Hey Ed - really happy to see this - prior to watching I'd no clue as to how to get started and now feel confident to give it a try. One of the reasons I've not bothered to do any research into HA on Unraid previously is we've very few IoT devices, and those that we have are on a no interent VLAN to stop them from phoning home. So it would be great if you could do a video about your HA set up - the devices you find useful and how you get them to do useful work without sending all your data to China, or anywhere else for that matter. Thanks!
I am just getting in to home assistant and would love any tutorials you feel would help a newbie get up and running. I have 60+ IoT devices at this point, and really need to get a handle on all of them. Alexa just barely does the job, and I want to expand into other areas that dont work with that ecosystem. You have been fundamental to my understanding of unraid, and cannot thank you enough for your time and effort over the years.
I just listened to your interview with Joshua last week. I am getting into HA assistant on unraid now as a result. Anything you are able to share is appreciated. I am looking at ordering some additional hardware for my home for switches, receptacles and power monitoring. My thermostat is already compatible with HA.
Very cool Ed! I wonder if this could be modified to monitor a VM on another server? I was thinking about setting up a second unraid server. Something like this could be a cool high-availability type setup. That way if there was an issue with the whole server, it could boot up the second VM
Deleted the VM, and the Docker app, tried again, but there seems to be no way I can connect to the Web UI. The docker app does correctly point to the same IP I see when I open up the VNC to the HA console, but I can't get to it. Pings and Web both time out.
Can your HAinabox supprt multiple versions of Home Assistant running on unraid? I have three instances of HA running on my unraid server that control my families houses. I like the ease of your system and the auto restart capability...fantastic!!
I may be missing something, but is there any reason not to just run it as the VM and don't use Docker for it at all? I followed another guide for this recently, using the official qcow2 image from HA and running it purley as a VM under unraid and it works a treat. This seems to be complicating it more than needed, unless there is a good reason to have the Docker element as well? It really wasn't hard to add the image in unraid and run it as a VM.
I was wondering the same. The install proces is a lot easier for starters for sure. Just as easy as running it in docker mode but than with the added benefits of a vm. That said, the main advantage is the check is the vm is running. If not the auto start option is great. I’ve only had to manually start the HA vm once or twice though. I’m wondering if I can make the docker work with an already existing HA VM.
The additional ease, particularly for new users to unraid, to deploy this by just clicking install from the community app store, it means that any unraid user can fire up HA, within an HAOS VM with a single click and not have to really watch any tutorials.
Would love some more home assistant videos. I'm currently trying to setup a reverse proxy but seems to be struggling. Also trying to setup mqtt broker within home assistant to be accessible through the internet but also struggling with this.
Is there an option to SSH into the VM itself or via VNC. Attempts to connect via both options fail (ssh on 22222 or 22). I'm trying to troubleshoot bluetooth (via the motherboard) and USB Manager shows it as attached but I have no way of veryifying the that and I'm not seeing anything being discovered.
I am getting an error on install: downloading the Home Assistant vdisk from the official source extracting the vdisk to /config/vdisk1.qcow2.xz (removing the .xz)... Error: Failed to extract the .qcow2.xz file
I am having nothing but hassle with this. I've been at it for like 2hrs now, and the HA install is bad. Restarting the VM shows in rescue mode? Maintenance I can't get to work, ctrl d to continue ends in CLI not starting? Ive uninstalled and reinstalled, same issues...
Finally got it. If you're getting in rescue mode, catch it in VNC and pick a different option. If you're having a "waiting for CLI to be ready" type "login" and hit enter. If "ha >" comes after type "banner"
Hmm... tried it on 2 different Unraid installations and both fail. On one it finds the IP but it is not accessible and on the second unraid it doesn't find the IP at all.
Hi. The container is just an installer for homeassistant as the config files will not be in the appdata. The home assistant is Hassio running in a vm. So you can edit the files from in the webui of homeassistant www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/
Anybody running into an issue where the browser keeps getting forwarded/redirected from your Local IP with the Internally mapped docker IP? I'm probably running my network a bit janky. But can't access the WebUI yet.
Tried three times to install but the issue i am having it is failing to extract the image and at the end it says missing files: /domains/Home Assistant/vdisk1.img
Saw the Home Assistant VM pop up on the Unraid app store and had a feeling we were about to get a new video! Love it!
Hey Ed - really happy to see this - prior to watching I'd no clue as to how to get started and now feel confident to give it a try.
One of the reasons I've not bothered to do any research into HA on Unraid previously is we've very few IoT devices, and those that we have are on a no interent VLAN to stop them from phoning home. So it would be great if you could do a video about your HA set up - the devices you find useful and how you get them to do useful work without sending all your data to China, or anywhere else for that matter. Thanks!
Please more HA videos
Totally agree 😂
Yes.
Amazing! Let’s see if I did my HA correctly.
It is so awesome you take the time to build these dockers. ❤
I love the clarity of your tutorials! Touch on custom HA dashboards if you do indeed make some HA setup vids please sir. Thank you!
Yes please sir, more HA vids. Specifically around configs, dashboards, and HACs plugins? Potential integrations. ❤
Amazing, thanks a lot for this Ed! Would love to see some Home Assistant setup specific videos in the future.
Thanks for this! Just set it up on my unraid server!
Good video Ed! Thanks for sharing it with us!💖👍😎JP
Great tutorial! and to the point as usual. Love it!
Nice cant wait for HA setup videos
I am just getting in to home assistant and would love any tutorials you feel would help a newbie get up and running. I have 60+ IoT devices at this point, and really need to get a handle on all of them. Alexa just barely does the job, and I want to expand into other areas that dont work with that ecosystem.
You have been fundamental to my understanding of unraid, and cannot thank you enough for your time and effort over the years.
Great vid! Can't wait to try it out.
Thank you. This would have saved me a bunch of time
Been waiting for this. Please more HA videos
I just listened to your interview with Joshua last week. I am getting into HA assistant on unraid now as a result. Anything you are able to share is appreciated. I am looking at ordering some additional hardware for my home for switches, receptacles and power monitoring. My thermostat is already compatible with HA.
great project, definitely gonna use it 🙏💪
Very cool Ed! I wonder if this could be modified to monitor a VM on another server? I was thinking about setting up a second unraid server. Something like this could be a cool high-availability type setup. That way if there was an issue with the whole server, it could boot up the second VM
Awesome. I was thinking about this earlier today but didn’t want to configure a bunch of things
Appreciate the work!
That's real cool. Thanks for the share.
Perfect thanks,! Cheers ❤
Please do more HA videos using Unraid.
Cannot connect to the IP of the VM, doesn't seem to be on my subnet despite using the same bridged network for all my other containers and VMs.
Deleted the VM, and the Docker app, tried again, but there seems to be no way I can connect to the Web UI. The docker app does correctly point to the same IP I see when I open up the VNC to the HA console, but I can't get to it. Pings and Web both time out.
@@monofurioso me too -
Can your HAinabox supprt multiple versions of Home Assistant running on unraid? I have three instances of HA running on my unraid server that control my families houses. I like the ease of your system and the auto restart capability...fantastic!!
i would like a video setting up security cameras on this home assistant setup!
I may be missing something, but is there any reason not to just run it as the VM and don't use Docker for it at all? I followed another guide for this recently, using the official qcow2 image from HA and running it purley as a VM under unraid and it works a treat. This seems to be complicating it more than needed, unless there is a good reason to have the Docker element as well? It really wasn't hard to add the image in unraid and run it as a VM.
I was wondering the same. The install proces is a lot easier for starters for sure. Just as easy as running it in docker mode but than with the added benefits of a vm.
That said, the main advantage is the check is the vm is running. If not the auto start option is great. I’ve only had to manually start the HA vm once or twice though. I’m wondering if I can make the docker work with an already existing HA VM.
The additional ease, particularly for new users to unraid, to deploy this by just clicking install from the community app store, it means that any unraid user can fire up HA, within an HAOS VM with a single click and not have to really watch any tutorials.
This was great and super easy to setup. Thank you!
Is anyone able to use Node RED with this? It will install but won't start.
Great video thank you so much. How did you get the VM Usage Statistics at the top of the VM tabs? Thank you
Would love some more home assistant videos. I'm currently trying to setup a reverse proxy but seems to be struggling. Also trying to setup mqtt broker within home assistant to be accessible through the internet but also struggling with this.
Would like to see Unraid integration to HA, restarting VMs, running dockers, checking load and similar
NFC tag scan to turn on gaming VM would be cool thing to do
great video and feature!
05:08 start
09:39 removal
The VM IP seems to be not obtained correctly, it's 172.17.0.10:8123/TCP192.168.50.176:8123
What if I already have the docker HA and want to move to the VM HA? Does anyone have a quick how-to for doing this?
full backup and store it to another safe place, stop the original docker, build the new one and restore with your BACKUP file
can i use this with an existing ha vm?
I was wondering the same! Maybe you could run the docker and replace the inage with the old one but I’m not sure.
Is there an option to SSH into the VM itself or via VNC. Attempts to connect via both options fail (ssh on 22222 or 22). I'm trying to troubleshoot bluetooth (via the motherboard) and USB Manager shows it as attached but I have no way of veryifying the that and I'm not seeing anything being discovered.
I am getting an error on install: downloading the Home Assistant vdisk from the official source
extracting the vdisk to /config/vdisk1.qcow2.xz (removing the .xz)...
Error: Failed to extract the .qcow2.xz file
how to update Home Assistant Core Update? it just keep saying installing for the passed hour
I followed this setup and it does not work in bridge network mode. i had to use host.
I am having nothing but hassle with this. I've been at it for like 2hrs now, and the HA install is bad. Restarting the VM shows in rescue mode? Maintenance I can't get to work, ctrl d to continue ends in CLI not starting? Ive uninstalled and reinstalled, same issues...
Finally got it. If you're getting in rescue mode, catch it in VNC and pick a different option. If you're having a "waiting for CLI to be ready" type "login" and hit enter. If "ha >" comes after type "banner"
FYI I had to open and update the vm to get it to launch the first time.
Hmm... tried it on 2 different Unraid installations and both fail. On one it finds the IP but it is not accessible and on the second unraid it doesn't find the IP at all.
Similar issue. Keeps replacing my Local IP with the Internally mapped docker IP in the browser.
Looking into a solve now. I'll post if I figure it out.
Got it licked.
@@Papa_Hannibal Can you share on the support forums? There are others there with the same issue.
@Theexplorographer absolutely. I'll try and figure out the proper location in both the unraid discords, the reddit, and maybe the project page.
HA Vids 🎉
Mine also connect to a different subnet
very nice work Ed !!! you are the best. i run my HA on a NUC
Is your docker file on git so I can see how it all works in the background?
Where do I find the config files to edit. I checked appdata but do not see anything.
Hi. The container is just an installer for homeassistant as the config files will not be in the appdata. The home assistant is Hassio running in a vm. So you can edit the files from in the webui of homeassistant www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/
Anybody running into an issue where the browser keeps getting forwarded/redirected from your Local IP with the Internally mapped docker IP? I'm probably running my network a bit janky. But can't access the WebUI yet.
Gotta fix if anybody has this issue as well.
@@Papa_Hannibal I'd love to know your fix. Can't connect to the web UI myself.
@@Papa_Hannibal What's the fix?
yahoooooooooooooooooo
hahaha you’re a clever bastard Ed! I love this mate and thankyou so much for doing what you’re doing! You are appreciated so much! 🫵
Tried three times to install but the issue i am having it is failing to extract the image and at the end it says missing files:
/domains/Home Assistant/vdisk1.img