# Multi-container setup unable to detect picamera

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/multi-container-setup-unable-to-detect-picamera/359323>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** support, raspberrypi3, docker, picamera\
**Created:** [June 29, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/multi-container-setup-unable-to-detect-picamera/359323 "2022-06-29T00:20:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ramirogm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@ramirogm](https://forums.balena.io/u/ramirogm)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/multi-container-setup-unable-to-detect-picamera/359323/4 "2022-06-29T13:22:46Z")

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Hi kayige

First I’d like to ask about which docs are you following? I’d like to confirm that you’re using an up to date source.

There’s a sample app at [GitHub - balena-io-playground/libcamera-apps: Example repo to showcase Raspberry Pi's new libcamera stack on balenaOS](https://github.com/balena-io-playground/libcamera-apps) that you can use to check that the camera can be detected. Could you try to run this and see if it works as expected?

You can also use this as a reference. For example, check [libcamera-apps/balena.yml at master · balena-io-playground/libcamera-apps · GitHub](https://github.com/balena-io-playground/libcamera-apps/blob/master/balena.yml#L16) you’ll see that there are specific fleet config vars defined.

If that one doesn’t work, there’s also another app at [GitHub - balenalabs/balena-cam: Network Camera with Raspberry Pi and WebRTC. Tutorial:](https://github.com/balenalabs/balena-cam)

And also could you share which OS version you’re running? And if none of the above works, the result of `dmesg` would be useful

Cheers  
Ramiro

PS: Another thread that may be helpful: [Unable to connect to Raspberry Pi camera on Zero W after OS update - #7 by Haila](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-raspberry-pi-camera-on-zero-w-after-os-update/355531/7)

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