# Getting mavsdk server running on voxl2 Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4164/getting-mavsdk-server-running-on-voxl2 Category: VOXL SDK and Software (https://forum.modalai.com/category/47/voxl-sdk-and-software) Tags: voxl-sdk Posted: 2025-02-10 19:17:28 UTC by binu.abraham Replies: 6 · Views: 1539 ## binu.abraham · 2025-02-10 19:17:28 UTC I have a voxl2 drone, I can ssh to it, but can't adb in right now. I am trying to follow the instructions on https://docs.modalai.com/mavsdk/ But cannot find the voxl-mavsdk.tar file that is referenced in the video in the download. So I have tried to build it using the docker https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-docker-images/voxl-docker-mavsdk. But the build.sh assumes the device is connected via adb . I tried running those commands from the ssh shell , but I couldn't find voxl-configure-docker-support.sh. Is there a different set of instructions for voxl2 ? ## Reply by binu.abraham · 2025-02-10 20:54:48 UTC @binu-abraham I found the voxl-configure-docker-support script, trying to run it now ## Reply by binu.abraham · 2025-02-11 14:12:47 UTC (in reply to binu.abraham) @binu-abraham Is there a pre-built docker image for mavsdk server on voxl2 ? ## Reply by binu.abraham · 2025-02-12 22:32:12 UTC (in reply to binu.abraham) @binu-abraham Wanted to post about how I got this working finally I was having issues with docker build ( would segfault on ubuntu) and building the mavsdk from source ( while running the binary on voxl2, it complained that glibc was missing ) , so I finally downloaded the mavsdk_server_linux-arm64-musl from https://github.com/mavlink/MAVSDK/releases Followed the instructions to set the vision hub prameters from https://docs.modalai.com/mavsdk/ Started the mavsdk-server ./mavsdk_server_linux-arm64-musl -p 50051 udpin://0.0.0.0:14550 From the android app drone = System( , 50051 // -p parameter for mavsdk-server ) Don't call mavsdkServer.run as mavsdkserver is already running in voxl2 ## Reply by brahim · 2025-02-18 20:01:19 UTC (in reply to binu.abraham) @binu-abraham you can do an scp of the get_docker.sh script [here](https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-docker-images/voxl-docker-mavsdk/-/blob/main/third_party/get-docker.sh?ref_type=heads) on to the voxl2 and then run it. Most of the voxl suite packages assume you have an adb connection. As for building the docker image over ssh, I would just clone down voxl-docker-mavsdk on to the voxl2 itself, change directory to voxl-docker-mavsdk, and then just run the following command: ``` docker build . -t mavsdk --network=host ``` This should build an ubuntu focal image with mavsdk + all dependencies as well as the takeoff and land example ## Reply by brahim · 2025-02-18 20:08:07 UTC (in reply to binu.abraham) @binu-abraham I do not believe modalai has images on docker hub or any other docker repo. The gitlab repo has all of the Dockerfiles though. ## Reply by luisdelavega · 2025-04-09 14:11:39 UTC (in reply to brahim) @brahim Thanks for this advice! I'm working on Windows with WSL and it is impossible for me to build the docker image by following the instructions on the [voxl-docker-mavsdk](https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-docker-images/voxl-docker-mavsdk/-/tree/main) README. I'm still unsure why the image build on the VOXL and not on my WSL Ubuntu, but at least I got it to work.