Provide access to USB device in a docker?

[Spies]

I want to add a Bluetooth dongle so that Home Assistant can poll Bluetooth devices, is this possible or does it have to be done through a VM?

[Seriously_Clueless]

 

Might find the info you are looking for here?

[TRusselo]

the best method to passthrough usb to docker is via device by-id

open unraid terminal
type 

ls -l /dev/serial/by-id

 

you will get output of your devices with names

 

copy the whole BLUE name of your device

 

go to your docker and edit config

 

add /dev/serial/by-id/  before pasting the name from above.

eg

/dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_dcf756dbb712ec118bca20c7bd930c07-if00-port0

then add :/dev/zigbee to the end -  this is the container mount point

 

so you end up with this in your Docker Host config:

Quote

/dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_dcf756dbb712ec118bca20c7bd930c07-if00-port0:/dev/zigbee

 

if anywere inside your docker program it asks for the device location you would set it to :
/dev/zigbee

 

Edited February 19, 2023 by TRusselo

[DanielPT]

On 2/2/2023 at 6:57 PM, TRusselo said:

the best method to passthrough usb to docker is via device by-id

open unraid terminal
type 

ls -l /dev/serial/by-id

 

you will get output of your devices with names

 

copy the whole BLUE name of your device

 

go to your docker and edit config

 

add /dev/serial/by-id/  before pasting the name from above.

eg

/dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_dcf756dbb712ec118bca20c7bd930c07-if00-port0

then add :/dev/zigbee to the end -  this is the container mount point

 

so you end up with this in your Docker Host config:

 

if anywere inside your docker program it asks for the device location you would set it to :
/dev/zigbee

 

Hi

 

Can you help me a little?

I tryed to get youre "Guide" to work but HA didnt see it

But after i did this it worked. But will it change after every reboot?

 

 

[TRusselo]

On 2/2/2024 at 1:48 PM, DanielPT said:

Hi

 

Can you help me a little?

I tryed to get youre "Guide" to work but HA didnt see it

But after i did this it worked. But will it change after every reboot?

 

 

yes it can change if you have more than 1 USB device.
if you only have one it will always be 0
by-id is the only sure way.