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for later reference.

Home Assistant

Readme from petterhj/docker-homeassistant. Notes on running Home Assistant Core in a docker container on a Synology NAS with support for Tellcore and other integrations.

Home Assistant

Docker setup for running Home Assistant with PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, Grafana, Mosquitto and Zigbee2MQTT.

Container

$ docker-compose up

$ docker-compose ps
$ docker exec -it <container_id> bash

$ docker pull homeassistant/home-assistant:stable # Update base image
$ docker-compose up --no-deps -d homeassistant

Services

Service Port Note
homeassistant 8123
postgres 5234
influxdb 8086/8083
grafana 3000 The grafana docker container runs on user:group 472:472. The persistent volume must therefore be chmod as that user: chown -R 472:472 /<path>/.grafana.
mosquitto 1883
zigbee2mqtt 8180
esphome 6052 
// configuration.yaml

influxdb:
  host: localhost
  port: 8086
  database: !secret influxdb_database
  username: !secret influxdb_username
  password: !secret influxdb_password

recorder:
  db_url: postgresql://<username>:<password>@localhost/<database>

Zigbee2MQTT

# .zigbee2mqtt/configuration.yaml
homeassistant: true
permit_join: true

mqtt:
  base_topic: zigbee2mqtt
  server: mqtt://localhost

serial:
  adapter: deconz
  port: /dev/ttyACM0

frontend:
  port:

API

$ curl -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    <host>:8123/api/services/homeassistant/restart

HACS

Install in container (configured as an integration):

$ docker exec -it <container_id> bash
$ wget -q -O - https://install.hacs.xyz | bash -

mini-graph-card

type: 'custom:mini-graph-card'
name: Media cabinet
icon: 'mdi:thermometer'
entities:
  - entity: sensor.media_cabinet_speed_level
    name: Fan speed
    show_graph: false
  - entity: sensor.media_cabinet_temp0
    name: Receiver
    show_state: true
    show_indicator: true
  - entity: sensor.media_cabinet_temp1
    name: Router
    show_state: true
    show_indicator: true
  - entity: sensor.media_cabinet_temp2
    name: TV
    show_state: true
    show_indicator: true
  - entity: sensor.media_cabinet_temp3
    name: Ambient
    show_state: true
    show_indicator: true
hours_to_show: 24
hour24: true
decimals: 0

Harmony

# configuration.yaml
sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      harmony_hub:
        friendly_name: "Current activity"
        value_template: '{{ state_attr("remote.harmony_hub", "current_activity") }}'

Home Control

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/emulated_hue

Logitech Harmony remotes cannot connect to this emulator via Android and iOS mobile applications because they require the physical button on the hub to be pressed. The MyHarmony desktop software must be used with the original cable to connect it, then “Scan for Devices”.

Synology

nginx config: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf (replaced on restart) nginx template config: /usr/syno/share/nginx/

WWW_Main.mustache

location = /description.xml {
  proxy_pass http://<host>:<port>/description.xml;
}
location /api {
    proxy_pass http://<host>:<port>/api;
}

sudo synoservice --restart nginx

Pairing works through app (Android).

https://github.com/hass-emulated-hue/core

This virtual bridge runs at HTTP port 80 and HTTPS port 443 on your local network. These ports can not be changed as the HUE infrastructure requires them to be at these defaults.

Emulated Roku

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/emulated_roku/

tail -f home-assistant.log | grep roku
DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event roku_command[L]: source_name=Home Assistant, type=keypress, key=Search>

# automations.yaml
alias: Run NRK TV (Google TV)
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: roku_command
    event_data:
      source_name: Home Assistant
      type: keypress
      key: Info
action:
  - service: media_player.select_source
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.google_tv_2
    data:
      source: no.nrk.tv
Key Action
Fwd
Rev
...
Back Google TV: Kodi
Home Google TV: Netflix
Info Google TV: NRK TV
InstantReplay Google TV: Spotify
Search Google TV: YouTube

Keyboard Remote (Flirc)

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/keyboard_remote/

# configuration.yaml
keyboard_remote:
  - device_name: 'flirc.tv flirc Keyboard'
  # - device_descriptor: '/dev/input/event0'
    type:
      - 'key_up'
      - 'key_down'
      # - 'key_hold'

alias: 'Remote: Power'
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: keyboard_remote_command_received
    event_data:
      device_name: flirc.tv flirc Keyboard
      key_code: 31
      type: key_down
condition: []
action:
  - service: light.toggle
    target:
      device_id: d081d5962686e9904ebbfec152dc64e9
    data: {}
mode: single

# with `debug` logging enabled:
$ tail -f home-assistant.log | grep keyboard_remote
DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.keyboard_remote] key event at 1647365376.381469, 31 (KEY_S), down
DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event keyboard_remote_command_received[L]: key_code=31, type=key_down, device_descriptor=/dev/input/event0, device_name=flirc.tv flirc Keyboard>
DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.keyboard_remote] key event at 1647365376.445474, 31 (KEY_S), up
DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event keyboard_remote_command_received[L]: key_code=31, type=key_up, device_descriptor=/dev/input/event0, device_name=flirc.tv flirc Keyboard>

Spotify

# configuration.yaml
spotify:
  client_id: !secret sp_client_id
  client_secret: !secret sp_client_secret

spotcast:
  sp_dc: !secret primary_sp_dc
  sp_key: !secret primary_sp_key

Resources

Integrations

MQTT

MQTT (aka MQ Telemetry Transport) is a machine-to-machine or “Internet of Things” connectivity protocol on top of TCP/IP. It allows extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport.

Zigbee

Zigbee2MQTT

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/