Smart Home: Install Home Assistant on Docker

This is a quick setup of home assistant with docker compose.

Install docker and docker-compose

sudo apt install docker.io -y
sudo apt install docker-compose -y
sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami)
sudo reboot

Create docker-compose.yml file

version: '3'
services:
  homeassistant:
    container_name: home-assistant
    image: homeassistant/home-assistant:stable
    volumes:
      - ~/docker/hassio/config:/config
    environment:
      - TZ=America/New_York
    restart: always
    network_mode: host

Start the container in daemon mode

docker-compose up -d

Now it’s done, it can be discovered in mobile app.

Backup commands

To restart Home Assistant when you have changed configuration:

$ docker-compose restart

To update your docker-compose image to the latest version and restart:

$ docker-compose pull
$ docker-compose up -d --build homeassistant