A Dockerized Relay for Meshtastic and Matrix featuring an Integrated Virtual Meshtastic Node communicating via MQTT
This project utilizes a virtual node built using Meshtastic firmware. It emulates the capabilities of a physical device, facilitating direct communication with a conventional mesh network through the firmware's built-in MQTT functionality.
The relay operations are provided by the Meshtastic <=> Matrix Relay project.
Discover more about Meshtastic on their official site: https://meshtastic.org.
This project consists of two containers mmrealynode-app and mmrelaynode-device. Start by copying docker-compose-sample.yaml to docker-compose.yaml and tailor it to your needs.
For container setup:
git clone https://github.com/mate-dev/mmrelaynode.git
cd mmrelaynode && git submodule update --init
docker compose -f "docker-compose.yaml" up -d --build
docker compose restart
Important: Restart the containers after the initial launch. This reboot enables the virtual Meshtastic node to apply the changes from the MESHTATIC_COMMAND_X: commands after being executed by the script.
To view outputs from command_wrapper.py & MESHTASTIC_COMMAND_X commands:
docker exec -it mmrelaynode-app cat /home/mesh/app/command_output.txt
These commands are executed only upon the first launch of the container. To re-execute, remove the flag file and restart the container.
To remove the flag file:
docker exec -it mmrelaynode-app rm /home/mesh/app/.commands_executed
For script modifications and rebuilding containers from scratch, use:
docker compose down --volumes
docker compose build --no-cache
docker compose up -d --force-recreate