db”,“databaseBackupPath”:“/app/data/database.db.backup”,“backupPath”:“/app/data/coordinator_backup.json”}’
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] info: zh:zstack:znp: Opening SerialPort with {“path”:“/dev/ttyUSB0”,“baudRate”:115200,“rtscts”:true,“autoOpen”:false}
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] info: zh:zstack:znp: Serialport opened
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] debug: zh:zstack:znp: → SREQ: SYS - ping - {“capabilities”:1}
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:writer: → frame [254,0,33,1,32]
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] info: zh:zstack:znp: Writing CC2530/CC2531 skip bootloader payload
[2025-06-14 00:01:57] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:writer: → buffer [239]
[2025-06-14 00:01:58] debug: zh:zstack:znp: → SREQ: SYS - ping - {“capabilities”:1}
[2025-06-14 00:01:58] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:writer: → frame [254,0,33,1,32]
[2025-06-14 00:01:59] info: zh:zstack:znp: Skip bootloader for CC2652/CC1352
[2025-06-14 00:01:59] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:parser: ← [0]
[2025-06-14 00:01:59] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:parser: — parseNext [0]
[2025-06-14 00:01:59] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:parser: ← [0]
[2025-06-14 00:01:59] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:parser: — parseNext [0,0]
[2025-06-14 00:01:59] debug: zh:zstack:znp: → SREQ: SYS - ping - {“capabilities”:1}
[2025-06-14 00:01:59] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:writer: → frame [254,0,33,1,32]
[2025-06-14 00:02:01] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:parser: ← [254,6,65,128,0,2,1,2,7,1,192]
[2025-06-14 00:02:01] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:parser: — parseNext [0,0,254,6,65,128,0,2,1,2,7,1,192]
[2025-06-14 00:02:01] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:parser: → parsed 6 - 2 - 1 - 128 - [0,2,1,2,7,1] - 192
[2025-06-14 00:02:01] debug: zh:zstack:znp: ← AREQ: SYS - resetInd - {“reason”:0,“transportrev”:2,“productid”:1,“majorrel”:2,“minorrel”:7,“hwrev”:1}
[2025-06-14 00:02:01] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:parser: — parseNext
[2025-06-14 00:02:05] debug: zh:zstack:znp: → SREQ: SYS - ping - {“capabilities”:1}
[2025-06-14 00:02:05] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:writer: → frame [254,0,33,1,32]
[2025-06-14 00:02:11] debug: zh:zstack:znp: → SREQ: SYS - ping - {“capabilities”:1}
[2025-06-14 00:02:11] debug: zh:zstack:unpi:writer: → frame [254,0,33,1,32]
[2025-06-14 00:02:17] error: z2m: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
[2025-06-14 00:02:17] error: z2m: Failed to start zigbee-herdsman
[2025-06-14 00:02:17] error: z2m: Check Zigbee2MQTT fails to start/crashes runtime | Zigbee2MQTT for possible solutions
[2025-06-14 00:02:17] error: z2m: Exiting…
[2025-06-14 00:02:17] error: z2m: Error: Failed to connect to the adapter (Error: SRSP - SYS - ping after 6000ms)
at ZStackAdapter.start (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/z-stack/adapter/zStackAdapter.ts:114:27)
at Controller.start (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/controller/controller.ts:133:29)
at Zigbee.start (/app/lib/zigbee.ts:71:27)
at Controller.start (/app/lib/controller.ts:102:13)
at start (/app/index.js:149:5)

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6

No, different issue :sweat_smile:

Is the USB dongle connected via an extension cable? If not: it should be.

7

Try the correct /dev/serial/by-id/…

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Chances are: either your device path changed (in which case follow @francisp’s advice), or the ZHA integration detected your “new” device via discovery and needs to be disabled.