🏠 My Home-Assistant config and documentation.
Hey! Welcome to my home! It's powered by Home-Assistant. In this file I will try and lay out my setup, so you can see the different parts.
I will attempt to break this file down in to the following sections:
- Servers
- Networking
- Hubs
- Sensors
- Lighting
- Media Players
- Voice Assistants
- Credits
I have two main server computers for running the various services I use.
Home-Assistant Host
| Hardware | Intel NUC / i5 / 8GB RAM` |
| Operating System | Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS |
| Apps | Docker |
| HAP-NodeJS |
| Docker Containers |
|---|
| Home-Assistant (Hassio) |
| Heimdall |
| Duplicati |
| grocy |
| Hassio Add-Ons | |
|---|---|
| Check Home Assistant configuration | |
| Configurator | |
| Duck DNS | |
| ESPHome | |
| FTP | |
| IDE | |
| MQTT Server & Web client | |
| Node-RED | |
| Pi-hole | |
| Portainer | |
| SSH & Web Terminal | |
| Samba Share | |
| UniFi Controller | |
| Visual Studio Code |
Mac mini
| Hardware | Mac mini (Mid 2011) / i5 / 16GB RAM |
| Operating System | macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 |
| Apps | Plex Media Server |
| Sonarr | |
| Radarr | |
| SABnzbd | |
| iTunes | |
| Backblaze backup |
All your files are listed in the file explorer. You can switch from one to another by clicking a file in the list.
There are some IoT things where I have not been able to get away from using a third-party hub. I am currently using:
- Hive Heating (British Gas)
- Link Plus (Lightwave)
-- Xiaomi Mijia Temperature x4 Connected via Bluetooth to an ESP32, which is flashed with ESPHome, to allow communication with Home-Assistant.
-- Bruh Multi Sensors x4 Connected via WiFi, running code developed by Ben from BruhAutomation, allowing communication of Temperature, Humidity, Light-level and Motion to Home-Assistant over MQTT.
-- RF Door Sensors Cheap RF door hall-effect sensors from Ali-Express that connect to a Sonoff RF Bridge to provide communication with Home-Assistant via MQTT.
For full PAF (Partner Acceptance Factor) in my home, I like to replace light-switches, rather than using replacement bulbs and other solutions. This means that if someone comes to visit, there are no awkward conversations needed for how to operate the lights! In the UK, there are very few brands that offer drop-in replacement light switches for home-automation. I have been using Lightwave products for a number of years, and subsequently some of my switches are their Generation 1 devices (which I control using an RFXTRX box) and some are Generation 2 (which pair directly to Apple HomeKit.)
For other lights such as lamps, I am using Sonoff Basics. These are easily added to existing lamps by simply chopping into their cord. I have flashed these devices using Tasmota, to allow me to control them from Home-Assistant over MQTT
I also have bunch of RGB LED strips. Most of these are WS2811/B or WS2812 and are connected to NodeMCU boards. These are flashed using ESPHome, which I am running as a Hassio Add-On.
I also have some wireless light switches, added to rooms where the light switches are in pretty badly thought-out places. For this I am using Sonoff RF wireless switches. These are battery powered and communicate over 433MHz RF. These connect to a Sonoff RF Bridge which is flashed with Tasmota, so that it can send signals to Home-Assistant over MQTT.
- Apple TVs (x4)
- LG webOS TV
- Playstation 4
- Volumio on RaspberryPi
- Apple HomePod (Siri)
- 2x iPhones (Siri) / 2x iPads
- 2x Apple Watches (Siri)
- 1x Amazon Echo (2nd Generation)
- 2x Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation)
- 1x Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Generation)
| Credit | Link |
|---|---|
| Home-Assistant | |
| Hassio | |
| Home-Assistant Podcast | |
| Bruh Automation | |
| ESP Home | |
| Tasmota |