Dockerized RTL-SDR server for Raspberry Pi

This Dockerfile allows you to easily deploy a native RTL-SDR server using Docker in your Raspberry Pi

Instructions

1. It's needed to block certain kernel modules to get the RTL-SDR device work properly. Place the blacklist-rtl.conf file into your host /lib/modprobe.d/ folder:

cp ./files/blacklist-rtl.conf /lib/modprobe.d/

2. Additionally, we need to set the correct permissions to the modules for allowing TCP messages. Place the rtl_sdr.rules file into your host /etc/udev/rules.d/ folder:

cp ./files/rtl_sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/

3. Reboot your Raspberry Pi, this should only have to be done once.

4. Run the container using the docker-compose file included here:

docker-compose up -d --build rtl-server

5. The server is listening on port 1234, connect to it using your RTL-SDR client (i.e. SDRSharp) and the IP of the Raspberry device.

sdr://<raspberry-ip>:1234

6. Enjoy and open an issue or collaborate with a PR if anything is not working as expected.