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Home Assistant is a free and open-source home automation software written in Python with a focus on local-control and privacy. It has a very wide range of device support, and, as of May 2020, it features support for over 1600 modular plugins or add-ons with system integrations to different IoT technologies; systems and services are available as “integration components”. Actions, such as switching ON/OFF lights, are triggered by automation, voice commands, mobile apps, or controls on the Home Assistant web-based front-end user-interface. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Home Assistant on your Synology NAS using Docker. You can also use HOOBS or Homebridge for your smart home devices.
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Install Docker via Synology “Package Center”.
Open the Docker Package. From the Docker Console, go to Registry and search homeassistant. Download imovie 10.1.6. Look for homeassistant/home-assistant and select it, then click Download or double click on it. You will be prompted to Choose Tag, select latest. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After you click “Select”, the download process of the Home Assistant docker container will start. You can click on Image on the Docker Console to see the download progress. The current container is about 1 GB. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After the download is completed from the Docker Console, go to Image, then select the homeassistant/home-assistant:latest container. Click Launch. Check “Execute container using high privilege”, then click Advanced Settings. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Select Enable auto-restart. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create a new folder and name it homeassistant. Follow the instructions in the images below.
Note: Be careful enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.
Now create one new folder inside the homeassistant folder that you created at STEP 7 and name it “config”. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.
Now go back to the Docker Package. Next tab – “Volume“. Select Add Folder. Choose the config folder inside the homeassistant folder, then click Select. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After you click Select, type /config inside Mount path for the config folder. Follow the instructions in the image below. Your Volume will look like this:
Next tab – “Network“ move forward without doing anything (no action needed).
Next tab – “Port Settings“ on the Port settings area choose the + icon and type 8123 on Local Port – 8123 on Container Port and in the Type area select TCP. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Next tab – “Links“ move forward without doing anything (no action needed).
Next tab – “Environment“. Click the + to add the variable and Value.
On the variable area type: TZ and on the Value Area add: Europe/Bucharest (Select your current Time Zone from this list). After that, click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After clicking “Apply“on STEP 12, the screen below will open. Click “Next“. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After clicking “Next“, the screen below will open. Select “Run this container after the wizard is finished” then click “Apply“. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Your container will look like this:
Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂
Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:8123/ Follow the instructions in the image below. Choose Name, Username, Password and Confirm Password then click CREATE ACCOUNT.
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Choose a name for your home then click “DETECT“. Move your location point on the MAP and choose your location, then click NEXT.
After clicking “Next“, the screen below will open. Click FINISH.
Welcome to your Home Assistant Dashboard!
Read the step by step guide on How to Allow Home Assistant to Work Over an HTTPS Connection.
Note: Hass.io Supervisor is a “bridge” between Home Assistant and the operating system. It allows Home Assistant to do things like ‘get hardware information’, and ‘restart hardware’. Home Assistant is, well, a home assistant. It’s what performs automations, displays the UI etc.
Note: Find out how to update Home Assistant container with the latest image.
Note: I recommend you use Reverse Proxy to allow Home Assistant to work over an HTTPS connection.
Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
This post was updated on Monday / February 1st, 2021 at 10:42 PM
Homebridge is a lightweight NodeJS server you can run on your home network that emulates the iOS HomeKit API. Homebridge allows you to integrate with smart home devices that do not support the HomeKit protocol. After installing Homebridge, it remains running and connected to your network, ready to service requests from Siri. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Homebridge on your Synology NAS using Docker. You can also use HOOBS for your smart home devices.
Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Homebridge 1.3.4 release.
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Install Docker via Synology “Package Center”.
Open the Docker Package. From the Docker Console, go to Registry and search homebridge. Look for oznu/homebridge and select it, then click Download or double click on it. You will be prompted to Choose Tag, select latest. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After you click “Select”, the download process of the homebridge docker container will start. You can click on Image on the Docker Console to see the download progress. The current container is about 583 MB. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After the download is completed from the Docker Console, go to Image, then select the oznu/homebridge:latest container. Click Launch. Check “Execute container using high privilege”, then click Advanced Settings. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Select Enable auto-restart. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create a new folder and name it Homebridge. Follow the instructions in the images below.
Your docker folder will look like this:
Now go back to the Docker Package. Next tab – “Volume“. Select Add Folder. Choose the homebridge folder inside the docker folder, then click Select. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After you click Select, type /homebridge inside Mount path for the data folder. Follow the instructions in the image below. Your Volume will look like this:
Next tab – “Network“. Choose “Use the same network as Docker Host“.
Next tab – “Port Settings“ move forward without doing anything (no action needed).
Next tab – “Links“ move forward without doing anything (no action needed).
Next tab – “Environment“. Click the + to add the variable and Value.
On the variable area type: DSM_HOSTNAME and on the Value area add: Your NAS Server Name Read STEP 12 B below on how you can find this value.
After that, click Apply. Follow the instructions in the images below.
How can I find my DSM_HOSTNAME Value? Go to Control Panel / Info Center / Network. Search for Server name. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After clicking “Apply“ on STEP 12 A, the screen below will open. Click “Next“. Follow the instructions in the image below.
After clicking “Next“, the screen below will open. Select “Run this container after the wizard is finished” then click “Apply“. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Your container will look like this:
Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂
Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:8581/ Follow the instructions in the image below. Username and Password are admin and admin. Ubuntu 16 docker install.
You can change Username and Password after the first login. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Enjoy your Homebridge hosted on your Synology NAS!
Read the step by step guide on How to Allow Homebridge to Work Over an HTTPS Connection.
Note: You can easily change the admin user and password by clicking the 3 dots at the top right in homebridge home.
Note: Find out how to update Homebridge container with the latest image.
Note: I recommend you use Reverse Proxy to allow Homebridge to work over an HTTPS connection.
Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
This post was updated on Monday / March 22nd, 2021 at 10:41 PM