Advanced mode in Docker

[mwav3 (Tim)]

There is no addon store when running the home assistant container version. See this thread.

Where is the add-on store when running from docker?

tl;dr Where is the add-on store when running from docker? Background: I was using HA in venv, in ubuntu 18.04, and it worked pretty well most of the time. But the installation was not smooth and whenever I wanted to add functionality like zigbee or secure connection issues arise. I’ve decided to take the recommended approach and install in docker and use the add-ons. I’ve created a directory ‘homeassistant’ (I plan on copying my old settings there later on) and according to this guide I ran: …

Technically, the addons are themselves docker containers that are managed by the home assistant supervisor. What addons did you want to use? You generally can install the equivalent full version of the addon in docker. For example, you already installed portainer so wouldn’t need the portainer addon. I have zwavejs2mqtt, Zigbee2mqtt, and node red all installed independently through docker, but they still work with Home Assistant container. I can post install instructions on one you would need if I’m familiar with them.

@konstantin.bode

If yes, why would you install Home assistant in docker in the first place?

I posted about reasons why in the thread below.

The benefits of docker / core / rasp

I agree with @finity and run the docker install also for the same reasons. I have an old Mac mini that is running Ubuntu and a Shinobi NVR already, so none of the other install methods would work for me unless I went and created a virtual machine somehow. Docker is much more light weight and a VM would bog the system down. The biggest downside is you can’t use add-ons with the container version, but you usually can install them separately as their own docker containers. That is a bit more wo…

The main reason is you can install other software on the machine besides homeassistant. With hassos, you can only install addons. Other options include “supervised”, which has a lot of requirements (if using raspberry OS you already aren’t meeting them), and a VM, which isn’t as efficient at managing resources as docker.

If you’re not going to use the rpi for anything beside home assistant or the addons though, best to just use homeassistant os as detailed here, with full access to the addon store.

Raspberry Pi