vzlogger docker image for Raspberry Pi

vzlogger is a software that reads measurements from a variety of smart meters. This is docker image builds vzlogger from its sources and runs it. The image inherits from armhf/debian:stable and therefore runs on a Raspberry Pi 3.

The image expects the configuration for vzlogger in /etc/vzlogger.conf. Use the -v option to run the image with your own configuration file.

Run the container with --privileged if you vzlogger to access infrared readers connected as USB serial devices.

Running vzlogger on startup with systemd

Create the file /etc/systemd/system/vzlogger.service with the following content:

[Unit]
Description=Run vzlogger docker container
After=vzgw.service

[Service]
Restart=always
User=root
Type=simple
ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/docker rm -f vzlogger || true"
ExecStop=/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/docker stop vzlogger || true"
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/docker run --privileged --name vzlogger -v /home/pi/vzlogger.conf:/etc/vzlogger.conf:ro vzlogger:latest"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload systemd and enable the unit.