How to install duckdns or MQTT broker without Add-On Store? Running Home Assistant on QNAP NAS so no Hassio

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The title says it all. I’m running Home Assistant on a QNAP NAS so that means no Hassio and Add-On Store. I’ve been doing all right but when it comes to Add-ons that have no instructions other than “use the Add-on Store” I’m at a total loss since that is not available to me.

How can I get these things to install? There seems to be NO documentation on their GitHub pages for people like me. I can’t be the only one who is in this situation, right?

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For mqtt, simply do a docker install of mosquitto. For duckdns I don’t know.

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Hi @frogbot

I am also using my QNAP NAS to run HomeAssistant (and a bunch of other things!). I primarily use a combination of QNAP’s Container Station and Portainer to spin up and manage other containers which includes a Mosquitto MQTT container.

As fo DUCKDNS, I have simply configured it in my config.yaml using the instructions listed here https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/duckdns/

Cheers

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Thanks Francis and Jay. Sometimes a little tip is all it takes to push someone in the right direction. Appreciate the info. I’ll try both the MQTT container and the DuckDNS config.

Total noob question: is Container Station the same as Docker?

So much to learn but when I figure out anything I’m like Tom Hanks in Castaway after he just made fire.

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Yes it is with a nice user friendly GUI.

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Thanks for the info Steve.

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I install HA, MQTT, Grafana and Influx all using ContainerStation and find it is very easy to keep up to date.

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Thanks all, got MQTT installed in Container Station and DuckDNS configured through configuration.yaml and the instructions on the DuckDNS site. This video helped a ton too…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvQ8x_iTNE