HACS Docker Container Installation - 2023 FULL Home Assistant HOW TO Guide

[@wolvie8468]

FanTAStic Video. Thank you!

[@Reviews365]

After searching for some time, finally this did the trick! and it worked for me. Thank you so much, this is extremely helpful, clear and easy to follow, Excellent work! you have a new subscriber, keep up the good work

[@manc01]

Thank you so much for this!

[@genie4539]

Extremely helpful, thank you so much!!

[@impy1980]

Thanks so much on a clear, concise and easy to follow guide. I've been running HA for well over a year in a container on my NAS,, but I've been slow to get to grips with how containers work. If you're reading this and you have a QNAP or Synology NAS, using their Container program, I highly suggest installing Portainer to do any actual backend stuff (it's also better for duplicating containers to create backups), the Container app and Portainer will run side by side. I found QNAP's Container Station wouldn't run the install command, threw up bad download link error, but Portainer worked as shown in the video a treat. Needed HACS as I'm considering Meross plugs which aren't officially integrated.

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Thanks for the feedback and the input! I'm glad the guide was helpful and that Portainer worked for you. I’m sure your tips will be valuable to others watching the video.

[@FMDev1]

Officially my new favorite smart house channel. Keeps it short, perfectly clear on the steps, and no unneeded filler discussion. You're the best!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Wow, thanks!

[@johnhubbard3879]

I am a total noob to Linux and Home assistant and this worked like a charm! Bravo - well done!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Awesome!

[@nikolaydimitrov1850]

Thank you for this tutorial. This is 101 information but when you start to thinker around with HA for first time its better to have this kind of compressed and clear videos on how to do something.

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

[@tharupathiwijesiri4492]

Thank you.

[@thelifeof-joe]

You saved my work! Thanks you men!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Glad I could help!

[@RoshiGaming]

thanks for the video, I had the docker container and didnt want to go through the hassle of starting over and installing HAOS.

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Glad it worked out for you!

[@feofilov]

You are genius !!! Thank you!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Glad it helped!

[@hieptan5Led]

Thank for help. i just solve my problem

[@Feriman]

Wow man, it's awesome! Thanks a lot!!

[@stuartforrest]

This worked for me using the first method.

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Great!

[@MrBobbl]

Very helpful and on-point video, this is KZbin at its best :) Thanks for that!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Wow, thanks!

[@MondoMatty]

Thank you! You made that so easy to follow.

[@ice_ryda]

Thank you I hope this video goes to a million brother

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Thank you!

[@nxtway534]

Works great, thank's a lot ! Other topic: I and many user miss the HA Addons function when they are running HA in a Docker container on a raspberry pi. I your video the Addon function is available, made you something special ?

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Glad it worked for you! HA running on Docker has no add-on functionality, my video probably showed another HA test setup for recording purposes only.

[@t.i.b.4256]

Works great on Unraid! Thanks!

[@Rogaldinho10]

which option of installation have You used on Your Unraid system??

[@dennis8374]

Very good tutorial

[@wartuneitalia963]

Tnx a Lot!!! I finally made it!!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Awesome!

[@edust83]

thanks!!!!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

You're welcome!

[@densik554]

I love you! Thank a lot!!!!!

[@MichaelKnoxMike]

Awesome thanks!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Thanks Mike! I'm glad you found it useful.

[@ryanboyer9922]

cheers saved my ass with this vid

[@SimplySmartHouse]

😅

[@papoel332]

Thank you for your video, it's very interesting when you're just starting out as I am. How can I install HACS if I use docker-compose? I thought of installing Portainer via docker compose and then doing what you recommend, but isn't there a line to add directly to docker compose?

[@SimplySmartHouse]

I’m glad you found it helpful! Sure, there are detailed instructions on how to install Portainer using docker-compose in here: itslinuxfoss.com/install-portainer-ce-docker-compose-ubuntu-22-04/ Hope that helps🤞

[@papoel332]

@@SimplySmartHouse

[@bangertech]

simple and good tutorial! Thank you!

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

[@Rylynn47]

great tutorial! do you know how to do the same but with the eWelink smart home add on? i dont have the add on option

[@SimplySmartHouse]

You will need to install as another docker container.

[@scottb721]

I followed the steps for Docker in my Synology NAS but the HA logo just brings up a page with a HACS link to a page telling me what HACS is. I've tried restarting HA but made no difference.

[@SimplySmartHouse]

I'm not sure what's the difference in Synology system, would you like me to create a video/guide about that?

[@lemoncryptonfa4980]

There is no result for HACS inside add integration feature. Will try install via portainer, hope its work.

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Did it work?

[@scotthewitt6047]

How are you running Portainer and Supervisor at the same time

[@SimplySmartHouse]

I'm not on my docker setup, i probably included a video from my other HA instance which has a Supervisor.

[@scotthewitt6047]

@@SimplySmartHouse I run HA Supervised on docker container but not liking that I can't use docker-compose. Thinking of dropping the supervisor so I can add more containers. Only problem is I can't find any how to on where and how I add other containers in home assistant using compose.

[@SimplySmartHouse]

That was exactly my path, from HA Supervised on docker to running unsupervised with docker and docker-compose, I have future plans to create videos about docker and Home Assistant.

[@shanefelgate]

so I did everything and im hit with an Error while loading page entry. even did a sudo restart FIX:Settings->Devices and Service->HACS->Configure->DISABLE the Enable experimental features, Submit->System->POWER(top right icon)->Restart Home Assistant

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Thank you for sharing!

[@mberkangr]

Does this method work in HA Core?

[@mberkangr]

Because a different menu appeared. -> ibb.co/DrrgZbf

[@SimplySmartHouse]

It's almost the same: 1. Open a terminal 2. Change to the user that is running Home Assistant 3. Run the HACS download script 4. After the script completes, restart Core

[@mberkangr]

@@SimplySmartHouse Sağ menüde HACS geldi fakat Repository kısmı gözüküyor. Frontend gözükmüyor. Sana fotoğraf gönderebileceğim bir bölüm var mı ?

[@lifebarier]

Wait, you are downloading hacs into docker. How does this survive restarts?

[@SimplySmartHouse]

The same way your HA configuration survives restarts. You should have some kind of persistent volume.

[@lifebarier]

@@SimplySmartHouse Yah, after reading more tutorials I found that it ends up in mounted configs dir which makes sense.

[@Lui5Jacint0]

is there a similar option to integrate a file editor?

[@SimplySmartHouse]

Sure, you can install Visual Studio Code in a separate Docker container to edit Home Assistant files. Is this what you were referring to?

[@Lui5Jacint0]

@@SimplySmartHouse yes how do i do that? could you give me the command?

[@SimplySmartHouse]

This isn't just a simple command. I am currently in the process of creating a video on my Docker setup that will cover this topic, but until then, you can refer to an excellent article written by @HomeAutomationGuy, which explains how to use Visual Studio to edit your Home Assistant configuration YAML file over SSH. Here is the link to the article: www.homeautomationguy.io/blog/home-assistant-tips/using-visual-studio-to-edit-your-home-assistant-configuration-yaml-file-over-ssh

[@Lui5Jacint0]

@@SimplySmartHouse i was trying to do that way, but my visual studio was unable to connect to my Raspberry pi (something to do with port forwarding)

[@SimplySmartHouse]

The setup I'm using is more similar to this: www.wouterbulten.nl/posts/home-automation-setup-docker-compose/#docker-compose-for-vs-code-server It uses docker compose though, if you are using Portainer you can set it up more easily.

[@madpb]

did not work. I see yours shows a dot --> .HACS but mine just shows HACS and has no menu like yours shows.

[@SimplySmartHouse]

On what stage exactly?

[@borafreakske]

buiten veel reclame filmpjes op youtube heeft dit mij niet verder gebracht. de command line's kan je niet copieren. en ze werken niet.

[@ZA26]

Too complicated

[@SimplySmartHouse]

I tried to simplify it as much as possible :)