rah@feddit.uk to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhy is Home Assistant an operating system and not an application installable through distro packages?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down13
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-squareWhy is Home Assistant an operating system and not an application installable through distro packages?rah@feddit.uk to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoIt can also be installed using docker containers but that is more difficult to manage as you have to install every component manually.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThat’s not how docker works, bud.
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI guess that my message wasn’t clear but by “component” I meant a home automation component. I have the following containers in my HA installation: Home assistant Node red MQTT Zigbee2mqtt Esphome And maybe others that I have forgotten. Each had to be installed manually by adding it to my docker compose file, mapping drives, and editing config files. Most, if not all, of them (except HA) can be installed from within HA if you’re using HAOS.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAh, that makes a lot more sense.
It can also be installed using docker containers but that is more difficult to manage as you have to install every component manually.
That’s not how docker works, bud.
I guess that my message wasn’t clear but by “component” I meant a home automation component.
I have the following containers in my HA installation:
And maybe others that I have forgotten.
Each had to be installed manually by adding it to my docker compose file, mapping drives, and editing config files.
Most, if not all, of them (except HA) can be installed from within HA if you’re using HAOS.
Ah, that makes a lot more sense.