Skip to main content
Question

Is it possible to run FME Server on Raspberry Pi 3?

  • June 13, 2017
  • 10 replies
  • 45 views

Forum|alt.badge.img

I was wondering if anyone tried/experimented with running FME Server on Raspberry Pi 3.

I would greatly appreciate any feedback on this question.

Thank you,

Alexander

This post is closed to further activity.
It may be an old question, an answered question, an implemented idea, or a notification-only post.
Please check post dates before relying on any information in a question or answer.
For follow-up or related questions, please post a new question or idea.
If there is a genuine update to be made, please contact us and request that the post is reopened.

10 replies

stalknecht
Contributor
Forum|alt.badge.img+21
  • Contributor
  • 305 replies
  • June 13, 2017

I've not done it but maybe it's possible. I think you can load a Docker-instance with FME server on Pi.


Forum|alt.badge.img

it looks that Docker supports Raspberry Pi 3 officially - https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/docker-comes-to-raspberry-pi/

it would be interesting to test if RP3 can handle Docker/FME Server from hardware requirements point of view.


Raspberry Pi uses the ARM chipset, however FME only supports Intel architectures, so no, FME will not run on Raspberry Pi.


philippeb
Enthusiast
Forum|alt.badge.img+22
  • Enthusiast
  • 329 replies
  • August 20, 2019

it looks that Docker supports Raspberry Pi 3 officially - https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/docker-comes-to-raspberry-pi/

it would be interesting to test if RP3 can handle Docker/FME Server from hardware requirements point of view.

Anyone tried that? With the new RPi4 it is becoming very interresting!


fmelizard
Safer
Forum|alt.badge.img+20
  • Safer
  • 3719 replies
  • August 20, 2019

Anyone tried that? With the new RPi4 it is becoming very interresting!

Hi @philippeb The RPi4, like all Pi's has an ARM processor which would require a Docker container with FME code compiled for ARM. That's not going to happen. However, it should be possible to run FME Server itself on a RPi4 as long as the FME engines are running on remote x86/x64 hosts. If you'd like FME Server in a Docker container for ARM, please suggest the idea here.


philippeb
Enthusiast
Forum|alt.badge.img+22
  • Enthusiast
  • 329 replies
  • August 20, 2019

Hi @philippeb The RPi4, like all Pi's has an ARM processor which would require a Docker container with FME code compiled for ARM. That's not going to happen. However, it should be possible to run FME Server itself on a RPi4 as long as the FME engines are running on remote x86/x64 hosts. If you'd like FME Server in a Docker container for ARM, please suggest the idea here.

Done! Thanks a lot!

https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/97220/fme-server-in-a-docker-container-for-arm.html

 


fmelizard
Safer
Forum|alt.badge.img+20
  • Safer
  • 3719 replies
  • July 7, 2020

Raspberry Pi uses the ARM chipset, however FME only supports Intel architectures, so no, FME will not run on Raspberry Pi.

Hmm, the advent of Apple Silicon may one day change this calculation .....


virtualcitymatt
Celebrity
Forum|alt.badge.img+47

Hmm, the advent of Apple Silicon may one day change this calculation .....

*shocked face emoji*


philippeb
Enthusiast
Forum|alt.badge.img+22
  • Enthusiast
  • 329 replies
  • July 8, 2020

*shocked face emoji*

*happy face emoji*


  • 1 reply
  • October 19, 2020

Raspberry Pi uses the ARM chipset, however FME only supports Intel architectures, so no, FME will not run on Raspberry Pi.

there are Qemu options available in docker that *could* mitigate the architecture “gap”..