Dockerfile to run rpi-mqtt-monitor on OpenMower

[2m]

Thanks for creating this project! I was looking for something similar to monitor my OpenMower running on RPi.

I created a Dockerfile and systemd service config specifically for OpenMower here: https://github.com/2m/rpi-mqtt-monitor-docker

I also hacked a quick configuration override from environment vars script which gives a convenient way to configure this library from the systemd unit file.

This is quite a specific use-case, so not sure if it is worth to merge anything from my repo to here. But let me know if you think otherwise. :)

[hjelev]

Hey are you really able to run my script in a docker file and get real readings? I have tried in the past and failed as it was only getting readings from the container env.

[2m]

Hi! When I initially worked on this, I realized that I want more various metrics for OpenMower. For that I have reimplemented monitoring for OpenMpwer a bit differently here: https://github.com/2m/rpimon

But it still runs inside the docker container. I run it with --privileged so it is possible to monitor the system as opposed to the inside of the container.