Home Assistant : Q&A, Tips & Tricks, Your Configs

[xrapidx]

Did you add this to your config

http:

  use_x_forwarded_for: true

 

[R4m80]

Did you add this to your config

http:

use_x_forwarded_for: true

I did and that was the issue. I have now removed it and now I can log in remotely without issues.

 

[SauRoNZA]

For watched library/history, install Trakt.tv addon in plex. Plex then syncs watch status to this. Then when you re-install plex its pulled from that again. Easy peasy if you ever lose your DB. I used this back in the day for multple kodi installs without a shared db.

Yeah could work but it's so hackey and unnecessary when I should just be able to access the damn data folder.

Does it work across multiple Plex user accounts?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Yup supervised on myside. But I installed it on a debian os via a script asp per https://community.home-assistant.io/t/installing-home-assistant-supervised-on-debian-11/200253

I can ssh to the host(‘Native SSH’) and into hassio via the ssh addon. When using ‘Native SSH’, I can get to "/usr/share/hassio" but when ssh to hassio, as per your post #1,827 also can't get to "/usr/share/hassio"

Under correction you using and intel nuc with the https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/generic-x86-64/ ? As far as I know you can't access the host os from here.

My suggestion would be run debain on the nuc, and use the supervised install as per link above, then you can ssh to host os as well as the home assistant instant, would just need to use different ports for the ssh access. You can create a backup/snapshot and just restore once you have it up and running on debian.

Running it on a Chromebox, which I pursued when they opened up the NUC install to a Generic X86 one and I happened to have one laying around.

I mean Linux is my day job so installing a full server would be fine, it just seems to deeply unnecessary when Hass.io is meant to be the easy-mode.

I mean if I can't access the Appdata, how the hell will I manage Letsencrypt/DuckDNS/Nginx reverse proxies for different domains going to different things?

I'm starting to remember why I always hated the Raspberry Pi build and this whole addons notion everyone was on about and I stuck to Unraid and manual dockers instead.

Only reason I want Plex on there now is because it's a beefy i7 and should make Plex a whole lot nicer to deal with. I could just install it on my PC but then I'd need to leave that on permanently.

 

[w1tw0lf]

Running it on a Chromebox, which I pursued when they opened up the NUC install to a Generic X86 one and I happened to have one laying around.

I mean Linux is my day job so installing a full server would be fine, it just seems to deeply unnecessary when Hass.io is meant to be the easy-mode.

I mean if I can't access the Appdata, how the hell will I manage Letsencrypt/DuckDNS/Nginx reverse proxies for different domains going to different things?

I'm starting to remember why I always hated the Raspberry Pi build and this whole addons notion everyone was on about and I stuck to Unraid and manual dockers instead.

Only reason I want Plex on there now is because it's a beefy i7 and should make Plex a whole lot nicer to deal with. I could just install it on my PC but then I'd need to leave that on permanently.

From what I see and reading, Raspberry Pi build and the nuc build is pretty much the same install. It installs as an "appliance" and you can't do much from there on with it.

Have a look here https://community.home-assistant.io/t/where-did-ssh-go/282223, might have some answers for you.

 

[Tinuva]

Running it on a Chromebox, which I pursued when they opened up the NUC install to a Generic X86 one and I happened to have one laying around.

I mean Linux is my day job so installing a full server would be fine, it just seems to deeply unnecessary when Hass.io is meant to be the easy-mode.

I mean if I can't access the Appdata, how the hell will I manage Letsencrypt/DuckDNS/Nginx reverse proxies for different domains going to different things?

I'm starting to remember why I always hated the Raspberry Pi build and this whole addons notion everyone was on about and I stuck to Unraid and manual dockers instead.

Only reason I want Plex on there now is because it's a beefy i7 and should make Plex a whole lot nicer to deal with. I could just install it on my PC but then I'd need to leave that on permanently.

proxmox or whatever. Run the virtual HA appliance if you can, even the x86 one.
Then a second vm with manual dockers.
Seems that will be easier for you. In fact if you have cameras, you want your blue iris on there.

 

[SauRoNZA]

proxmox or whatever. Run the virtual HA appliance if you can, even the x86 one.
Then a second vm with manual dockers.
Seems that will be easier for you. In fact if you have cameras, you want your blue iris on there.

I have a whole Unraid setup to do all of those things and for all the discoveries above it will remain the primary solution.

I just wanted Plex on HA to take advantage of the hardware, so maybe I’ll try your trick to sync the data across.

It just seems utterly daft not to expose the docker config folders.

Cameras will all be HomeKit going forward and be entirely serverless in that regard.

 

[xrapidx]

Anyone used Yale Smart Locks with home-assistant? I picked up a YRD256 off Facebook Market place - and see it has a networking module - but can't really see what the networking module does.

Looks like this: https://www.everyshop.co.za/yale-sm...YNtmPhlEkSx3U6UDm5M6WQsnffe_rachoCnXMQAvD_BwE

Now to find the right size hole saws and try retro fit my front door.

 

[MidnightZA]

How can I determine if an ES08266 board is dead? There was a power outage last night and today the esp board suddenly stopped working (No light on boot at all. Not even a flash)

I connected it to my laptop via usb and tested the vcc pins. The 5V pin gave a reading of 4.8V and the 3.3V pin was showing 0V

 

[deesef]

How can I determine if an ES08266 board is dead? There was a power outage last night and today the esp board suddenly stopped working (No light on boot at all. Not even a flash)

I connected it to my laptop via usb and tested the vcc pins. The 5V pin gave a reading of 4.8V and the 3.3V pin was showing 0V

Either a component has failed and is pulling the 3.3v to ground, or a component in the 3.3v power circuit has failed.

Does the board boot if you supply 3.3v to the appropriate terminals?

 

[MidnightZA]

Either a component has failed and is pulling the 3.3v to ground, or a component in the 3.3v power circuit has failed.

Does the board boot if you supply 3.3v to the appropriate terminals?

Nope. Ive tried powering using USB, 5V pin and the 3.3V pin. None of them even causes the LED to flash once

 

[deesef]

Nope. Ive tried powering using USB, 5V pin and the 3.3V pin. None of them even causes the LED to flash once

I assume that you applied 3.3v to the 3.3v pin? 5v would sincerely kill it.

If yes, then it sounds like there was a surge when power was restored. What were you using to power it when the power failed?

 

[MidnightZA]

I assume that you applied 3.3v to the 3.3v pin? 5v would sincerely kill it.

If yes, then it sounds like there was a surge when power was restored. What were you using to power it when the power failed?

Yes 3.3V was applied to the correct pin. I was using a 5V 1.5A cellphone charger amd usb cable when the power failed/returned but normally I have it connected to a 12V battery with a step down converter

 

[AfricanTech]

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[SAguy]

Anyone tried syncing two sonoff's together, so if the one is off the other goes off and visa versa?

I could use automations, but if I want to sync in both directions then that will cause a loop.

 

[Veroland]

Anyone tried syncing two sonoff's together, so if the one is off the other goes off and visa versa?

I could use automations, but if I want to sync in both directions then that will cause a loop.

I use NodeRed in HA for the complex automations, it is fairly easy to do what you want in that.

 

[SAguy]

I use NodeRed in HA for the complex automations, it is fairly easy to do what you want in that.

I haven't taken the NodeRed plunge yet
All my config and deployment is in code, need to find the energy to update it.

 

[Speedster]

Anyone tried syncing two sonoff's together, so if the one is off the other goes off and visa versa?

I could use automations, but if I want to sync in both directions then that will cause a loop.

Does the sync have to be instant? If you could allow for a short delay, you could use that to break the loop

 

[SAguy]

Does the sync have to be instant? If you could allow for a short delay, you could use that to break the loop

Doesn't have to be instant nah

 

[Veroland]

Does the sync have to be instant? If you could allow for a short delay, you could use that to break the loop

So what I basically do for simular scenarios:

If switch 1 turns off
- if switch 2 is on
- turn off switch 2

Edit:
I also define input booleans in my config file to carry extra state when I need it:
movement_lights_disable:
name: Disable lights toggle on movement
initial: off
icon: mdi:lightbulb-group-off


This will not turn off the lights if they were switched on with the switch instead of the movement sensors