Adding 3rd party docker containers to Home Assistant VM Image

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Hi,

I am about to install home assistant (VM image method) on a proxmox environment.

As I have some zigbee devices and a conbee2 stick, I also need to install deconz.

Would it be a good idea to run the deconz docker container inside the home assistant VM image - I know its no problem technically to do it, but Im wondering if the image expects other docker containers to run or maybe things will break during upgrades etc. because the image does not expect other 3rd party stuff to be present.

The reason I prefer to use home assistant VM image vs. home assistant core is that I would like to run the supervised version allowing for easy upgrades etc. in a supported way, and could keep all my house-related stuff in 1 VM image.

Any help welcome - thank you all!

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I have the same and use the deCONZ Add-on

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ok, so you have the HA VM image, inside you installed docker deconz, and then the HA deconz addon, do I understand you correctly?

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I didn’t install any docker for deconz, just the addon

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ok maybe i misunderstand, I thought the deconz addon is only to integrate an already running deconz instance into HA, so you must have deconz running elsewhere already?

Because in my case, there is no deconz instance yet, this would be what I want to place inside the HA VM.

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No, I think the addon is the container and that is the only place I have installed deconz
Just install the add-on, configure it and it will setup deconz and Phoscon

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perfect, thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for :slight_smile:

what confused me is this statement from the documentation: “Home Assistant will automatically discover deCONZ presence on your network” -> to me this sounded like the addon detects an instance running somewhere else.

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No worries, there’s detailed documentation in the add-on

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