So I have been running an Unraid server and dockerised my life, i’m totally sold on quality dockers managed and updated well.
I am about to jump into the Home Assistant world. I have replaced a few bulbs with Tradfrei, one swtich and one plug ready to play a bit first.
Originally I was going to either VM or Docker something in Unraid, but i have a spare laptop here (Dell e7250 i5 4gb 128gb SSD) So I thought i’ll separate my Home Assistant from my main server, even though its downtime can be measured in a few days over 3 solid years.
Benefits I see is the laptop naturally has a “built in UPS” and keyboard and mouse for administering directly if necessary with literally zero faff.
Plan is to run Ubuntu Server, and Dockers, because i have a Conbee and i believe deconz and a docker is the way to use that. I also plan to run Shinobi for cameras to benefit from the same redundancy.
So naturally I plan to run Hass.io in a docker as well. Hass.io = simple + add-ons available, docker = simple to keep up to date, what do i lose out on doing it this way?
The more I read into this, the more i appear to get conflicting info, so am i right in thinking of doing it this way?
What about HassOS in a VM?
Or Something else?