Meshtasticd in Docker

[deavmi]

Hi, I'm having problems getting the Dockerized version of meshtasticd working.

I have a Dockerfile that correctly copies over my config.yml into the container's image, then I start it with CMD meshtasticd -c config.yml.

It seems it can definately read my config file but it keeps complaining about a MAC address missing:

meshtasticd  | Portduino is starting, VFS root at /root/.portduino/default
meshtasticd  | Set up Meshtastic on Portduino...
meshtasticd  | Using /config.yaml as config file
meshtasticd  | *** Blank MAC Address not allowed!
meshtasticd  | Please set a MAC Address in config.yaml using either MACAddress or MACAddressSource.

The docs really didn't help me that much, I cannot find what the basic bare bones config must look like.

[GUVWAF]

If you don't have access to e.g. an Ethernet interface, you can set a MAC address manually like this (remove the comment):

firmware/bin/config-dist.yaml

Line 211 in 6f7149e

# MACAddress: AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF

[deavmi]

I will give this a try and see if it works for me.

[deavmi]

Okay, so I am running:

meshtasticd -c /config.yaml

And I have added the line you said (uncommented) yet I still seem to get the same problem:

[GUVWAF]

Answer I got from @vidplace7 on Discord:

"You're meant to pass the meshtastic config to the container in a volume

docker run -it -p 4403:4403 --restart unless-stopped --name meshtasticd --device=/dev/bus/usb/001/006 -v ./config.yaml:/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml:ro meshtastic/meshtasticd:beta

^ Example from https://meshtastic.org/docs/software/linux/usage/#usage-with-docker"

[deavmi]

I've copied the file into the actual Docker image, that can work too, no?

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[deavmi]

Let me try what you sent

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On 14 September 2025 17:30:59 SAST, GUVWAF ***@***.***> wrote: Answer I got from @vidplace7 on Discord: "You're meant to pass the meshtastic config to the container in a `volume` ``` docker run -it -p 4403:4403 --restart unless-stopped --name meshtasticd --device=/dev/bus/usb/001/006 -v ./config.yaml:/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml:ro meshtastic/meshtasticd:beta ``` ^ Example from https://meshtastic.org/docs/software/linux/usage/#usage-with-docker" -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #7952 (reply in thread) You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Message ID: ***@***.***>

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