Getting Started using Docker

One option to get your receiver up and running quickly is to pick one of the available docker images. They come preloaded with all the requirements and OpenWebRX itself, and if you already have a running docker setup, they should get you started very easily.

I am currently providing specialized images for each of the supported hardware types, and I also have a "full" variant that includes support for all hardwares.

Check out my docker hub page for a list of all the available images.

The docker images are built for both x86 and arm architectures, so you can use these on a Raspberry Pi! Here is a quick introduction; to cut to the chase, all you need to do is run curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh to get started.

In order to download and run the full image, simply use these commands:

docker volume create openwebrx-config
docker run --device /dev/bus/usb -p 8073:8073 -v openwebrx-config:/etc/openwebrx jketterl/openwebrx

When using docker, the config will be stored inside a docker volume, so in order to edit the config you will need to find out the filesystem path that is used by docker (The usual location is /var/lib/docker/volumes/openwebrx-config/_data/):

docker volume inspect openwebrx-config|grep Mountpoint

If your host is running any kind of flash-based storage (e.g. SSDs or the SD-card of a Raspberry Pi) it is highly recommended to offload the temporary files to memory-based storage. you can do this by adding --tmpfs=/tmp/openwebrx to the docker commandline. Please also edit your configuration to make temporary_directory point to /tmp/openwebrx.