Discover an array of guides that cover everything you need to know about setting up and using Home Assistant. These include instructions for adding devices, managing tools, and setting up kiosks.
In this tutorial, I walk through the steps of setting up the Spotify integration in Home Assistant. Integrating Spotify into Home Assistant is a great way to control your music remotely or automate it based on a series of events. It's relatively easy to setup. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will walk through the process of setting up a Shelly device on Home Assistant. Shelly is a brand of smart home devices that work with various platforms including Google Home, Alexa, Home Assistant, and more. Read More...
In this tutorial, I will guide you through the process of creating a dashboard card to display your robot vacuum in Home Assistant. To achieve this, you will need to install a custom frontend card, which can be obtained through the HACs store. Read More...
In this tutorial, I will guide you through the process of connecting your Roborock vacuums to Home Assistant. Integrating your Roborock vacuums into Home Assistant will allow you to monitor its various sensors and send commands. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation and configuration of Tailscale to work with Home Assistant. By using Tailscale, you can remotely access your Home Assistant without making it publicly accessible. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of setting up Tuya devices on Home Assistant using the built-in integration. Tuya is a popular brand of IoT devices that are often used in smart homes. These devices include smart plugs, lights, thermostats, appliances, and many others. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will discuss the different methods of setting up Tapo devices for your Home Assistant installation. Integrating Tapo devices into Home Assistant allows you to monitor and control them without using the Tapo app. You will need an internet connection to use the Tapo devices. Read More...
This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on installing and configuring Uptime Kuma within Home Assistant to monitor devices and services. We also discuss the benefits of integrating with Home Assistant's watchdog for updates and stability. Read More...
This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on setting up Grafana in Home Assistant for enhanced data visualization. The tutorial covers installation, configuration with InfluxDB, and basic dashboard creation. It highlights Grafana’s superior tools for creating informative graphs compared to Home Assistant’s built-in options. Read More...
This tutorial shows you how to install and configure InfluxDB on Home Assistant. InfluxDB is a time series database that can store data from Home Assistant. You can use InfluxDB data in other tools, such as Grafana. This InfluxDB works alongside the Home Assistants' database. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up and use the Wake-on-LAN integration on your Home Assistant server. Wake-on-LAN allows you to wake a device that is asleep as long as you know its MAC address. Of course, for this to work you must enable the functionality through your BIOS or operating system. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to install and run the Zigbee2MQTT Home Assistant add-on. This bridges the Zigbee and MQTT protocols. It helps integrate devices that communicate solely over Zigbee without using a hub. A perfect example of a Zigbee device is the Philips Hue range of lights. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to set up HomeKit on your Home Assistant server. HomeKit is Apples proprietary smart device framework. By setting up this integration, you can add HomeKit devices directly to Home Assistant. You can even use this bridge to integrate your Home Assistant devices with Apple Home. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to add the Philips Hue integration on Home Assistant. This integration lets you to control your lights from a single dashboard. You can even use automations to turn your lights off and on as well as change their color. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install and set up both the MQTT broker, and the MQTT integration in Home Assistant. MQTT is a lightweight messaging service used by many IOT devices. Your smart home server can act as the broker for these messages in a few short steps. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how you can set up the Plex integration within Home Assistant. This integration allows automations based on your Plex server and any of its connected clients. For example, you can turn off lights when a movie is played. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to install and use the Bambu Lab integration for the Home Assistant. Using this integration, you can track the status of your 3D printer and can control it using automations. Read More...
In this tutorial we will be showing you how to install and run Home Assistant using Docker Compose. Alongside this software we will also show you how to run MQTT and Node-RED from the same Compose file. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to change Home Assistant to use MariaDB. By default, this software relies on SQLite. While suitable for most use cases, it can begin to come undone under intense loads that MariaDB can handle better. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to install Home Assistant on a Synology NAS. A NAS is a great place to run this software as it is typically running continually. Most Synology NAS's have more than enough headroom to run Home Assistant without issue. Read More...