Install DSMR reader on hass os

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Ok i tried yours
Now the stack is deployed
and i get 2 containers
When i try to start i get this

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chmod -R 777 /data/compose/1/dsmr

on the host to permit reading/writing/creating of files in that folder to everybody.

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no such file or directory
not sure where to create it manually either

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Sorry, take the paths from the error message,

  • /data/compose/1/dsmrdb
  • /data/compose/1/dsmr_backups

If they don’t exist, create them first using mkdir.

Hope DSMR is nothing of importance, as this setup is wacky your knowledge on what is actually going on is poor. It will probably run, but don’t blame me if things get messy.

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Yeah, thats my opinion too, thatswhy i asked for help if someone succeeded and could point out a how-to

I know how to create directories but i dont know where that data folder is
is it under /home/user ?

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The path is abolute, so not inside /home. It’s computed from the path Portainer uses as “home” directory and the realtive path defined in the docker-compose file (see volumes: section).

If you want that directory be created inside a user’s home directory, change “./dsmrdb” and “./dsmr_backups” in docker-compose / portainer stack file to absolute paths, using a user’s home directory.

    volumes:
      - /home/user/dsmr/dsmrdb:/var/lib/postgresql/data

and

    volumes:
      - /home/user/dsmr:/dsmr/backups

Of course, replace “user” with real user-id and create world-wide-writable sub-directory “dsmr” first.

20

i created the dirs and still cant start it
mm
i dont know what i’m doing either, i should probably quit until someone does the same and can help me?

21

Same error? Did you re-deploy the stack?

22

yeah
and now its under compose/3 instead of compose/1

23

Then the changes in the compose file changes are not reflected by Portainer. Can you remove the stack and start over with the updated compose file?

24

I started from your compose file

25

… and did you change the relative volumes references as mentioned here?

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Like this

services:
  dsmrdb:
    image: postgres:12-alpine
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /home/skank/dsmr/dsmrdb:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Brussels
      - PG_TZ=Europe/Brussels
      - POSTGRES_USER=dsmrreader
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=dsmrreader
      - POSTGRES_DB=dsmrreader

  dsmr:
    image: xirixiz/dsmr-reader-docker:latest
    depends_on:
      - dsmrdb
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /home/skank/dsmr:/dsmr/backups
    environment:
      - DJANGO_TIME_ZONE=Europe/Brussels
      - VIRTUAL_HOST=localhost
    ports:
      - 7777:80
      - 7779:443
    devices:
      - /dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AQ5ADAWE-if00-port0:/dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AQ5ADAWE-if00-port0
version: '2'

so i have
home/skank/docker/dsmr

27

Yes, like this.

28

Again error
image

29

I am giving up, sorry.

30

No problem mate , thx for your help, hope someone else can help

31

You can look into this, if you want. This skips all the hassle:

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/custom-component-homewizard-energy-wifi-p1-meter

32

Mmm theres not much difference then with the integrated dsmr “slimme meter”

Thats the reason why i want to go the dsmr reader route…

33

Ah, I understand!
Can you let me know what you are ‘missing’ from the official component and what you want to achieve? Maybe I can bring it as a feature in the HomeWizard Energy component.