Hi @troy, thank you so much for your very comprehensive reply. On my test server I’ve actually been trying the HA OS installed as a standalone VM by following the guide at Alternative way of running HassOS (full OS) on FreeNAS (without iocage or Docker), however I used the Generic x86-64 image, which meant that I could shortcut the initial few stages of converting the vdi file to an img.
It was actually surprisingly straightforward and I have ended up with what appears to be a fully functioning supervised version of HA. That was on TrueNAS Scale, so I tried the same thing on my main Core server & that’s worked too!
As you say, that gives the added advantage that I can run quite a few of the extra services within HA (TasmoAdmin, ESPhome, mosquitto). The other advantage is that I can keep my existing install running alongside the new one whilst I start setting it up. When I’m ready to bite the bullet I’ll just have to change the mqtt settings in my multiple Tasmota nodes and jump across to the new install. I’m sure I’ll hit a few hurdles on the way, but hopefully it can be done in a slower and more controlled manner than a complete reinstall! Particularly important when HA controls my heating & hot water!
Also as you say, I can sit with Core for now & it won’t affect any of my other jails/plugins.
Thank you for helping me to brainstorm the various options and I really appreciate the work that you’ve done with your original plugins.
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