Home-Assistant

• https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/linux

HA Docker overview

• The HA docker container is not fully supported in the sense that it can't install components automatically.

  • To install components e.g. HACS that provide user integrations.

    • Exec into container and install  docker exec -it homeassistant /bin/bash 

      • https://www.hacs.xyz/docs/use/download/download/#to-download-hacs

        •  wget -O - https://get.hacs.xyz | bash - 

      • Once installed the software should be in the host /config mounted folder

• docker-compose.yaml entry

    homeassistant:
      container_name: homeassistant
      image: ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable
      privileged: true
      restart: unless-stopped
      environment:
        - TZ=Pacific/Auckland
      volumes:
        - ~/HomeAssistant/ha-config:/config
        - /run/dbus:/run/dbus:ro
      network_mode: host