Installing openthread boarder router in a docker container on a raspberry pi with a SLZB-MR1

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For better or for worst, I am using Home Assistant Core, inside docker, on a raspberry pi 5. And now I have an SLZB-MR1 device, which I need to connect to Home Assistant.

The SLZB-MR1 can be detected when running lsusb on docker.

root@docker01:~/smarthome/containers# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2174:2000 Transcend StoreJet Transcend
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 10c4:ea60 Silicon Labs CP210x UART Bridge
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

I am having trouble installing the openthread border router container. I tried something like this

  otbr:
    image: openthread/border-router
    container_name: otbr
    restart: always
    network_mode: "host"
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
      - "/dev/ttyUSB0:/dev/ttyUSB0"
      - "/dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun"
    volumes:
      - "/var/lib/otbr:/data"
    environment:
      OT_RCP_DEVICE: "spinel+hdlc+uart:///dev/ttyUSB0?uart-baudrate=460800"
      OT_INFRA_IF: "wlan0"
      OT_THREAD_IF: "wpan0"
      OT_LOG_LEVEL: "7"
      OT_REST_LISTEN_ADDR: "0.0.0.0"
      OT_REST_LISTEN_PORT: "8080"

But I keep getting errors in the container logs.

* s6-rc: info: service otbr-agent successfully started
* s6-rc: info: service otbr-web: starting
* s6-rc: info: service otbr-web successfully started
* s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting
* Starting otbr-web...
* [INFO]-WEB-----: Running 0.3.0-ca15c52
* [INFO]-WEB-----: Border router web started on wpan0
00:00:00.271 [I] P-Daemon------: Session socket is ready
00:00:00.271 [D] Cli-----------: Input: state
00:00:00.271 [D] Cli-----------: Output: disabled
00:00:00.271 [D] Cli-----------: Output: Done
* s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started
* 00:00:00.843 [I] TrelDiscoverer: DNS-SD service registered successfully
* 00:00:00.843 [I] TrelPeerTable-: Added peer otTRELfa3007dbbe3d0807, dnssd-state:resolving
* 00:00:00.843 [I] TrelDiscoverer: Peer otTRELfa3007dbbe3d0807 is this device itself
* 00:00:00.843 [I] TrelPeerTable-: Deleted peer otTRELfa3007dbbe3d0807, dnssd-state:resolving
* [WARN]-REST----: /usr/src/ot-br-posix/src/rest/rest_web_server.cpp:1085 Error (404) -
* [WARN]-REST----: /usr/src/ot-br-posix/src/rest/rest_web_server.cpp:1085 Error (404) -
* [WARN]-REST----: /usr/src/ot-br-posix/src/rest/rest_web_server.cpp:1085 Error (404) -

and when I try to access the otbr web interface, I get this

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Has anyone ever done what I’m trying to do? Or do you know what could I be doing wrong?

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FWIW, this is called a Home Assistant Container installation. “Core” is pure python and deprecated.

Don’t you have something else listening on 8080 on your host?

3

Actually, your REST API seems to be runnning. The 404 response on your GET request to 192.168.10.12:8080 is correct.
You should be able to add this exact URL in the OpenThreadBorderRouter integration in HomeAssistant.
If everything else is correctly configured, the Thread integration should show a network and this border router as default border router.
Did you configure the ipv4 and ipv6 forwarding in sysctl?