What is docker?

PAjTEK_PL · August 16, 2022, 9:55pm

Hi All,

Could you please help me to understand what is Docker?

I’m trying to integrate my PS5 with Home Assistant using this:

But in the documentation:

FunkeyFlo/ps5-mqtt/blob/d4cf1ed489e07256ab66fca4e958ec8d4b539bd3/docs/DOCKER.md

# Using the app with Docker (HA Core)
There are multiple ways of using the `Docker` images created by this project with HA Core.

This bit of documentation will outline one of those methods. Namely by creating your own startup script file.

## Prerequisites
This document assumes:
1. That you have a basic understanding of how to use docker and `docker-compose.yml` files.
2. That you know which **architecture** your docker instance is running on. The app supports 5 architecture types which you can find here. *You will need this in the steps described below.*
3. A linux-based docker host. The app relies on the `network_mode: host` option of docker to function and unfortunatly this option is only available on linux and not mac or windows as you can see [here][network-mode-windows].

## Steps
The following steps describe how you can use a `docker-compose.yml` and a custom `run.sh` file to start the add-on.

This allows you to circumvent the default startup command, which depends on [bashio][bashio], which is only available when using the app as a Home Assistant Add-on. And instead provide the required configuration through the `.sh` file we will create.
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Everything is about the docker…

I run my HASS on Windows PC with VMware

Thanks in advance.

nickrout · August 16, 2022, 10:00pm

PAjTEK_PL · August 16, 2022, 10:05pm

Yes, I read that.

But Still don’t know how to configure that in HASS?

Do I need that to run PS5 Addon?

nickrout · August 16, 2022, 10:45pm

You probably don’t need to know the details as there is an addon ps5-mqtt/add-ons at d4cf1ed489e07256ab66fca4e958ec8d4b539bd3 · FunkeyFlo/ps5-mqtt · GitHub

PAjTEK_PL · August 17, 2022, 8:06am

That’s what I mean.

I have the add-on.

However, when I start the Add-on it shows an error: 502: Bad Gateway
Later it asks me to start it again…

I’m not sure what configuration it requires to make this happen?

nickrout · August 17, 2022, 10:28am

The addon has a log. What does it say?

PAjTEK_PL · August 17, 2022, 2:04pm

It says this:

Starting PS5-MQTT…
node:internal/process/promises:279
triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */);
^
Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND null
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (node:dns:71:26) {
errno: -3008,
code: ‘ENOTFOUND’,
syscall: ‘getaddrinfo’,
hostname: ‘null’
}

nickrout · August 17, 2022, 10:11pm

Do you have mqtt running on your system?

pragdogforshins · August 17, 2022, 11:50pm

What is Docker?

To me: a complete pain in the ass. Have NEVER managed to get it working on any system properly. One more thing to go wrong IMO.

nickrout · August 18, 2022, 1:26am

usually a case of following instructions.

pragdogforshins · August 18, 2022, 3:34am

Agree. On the other hand, sometimes it’s not that…because the instructions are so painfully obtuse, confusing and inapplicable in various circumstances and situations that…the program, although supposedly “properly installed” still fails to run. Windows and Linux both.

nickrout · August 18, 2022, 4:23am

@PAjTEK_PL I added the PS5 addon to try this out for you. I do not have a PS5 to test on. However the addon started perfectly.

I disabled my MQTT broker and tried to restart the PS5 addon. It gave a similar error to the one you describe. I re-enabled the MQTT broker, and the PS5 addon then started properly again.

Do you have MQTT running? If not, I can help with that.

PAjTEK_PL · August 18, 2022, 12:25pm

Hi @nickrout,

Ok, great!

what I did so far:

I installed the Mosquitto broker Addon.

I can see my PS5 in the PS5 Addon, however I have no entities / devices for it in HASS.

Any ideas how to get them?

Thank you!