Running a simulator application on an RPi

To run a simulator application, follow the sequence of actions as described here:

  1. Open an SSH connection.
  2. Navigate to /home/pi/sensor.
  3. Build an image and run a Docker container:
# Build an image from a Dockerfiledocker build -t modbus-sensor .## Run container in foregrounddocker run -p 1502:1502 --privileged -it --rm --name modbus-sensor-container modbus-sensor## Run container in background# docker run -p 1502:1502 --privileged -d  --rm --name modbus-sensor-container modbus-sensor## Fetch the logs of a container# docker logs -f modbus-sensor-container## Stop running container# docker stop modbus-sensor-container
Console output when a simulator app is running

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