Octoprint container in Debian Windows WSL 2 and Docker Desktop

Here’s a list of steps to get octoprint to run within a container on Windows. I happen to have a windows system running next to my ender so instead of infinitely waiting for a raspberry pi I decided to run octoprint in a container within windows – if possible. Using Debian was a challenge, but I prefer it over Ubuntu, so I took the extra time to figure it out. Enjoy!

Get USB serial device into Debian

PowerShell (Admin)

PS C> winget install --interactive --exact dorssel.usbipd-win

Debian:

$ sudo apt-get install usbutils hwdata usbip

Powershell Admin:

PS C> usbipd wsl list
BUSID  VID:PID    DEVICE                                                        STATE
1-1    046d:c545  USB Input Device                                              Not attached
1-2    2357:0138  TP-Link Wireless MU-MIMO USB Adapter                          Not attached
1-4    1bcf:28c4  FHD Camera, FHD Camera Microphone                             Not attached
1-5    1a86:7523  USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM4)                                       Not attached
1-13   046d:c52b  Logitech USB Input Device, USB Input Device                   Not attached

PS C> usbipd wsl attach --busid 1-4
usbipd: info: Using default distribution 'Debian'.

PS C> usbipd wsl attach --busid 1-5
usbipd: info: Using default distribution 'Debian'.

PS C> usbipd wsl list
BUSID  VID:PID    DEVICE                                                        STATE
1-1    046d:c545  USB Input Device                                              Not attached
1-2    2357:0138  TP-Link Wireless MU-MIMO USB Adapter                          Not attached
1-4    1bcf:28c4  FHD Camera, FHD Camera Microphone                             Attached - Debian
1-5    1a86:7523  USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM4)                                       Attached - Debian
1-13   046d:c52b  Logitech USB Input Device, USB Input Device                   Not attached
1-23   0bda:9210  USB Attached SCSI (UAS) Mass Storage Device                   Not attached

Debian:

# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1bcf:28c4 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. FHD Camera Microphone
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

# python3 -m serial.tools.miniterm


--- Available ports:
---  1: /dev/ttyUSB0         'USB Serial'

docker-compose.yml

version: '2.4'

services:
  octoprint:
    image: octoprint/octoprint
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 80:80
    devices:
    # use `python3 -m serial.tools.miniterm` , this requires pyserial
    #  - /dev/ttyACM0:/dev/ttyACM0
    #  - /dev/video0:/dev/video0
      - /dev/ttyUSB0
    volumes:
     - octoprint:/octoprint
    #environment:
    #  - ENABLE_MJPG_STREAMER=true

  ####
  # uncomment if you wish to edit the configuration files of octoprint
  # refer to docs on configuration editing for more information
  ####

  #config-editor:
  #  image: linuxserver/code-server
  #  ports:
  #    - 8443:8443
  #  depends_on:
  #    - octoprint
  #  restart: unless-stopped
  #  environment:
  #    - PUID=0
  #    - GUID=0
  #    - TZ=America/Chicago
  #  volumes:
  #    - octoprint:/octoprint

volumes:
  octoprint:

Success!