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home-assistant

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Home Assistant

Home automation platform.

Overview

Home Assistant integrates with smart home devices and automations. Open source alternative to commercial smart home platforms.

Access: https://assistant.janvv.nl VM: 114 IP: 192.168.144.120 Port: 8123 Resources: 2 cores, 8GB RAM, 32GB disk

Deployment

Home Assistant runs on a dedicated VM.

# Create VM
qm create 114 --name home-assistant --cores 2 --memory 8192 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
# ... additional VM configuration
 
# Install Home Assistant OS
# Follow Home Assistant installation guide

Configuration

Home Assistant typically uses Home Assistant OS on the VM, which is an all-in-one OS + Home Assistant.

Configuration:

  • configuration.yaml - Main configuration
  • Automations via UI
  • Integrations added via UI

Access

Integrations

Common integrations include:

  • Smart lights (Hue, Zigbee)
  • Sensors (temperature, motion)
  • Media devices
  • Weather services
  • Calendar services

Add via: Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration

Automation

Automations: Create via UI (Settings → Automations & Scenes) Scripts: Reusable action sequences Scenes: Pre-defined device states

Backup

Home Assistant backups:

  • Automatic backups scheduled in UI
  • Manual backups: Settings → System → Backups → Create Backup
  • Backups stored within VM, should copy off-VM for safety

Full backup: Snapshot the VM itself

Maintenance

Update: Via UI (Settings → System → Updates) Restart: Via UI or restart VM

Common Tasks

Add device: Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration Create automation: Settings → Automations & Scenes → Create Automation Check logs: Settings → System → Logs

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