I’m already busy for a week to find out how to get my onboard bluetooth connected to HA.
I’m runnig HA as a docker container under Unraid.
My server is a Geekom IT13
It is working fine, but I’m not able to connect the bluetooth to my HA docker.
If I look into the HA Bluetooth integration documantation it says to install Bluez and dbus.
If I start the bluetooth integration in HA it indeed says missing Dbus.
So I know this is quite an old post now but I was searching for the same information so I thought I’d post my solution in case it helps future folks looking for the same thing. I’m not an expert, please make sure you have backups!
First to get Bluetooth installed in unRaid. I did this by going to this site:
And downloading the BlueZ package for Slackware Latest package (bluez-5.82-x86_64-1 at the time).
Copy this file to your unRaid server /boot/extras and it will be automatically installed at next boot.
I had to also add the following line to my /boot/config/go
/etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth restart
Once this is done, reboot unRaid and Bluetooth will be installed and running.
Next stop your Home Assistant docker and edit the docker config. Click the section:
[Add another Path, Port, Variable, Label or Device]
