Hi everyone, I’m trying to develop an app for Homey Cloud starting from the base template (ie ‘homey app create’). When I launch the app (ie ‘homey app run’) I get the error that I have to start Docker.
Once Docker is started I no longer have the error but I still can’t start the app (Error: Cannot find module ‘/app/app.json’ - obviously app.jscon is present inside the project).
To work with Homey, does Docker have to be configured in some particular way or should it be enough to start it?
Hello Simone,
Look what I found with the forum’s new find tool, I can highly recommend it:
It’s all explained in there, Docker as well 
I’m sure it gets you going.
Btw are you aware of the limitations of the Homey cloud apps, and the annual €99,- fee you’ll have to pay?
The find tool is still in beta, but here’s a sneak preview how it showed me the right info:
https://community.homey.app/search?context=topic&context_id=116108&q=Homey%20cloud%20docker&skip_context=true
Here’s some other Homey cloud app developing notes:
Homey Cloud | Homey Apps SDK.
Hi Peter,
obviously I have already read Getting Started guide, watched the videos and also tried with AI but nowhere is it indicated what type of Docker configuration to use to develop on Homey (not even in the page linked by you).
Anyway my need is not to publish an app for Homey Cloud but rather to develop an app without having Homey Pro available (which I do not have in my main home). Even before understanding how to configure Docker at this point the question becomes: with Docker do I have the possibility to test an app for Homey even without having Homey Pro available?
Does anyone know if it is possible to test an app for Homey Pro without having Homey Pro available but using Docker?
AFAIK: no. The Docker container still depends on the actual hardware for protocols like Zigbee and Z-Wave.
