Absolute Beginners guide to installing HA on Intel NUC using Docker

[Vartkat]

@flamingm0e

Well, in the first post in this thread, there are several OPTIONS to install. Which one did you do? The hassio script?

I followed https://www.juanmtech.com/set-up-hassio-in-docker-and-in-an-ubuntu-server/, in which I think the key command is
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/home-assistant/hassio-installer/master/hassio_install.sh" | bash -s

I must seem a bit deaf but as I’m seeing DROP rules in IPtables I think these rules must drop something, no ? As also I see forward rules, I thought these rules were mandatory for things to work.

As suggested in

Using homekit component inside Docker

This is a dated topic, but I looked around and didnt find a clear solution. After a bit of digging it looks like the solution here is two fold: Open (publish) port 51827 in HA container (or, as it turns out, any port as its configurable on either side) Publish (advertise) HA’s HAP (“Homekit Accessory Protocol”) service (port 51827) to mDNS The latter can be accomplished in a couple of different ways depending on the host system. In my case its a Synology NAS which doesnt come with avahi…

I tried changing port number (51829) and I’d like to forward this port to see if it works.