Home Assistant

Home Assistant is Home Open-source IoT Platform, used for Device Management and Monitor Home Server . Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

Prepare

When referring to this document to use Home Assistant, please read and ensure the following points:

• Login to Websoft9 Console and find or install Home Assistant:

  • Go to My Apps listing applications
  • Go to App Store installing target application

• This application is installed by Websoft9 console.

• The purpose of this application complies with the apache2 open source license agreement.

• Configure the domain name or server security group opens external network ports for application access.

Getting started

Connecting to MQTT

The Home Assistant application does not include the MQTT service by default:

1. Prepare the MQTT service or install the open source MQTT server Eclipse Mosquitto.

2. Refer to: MQTT Configuration to complete the connection and configuration.

Configuration options

• Configuration files directory(mounted): /config
• Home Assistant Add-ons: only available for Linux native installations, not for containerized versions.

Administer

Troubleshooting

Can't access Home Assistant through the domain name?

Currently it can be accessed only via IP and port. There is no solution for domain access at this time.