Help request: Installing weewx on a DS918+ NAS using Docker (Davis VP2+), connecting to Wunderground
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WeatheredScientist
May 2, 2026, 4:39:41 PM (9 days ago) May 2
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Hello to all!
I have a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weather station that is up and running. This is a new system, so it comes with the iPad-like Weatherlink Live console.
I have tried using ChatGPT and Claude to get an instance of weewx running in a Docker container on my Synology NAS. I have not had much luck, which seems to be a common experience with this approach. I'm adept with technology and computers, but I am not a programmer, even though I have programmed a bit in the past.
Can this group provide steps to getting weewx set up in a container on the NAS, connecting to services like Weather Underground? I feel like I got close, but I am not even sure how to describe what the LLMs guided me to do. Largely, I was able to get weewx "installed", but seemed to be having problems with the config file. I did see at one point weewx outputing data, but it wasn't able to connect to wunderground, even though I had provided my station name and key in the right section (so maybe no using the right config file).
Happy to provide much more info, just need guidance on what.
I have a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weather station that is up and running. This is a new system, so it comes with the iPad-like Weatherlink Live console.
I have tried using ChatGPT and Claude to get an instance of weewx running in a Docker container on my Synology NAS. I have not had much luck, which seems to be a common experience with this approach. I'm adept with technology and computers, but I am not a programmer, even though I have programmed a bit in the past.
Can this group provide steps to getting weewx set up in a container on the NAS, connecting to services like Weather Underground? I feel like I got close, but I am not even sure how to describe what the LLMs guided me to do. Largely, I was able to get weewx "installed", but seemed to be having problems with the config file. I did see at one point weewx outputing data, but it wasn't able to connect to wunderground, even though I had provided my station name and key in the right section (so maybe no using the right config file).
Happy to provide much more info, just need guidance on what.
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Vince Skahan
May 2, 2026, 5:23:06 PM (9 days ago) May 2
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Which docker image and driver are you trying to use?
WeatheredScientist
May 2, 2026, 5:43:49 PM (9 days ago) May 2
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To be honest, I am not sure. I had Docker up and running on the NAS long before all this. When I look at the app in the NAS OS, it lists the Docker version as 20.10.3-1308.
Vince Skahan
May 2, 2026, 5:55:55 PM (9 days ago) May 2
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Not which docker version. Which weewx ‘image’ are you trying to run via docker ?
WeatheredScientist
May 2, 2026, 8:13:46 PM (9 days ago) May 2
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Haha I realized my mistake too late. To hopefully answer your question, I am trying to run felddy/weewx.
Vince Skahan
May 2, 2026, 8:41:38 PM (9 days ago) May 2
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Looking at the DockerHub page at https://hub.docker.com/r/felddy/weewx the 'Running' section has the procedure for getting it working.
I have no idea how much compatibility there is for an old version of Docker on a NAS. Sorry.
WeatheredScientist
May 3, 2026, 8:33:15 AM (8 days ago) May 3
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Thank you. I am going to read through that. It turns out that my DS918 was running an older version of its OS than it should have been (long boring story). I updated it and all the packages, which included a swap out of Docker for what Synology calls "Container Manager". Lo and behold, I can see all the instances of weewx I tried to get up and running: 4 with ChatGPT, and one with Claude.ai. The last one is was still trying to run, and crashing within a minute, then auto-restarting.
After reading through the guide, I'll see what I can find, if anything, in the logs.
After reading through the guide, I'll see what I can find, if anything, in the logs.
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