There are sensors the report the current CPU load, separated by User, System and others. Eventually I found that Home Assistant was pretty slow to run on the NAS as my needs increased. Docker is NOT in the package center so i can not install Home assistant. I need configuration.yaml because I would like to add Xiaomi gateway, I think volume1/Shared is protected by the system. It seems to have more configuration options. Note: Check out my new guide on how to Install Home Assistant Supervisor. After that, well want to put all the files from inside the shared folder back into the original location, so well use. Because Im not command-line friendly and I like the ability to see the container running in the Synology Docker UI, see its processor/memory usage and restart it from there is it possible to get the commands required to map the USB in the container via Docker UI?. Make sure to log out of your normal users account and then login with the separate user you created specifically for Home Assistant. In terminal, it shows all 3 and the latest one is actively running, but the containers list in the GUI has no record of active containers, but the CPU/RAM indicators show activity and I can reach Home Assistant via a browser (both of the old containers are off). Select Settings in the bottom left. Note: Find out the Best NAS Models For Docker. The synology NAS hit its CPU limit first as they don't have 'that' powerful processors in the home consumer versions, where as you can throw an i7 in the PC. Home Assistant has an official Dockerfile. The file will now upload to your Synology NAS. To install add-ons, navigate to the Settings > Add-ons panel in your Home Assistant frontend, and click on the "Add-on store" tab. What are you using to generate the SSL certificates? Unfortunately Ive also experienced this on my Synology. Go back toSTEP 1or you will deal with karma . I also have a Synology NAS that I would like to be able to . All I see is docker directly under the server name and homes. I have not tested in 5.2 though. Its what performs automations, displays the UI etc. Home Assistant is a free, open source program for Home Automation. 3. It then checks to ensure the device did get turned on/off. Should these groups be visible when logged in to the NAS or are they set up within the Docker container somehow? Note: How to Free Disk Space on Your NAS if You Run Docker. The light on the Z-Stick is blinking and changing colour each time. Once we run this command, Docker will begin to start downloading all the files Home Assistant needs, such as the operating system, Python, and Z-wave. Make sure youve added the privileged flag to your docker run command This post was updated on Tuesday / February 21st, 2023 at 3:27 PM, Support my work Marius Bogdan Lixandru mariushosting Is the Ideal Resource for Sysadmins & NAS Geeks Copyright 2019 2023 All Rights Reserved. If I were to just skip the rename and pull the latest bits to update, would that work for the update process? 9587b90d423ce13daf5a25f7beb2154cb8b71b7d5d33ddfb59043fec2f27ba49 https://www.wundertech.net/how-to-set-up-link-aggregation-on-a-synology-nas-lacp/, Adding Drives to a Storage Pool on a Synology NAS. After about 24 hours zwave becomes unavailable. Yeah you can give it access to /dev/zwaveusbstick. If you arent sure what Im talking about, this is the tutorial I have showing how to set up a bond interface (which might or might not help): https://www.wundertech.net/how-to-set-up-link-aggregation-on-a-synology-nas-lacp/. ; Task Settings: Check "Send run details by email", add your email then copy paste the code below in the Run . Looking in that file I initial went to add the extra command-line arguments to the cmd field but that didnt work as Im guessing these are commands to run after the container is launched not in the openign / launching of the container. I have created a udev rule for my aeotec zstick: Ive added a z-wave controller by plugging it in one of the (two) USB-ports on the NAS, will add a bluetooth dongle as well and consider maybe an Ikea Trdfri Gateway but will be out of ports for that. If you have the Enforce 2-step verification for the following users option checked under Control Panel > User > Advanced > 2-Step Verification, youll need to configure the 2-step verification/one-time password (OTP) for the user you just created before the credentials for this user will work with Home Assistant. type : rw Navigate to the first IP address in the list and port 8123 to access Home Assistant! --net=host Another important and powerful flag. Ive logged in with both Putty and WinSCP but I cant access the folder /certificate/_archive to see what the folders are inside. Now that we have our USB radio filepath, we can setup our Docker container. Switching it to host, fixed the problem. volume_bindings : [ This is one of the flags you cant set when using the Docker DSM UI. Thanks for the heads up and info where to put the options.xml file! However, when running the install command for Home Assistant on my Aeotec stick, I get this error message: Unable to find image homeassistant/home-assistant:latest locally, latest: Pulling from homeassistant/home-assistant, Digest: sha256:b9ae5ee6beeeff8b3dc7948a44f35c4bedb2ee3a1366af907fb926842efc629b, Status: Downloaded newer image for homeassistant/home-assistant:latest, 2b5d21093cfd9a35ab92892aa46a33627daede2db083d77ae306cf76b3ac1c69. ]. 3. Before we begin, we first need to plug in our Z-wave USB radio into the NAS. I just cant seem to get the image downloaded.. Hmm both of those tags exist on Dockerhub, so that should be fine. I dont have any issues with speed as its WAY faster than my RPi3 was. (homes contains user folders). So replace /volume1/Shared/docker with /homes/[user]/homeassistant/config. Uncheck the Enabled option. If you go into the settings section, do you see any of the supervisor options? HA lets you control and access your smart home devices on the local . The container name (like home-assistant) which you define, and an ID which the system generates. Anything would be helpful . It seems like whenever an invalid key is tried, the lock will refuse to work again with the controller for security reasons? Im a moron. su - root. But as I understand it is necessary to use your recommendations for Xiaomi BLE sensors (Clear Temperature ). Sorry for the late reply, I am on a business trip in China with a very poor internet connectioc. Thats an interesting error, not sure why you would get that. Follow the instruction on screen to complete the set up. I read a few post down that the folder had to be manually created in DSM6. If you have more than one, you may get multiple items returned. Lets slightly change our docker run command from above, to include some more parameters. The apps can also be used to send your location home to use presence detection as part of your automations. You can easily edit the file to update your HASS config path/USB/Timezone. @home-assistant close Closes the issue. Im not sure if Synology have pushed an update out, or if it was just Murphys Law by me posting the article. You can also set up any other integrations that youd like! Follow the instructions in the image below. host_volume_file : /dev/bus/usb, If youd like to share anonymous information, feel free to do so and then select Next. Installing Home Assistant with support for Z-wave on your Synology NAS is basically the same as above, however there are a couple of other flags we need to add to our command. Point the location where your certificate files are stored in your Synology directly in your configuration.yaml. For a quick start with Home Assistant on Docker in Synology, download my DSM Docker settings file for 0.63.2 here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a-Xm3b6yCgKw0JP_Une8Fo20hzGST2AK This already has the localtime mapped, the Timezone set, the USB device mapped, etc. The setup options are a bit limited but I noticed if I exported the container settings a json file is generated. This is useful if you use the Docker control panel from the Synology DSM, or when we need to do some commands against the container (like starting, stopping etc). Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters. 3. If i restart hass it wont come up and if i then restart the docker Container, all is good again for 24h. Something to look into I guess! sudo chgrp dialout /dev/ttyACM0 Would I have to create that folder manually first? In a nutshell, well be using Docker to create a virtual machine (called a container). However, it does depend on having the HA configuration directory outside the container (which isn't difficult to set up, and a good idea anyway because otherwise, if your Docker container gets removed, your HA setup gets removed). Hey Phil. Is there any tricks I need to be aware of when rebooting? I think you mean the Home Assistant Supervised in a package which then itself manages all of the add-ons which are just Docker containers. Configuration. Note: Convert Docker Run Into Docker Compose. Select Upload a file from PC and Browse to the .ova file we downloaded, then select Next. Any creative ideas on how to automate this? By default, your Synology allows basic access to the filesystem. Once you have done that, re-create the Shared folder in the Synology UI. So anything starting with docker should be accurate, no matter what version of DSM youre using. Everything z-wave related just stops working. But that seems too easy. Now if your MySQL container is down for whatever reason, Home Assistant will still boot, but it will complain about the recorder components being misconfigured because MySQL is down. So, I just put the command as, https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/70ab5f4cca789f41528703831b396f7dfffa643db9c226e0d6ff4c55c4c3e09f.png. I just got my aeotec z-stick and have been trying to get it recognized within HomeAssistant and havent had any luck. Cookie PolicyPrivacy Policy Discord Facebook Twitter RSS Gmail WhatsApp Instagram. On synology install add-on "phpmyadmin" and you'll be able to explore database. Copy Current Container Container > select container > Settings > Duplicate Settings > Rename (e.g. I dont know if this will help, but at least its something for you to try. Thank you for that, now there is a bug into the latest Hassio and I would like to pull an older version, can you tell me what I can do to install a previous version? They shouldnt change too much on a NAS,as the system should be on almost permanently. That script has a delay of about 20 seconds. Open Virtual Machine Manager, select Virtual Machine, then Create, and finally, Import. Once everything has been installed (it could take some time the first go around), you should be able to access Home Assistant at the IP address of your NAS. The Synology DSM integration was introduced in Home Assistant 0.32, and it's used by, If you utilize 2-Step Verification or Two Factor Authentication (2FA) with your Synology NAS. Go toFile Stationand open the docker folder. All I did was add in the settings from the Pushbullet docs on Home Assistant. Same run command as before. I cant see any new devices appearing under /dev when I plug the Aeotec Z-Stick in. Thank you Now that we have everything setup, its time to login to our Diskstation via SSH. ports: 4. FATA[0000] Error: failed to remove one or more images, Damn, so I guess its not a cache issue then. You are basically in God mode. Now open your browser andtype in http://Synology-ip-address:8123Choose Name, Username, Password and Confirm Password then click CREATE ACCOUNT. I still cant seem to find the hass.io option in the left hand menu bar. Im really liking this whole container thing. If you want to add cameras from Surveillance Station, the user needs application permission for Surveillance Station. I cannot access this path by Synology File Station. Thanks for the quick responses though. I dont really have a preference, but Ive been using sameersbn/mysql without problems. i have looked every where ! It is always something as simple as that! You will be asked to run Install Home Assistant click Yes. Using my admin username will not work for what we want to do. Great tutorial, but I am having problems downloading the home assistant docker image. Once you have Docker running, you can re-connect the OpenVPN connection to encrypt your traffic again. After doing this, Home Assistant appears to have updated successfully, maintained my config, and kept my USB z-wave device attached. [ 74.620877] usb 1-2: Detected FT232RL It offers the advantages of HA OS (see above) but you get full liberty in managing the OS. { Using your guide, I was able to set up Home Assistant on my Synology 918+ without a lot of trouble really cool. If the ls command above didnt return any USB devices for you, its possible your system is assigning them another name. Oh, that makes sense! Im trying to set up ssl encryption but Im running into a wall. Then I realized that my indentation was off in the yaml. The vera has support for a lot more devices than openzwave, which is a bonus. I just took a look at my instance of HASS running on my Synology, and memory is at 0% CPU between 1% and 3%. Does that alter the command line for launching the Docker container at all if the new locations are: Now, I need to learn something more on Home Assistant and its potential, in order to automate my home lets see. Click FINISH. Where are you trying to use the USB stick? [ 74.605103] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB Serial Device homeassistant/home-assistant Finally this tells Docker which container to lookup on DockerHub. DSM will walk you through the process of setting up the one-time password for this user which youll then be able to use in Home Assistants frontend configuration screen. After debugging I [ 74.639906] usb 1-2: Setting MaxPacketSize 64 If its a driver issue, then it seems like theres got to be a way for HA to do this without Domoticz. If theres a particular component that youre interested in which I havent covered off in a post, please let me know so I can make a note to do a post on it! Which just caused more problems with HA components. Interestingly, no matter which port I used, it always came up to the same /dev/tty address. Thanks for your quick response. Follow the instructions in the images below. I store all of my things like InfluxDB, MySQL etc on the NAS, but all the automation work etc is handled on the nettop, which just runs Home Assistant now. For whatever reason it was just unusable. Please be aware that as of right now, the Supervised version of Home Assistant on Docker does not work, so youre forced to use Virtual Machine Manager. as above drivers are not loaded by default, I had to write a startup Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name ithomeassistant. Thanks to can help me or show me a guide. Then just setup when you would like the restart to take place in the schedule tab. We can still use the convenient Docker GUI in Synology this way! Once youve installed the Docker package, start it. I of course used your command, with sudo, but modified volume path and USB device (for zwave) to match my world. Then its a simple Settings->Import on Container screen. sudo they will work on DSM 6. When you first did your docker run of your Home Assistant container, did you also specify net=host so that container was also running on the host network? type : rw I also have a USB Bluetooth Radio plugged into my Diskstation. The above command should show you any USB devices plugged into your NAS. Entities reporting the internal temperature, status (as shown in Synology DSM) and SMART status for each drive inside the NAS. Copy and pasted the commands exactly. Regardless, Ill certainly be referencing this as I do an install on my DS214play. If you want to upgrade HA, just change the version in the JSON file, and re-import to create a new container. "enable_restart_policy" : true, Hey Phil, The Synology WRX560 is a powerful dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router with 5.9GHz support. This is a big issue because I dont know how to edit configuration.yaml as no text editor is available in Synology ssh. We need to make sure Home Assistant has full access to our local network. 7. Manual configuration steps. After you click OK on STEP 5 a new warning pop up window will open. A switch is available to enable/disable the Surveillance Station Home mode. Theres usually a new release of Home Assistant out every 2 weeks. Synology version is 6.1.7. Strange that others wont let you download it. Whatever you choose to use, the folder must exist before you will be able to start Home Assistant. [ 74.629569] usb 1-2: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64 Best of luck! "enabled" : false. "CgroupPermissions": "rwm", After following your instructions, I was I would first close down all of your docker containers with docker stop. When you perform your docker run command, the user youre SSHd in as will determine who the container runs as. For a more accurate location, move your location point on the MAP. }, url: http://I_think_here_is_the_problem:3218. Ohh, wait The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. Not ideal. Just tried them on DS I get the same error message, if I run hciconfig from inside the container. The Docker Package on Synology DSM cant be started if you have an OpenVPN connection open. Well thats interesting. A70252DY) as my z Wave stick. 716+II with DSM 6.1.4. Would be great if you could explain, how exactly to restart the HASS docker container out of the DSM control panel. I managed to make it work, so I dont have to use the command line to redirect the USB device to Docker. You can set up a I am not using this configurator unfortunately. If your Synology can run Docker and your storage is in some sort of RAID configuration, then go down the Synology/Home Assistant Container path. I had to remove node and add secure node again. In this case, it is recommended to use NIC bonding instead or to deactivate SSDP. So, if I turn on a desk lamp in an automation, if 20 seconds later the desk lamp is off, then Home Assistant assumed z-wave is doiwn. EDIT: Disregard.. Also import is the t, which tells Docker to tag the container for future use. It seems the USB path is not persistent after stopping and starting HA, after a restart of the container, HA cannot find the Config path. volumes: Only recently though. I havent currently got a proper offsite automated backup in place. Yep MQTT on the NAS I highly recommend. Follow the instructions in the image below. /volume1/docker/mosquitto/config:/mosquitto/config --name home-assistant The name flag will allow us to easily identify which container is running Home Assistant. icon: mdi:wrench Conclusion How to Set Up Home Assistant Supervised on a Synology NAS, latest version of the VMware ESXi/vSphere, How to Backup to a Synology NAS with Time Machine. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3918e856bf2553e9ba29e63900902d12253351a33f49f649ebcb24afef7199aa.png No I havent setup SSL just yet. Firstly sorry for posting to such an old post but this is linked to from the Home Assistent/Synology installer so others will likely see this here also. The old one shows up and appears renamed per the CLI. If not Im sure Google will be able to find the path. I am using SigmaC FTDI (FTDI FT232R USB UART Read how to solve 400: Bad Request error. Could be a ownership permissions issue. Thank you for this clear tutorial, did you make any progress on Home Assistant with Z-wave Radio wont start after NAS Reboot? 2. 1. This tutorial looked at how to set up Home Assistant Supervised on a Synology NAS. I can start and stop Home assistant from terminal., 4. 3. I guess since to me commandline arguments are a bit of voodoo Im worried I will end up starting multiple instances and not know they are sitting around using resources. { As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Yes. Use the official Home Assistant apps, a convenient companion to quickly control your devices and be notified when things happen in your home, even on your wrist using the Apple Watch. In my experience, it is usually something like /dev/ttyACM0 or /dev/ttyUSB0. Has anyone else seen this and/or knows how to get them to show correctly in the Docker GUI? Restart Current Container Container > select container > Action > Start. 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