No plugins with Docker

[solarboy]

I am trying out Docker with domoticz.

I have fully functioning zigbee2mqtt and zwave-js-ui.

However I have no plugins, which I have placed in 2 locations,

/opt/domoticz/userdata/plugins
and
/opt/domoticz/config/plugins

I presume this should work, however it does not (and I also don't have any themes, not sure if related)

My docker-compose.yml is basically the same as in the wiki.

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version: '3.3'

services:
  domoticz:
    image: domoticz/domoticz:2023.2
    container_name: domoticz
    restart: unless-stopped
    # Pass devices to container
    # devices:
    #   - "/dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00-port0:/dev/ttyACM0"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/opt/domoticz/userdata
      - /var/sbfspot:/var/sbfspot
      - /etc/sbfspot:/etc/sbfspot
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
      - LOG_PATH=/opt/domoticz/userdata/domoticz.log

Does anyone have any idea why this might not be working ? , I am keen to move over to docker as it has my only non-malformed database.

[solarboy]

I suspect this might be a permissions issue but I don't know what the permissions should be set to (does domoticz in docker run as root or something else)

[Sjonnie2017]

You could set the userdata folder to a folder in Home of the logged in user. Example /home/pi/Domoticz/userdata. There you can adjust permissions as you need / see fit.

I try to prevent changing permissions in other folder than ~ (unless it is absolutely necessary)

[solarboy]

You could set the userdata folder to a folder in Home of the logged in user. Example /home/pi/Domoticz/userdata. There you can adjust permissions as you need / see fit.

I try to prevent changing permissions in other folder than ~ (unless it is absolutely necessary)

Thanks again for your help.

So I did this by changing my docker-compose.yml to

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version: '3.3'

services:
  domoticz:
    image: domoticz/domoticz:2023.2
    container_name: domoticz
    restart: unless-stopped
    # Pass devices to container
    # devices:
    #   - "/dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00-port0:/dev/ttyACM0"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - /home/admin/domoticzUserdata:/opt/domoticz/userdata
      - /var/sbfspot:/var/sbfspot
      - /etc/sbfspot:/etc/sbfspot
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
      - LOG_PATH=/opt/domoticz/userdata/domoticz.log

I copied my database file here and Domoticz started but still no plugins

The userdata folder still is not created.

domoticz.log, etc are created.

I noticed this in the log.

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 2024-01-11 15:02:22.064 Status: Domoticz V2023.2 (c)2012-2023 GizMoCuz
2024-01-11 15:02:22.064 Status: Build Hash: 19efd039c, Date: 2023-07-21 16:23:44
2024-01-11 15:02:22.064 Status: Startup Path: /opt/domoticz/
2024-01-11 15:02:22.150 Status: PluginSystem: 'Google Home' Registration ignored, [b]Plugins are not enabled[/b].
2024-01-11 15:02:22.150 Status: PluginSystem: 'Lounge AC' Registration ignored, [b]Plugins are not enabled[/b]. 

But I can't see any settings to enable or disable plugins.

[Sjonnie2017]

I am sorry but what do you mean by

The userdata folder still is not created.

Did you create it in the home directory of the user or do you expect Docker to do that?

[solarboy]

I am sorry but what do you mean by

The userdata folder still is not created.

Did you create it in the home directory of the user or do you expect Docker to do that?

I did not at first in case this is something docker/domoticz likes to do.

That didn't happen so I stopped the container copied my plugins folder into /home/admin/domoticzUserdata/

That didn't work so I created the folder /home/admin/domoticzUserdata/userdata and put my plugins folder into that.

This also didn't work.

[gizmocuz]

That's correct and should not be needed (this special volume)
If you have used the default compose file (except maybe some serial port definitions), you should have a config folder in the docker compose folder you created for domoticz (for instance /opt/domoticz/config)

https://hub.docker.com/r/domoticz/domoticz

This is already the userdata folder
You can create a 'plugins' folder in here and add your plugins in here

Some plugins might need some additional python packages installed, for this we have a 'custom startup script' that is launched when the docker is started.
config/customstart.sh

for example with

pip3 install zzzz

[solarboy]

That's correct and should not be needed (this special volume)
If you have used the default compose file (except maybe some serial port definitions), you should have a config folder in the docker compose folder you created for domoticz (for instance /opt/domoticz/config)

https://hub.docker.com/r/domoticz/domoticz

This is already the userdata folder
You can create a 'plugins' folder in here and add your plugins in here

Some plugins might need some additional python packages installed, for this we have a 'custom startup script' that is launched when the docker is started.
config/customstart.sh

for example with

pip3 install zzzz

Thanks for replying, appreciated.

I have placed multiple plugins folders in the following locations:

/opt/domoticz/config

/opt/domoticz/userdata

/home/admin/domoticzUserdata/

/home/admin/domoticzUserdata/userdata

/home/admin/domoticzUserdata/config

My docker-compose.yml is in /opt/domoticz/ and is

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version: '3.3'

services:
  domoticz:
    image: domoticz/domoticz:2023.2
    container_name: domoticz
    restart: unless-stopped
    # Pass devices to container
    # devices:
    #   - "/dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00-port0:/dev/ttyACM0"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - /home/admin/domoticzUserdata:/opt/domoticz/userdata
      - /var/sbfspot:/var/sbfspot
      - /etc/sbfspot:/etc/sbfspot
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
      - LOG_PATH=/opt/domoticz/userdata/domoticz.log

One of my plugins is "Python Plugin Manager" which I imagine needs no other packages so at least it should appear, however still no plugins other than the default ones (also no themes)

Everything else seems to work, zigbee2mqtt, zwavejsui (both in dockers).

I can only write to /opt/domoticz/ as root.

[Kedi]

Put / install the plugin(s) in /home/admin/domoticzUserdata/plugins

[solarboy]

Put / install the plugin(s) in /home/admin/domoticzUserdata/plugins

I ended up reverting to the default compose file as gizmocuz suggested , deleted everything except the compose file and restarted the container.

It created the /opt/domoticz/config/plugins folder all on its own.

I stopped the container and copied over my db to replace the newly created db and copied my plugins into /opt/domoticz/config/plugins

Domoticz started well, and this time with themes !

Sadly no plugins yet. I noticed the plugin.py files weren't "executable" and I changed this but to no avail.

Is there a "test" plugin I could use that doesn't require any other packages ?

I am still getting these in the logs

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 2024-01-11 19:04:24.873 Status: PluginSystem: 'Google Home' Registration ignored, Plugins are not enabled.
2024-01-11 19:04:24.873 Status: PluginSystem: 'Lounge AC' Registration ignored, Plugins are not enabled. 

[solarboy]

If start the container without a db file a new one is created as well a a plugin folder and plugins can be installed without problems.

In the log there is this:

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2024-01-11 20:08:08.171 Status: Domoticz V2024.1 (c)2012-2024 GizMoCuz
2024-01-11 20:08:08.171 Status: Build Hash: 5279c8261, Date: 2024-01-01 11:59:22
2024-01-11 20:08:08.172 Status: Startup Path: /opt/domoticz/
2024-01-11 20:08:08.334 Status: PluginSystem: Started, Python version '3.9.2', 1 plugin definitions loaded.

If I upload my own db and restart I cannot use plugins, even freshly installed from git, for example "WAN-IP-CHECKER"

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2024-01-11 20:03:07.622 Status: Domoticz V2024.1 (c)2012-2024 GizMoCuz
2024-01-11 20:03:07.623 Status: Build Hash: 5279c8261, Date: 2024-01-01 11:59:22
2024-01-11 20:03:07.623 Status: Startup Path: /opt/domoticz/
2024-01-11 20:03:07.729 Status: PluginSystem: 'Google Home' Registration ignored, Plugins are not enabled.
2024-01-11 20:03:07.730 Status: PluginSystem: 'Lounge AC' Registration ignored, Plugins are not enabled.

There is a clue in the log there, I'm not sure what it means, I can't find an options to turn on/off plugins anywhere.

[solarboy]

There is a clue in the log there

If you start Domoticz with the event-system disabled , Python (and plugins) are also disabled.

If you start Domoticz with the event-system ENABLED and then turn it off, Python (and plugins) remains functional.