Install Home Assistant, Mosquitto broker and Node-Red on android

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#1

This is Homeassistant, MQTT broker - Mosquitto, Node-RED installation. Requires Android 5.0 and up. Works without root. Install Termux and Termux:API from play store or F-droid. Install Hacker’s keyboard. This works for me, why you have a problem with this i don’t have a clue. :)

Start Termux

Update packages

packages update
packages upgrade
packages list-installed
packages install python python-dev coreutils nano ndk-stl clang mosquitto nodejs openssh termux-api

Install HA, Mosquitto, Node-RED

npm i -g --unsafe-perm node-red
npm i -g --unsafe-perm pm2
pip install homeassistant

####Start:

node-red
Stop node-red with ctrl +c or volume down + c

mosquitto
Stop Mosquitto with ctrl +c or volume down + c

hass
Wait for a installation to complete then stop HA with ctrl +c or volume down + c

Start at login

pm2 start mosquitto -- -v -c /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
pm2 start node-red --node-args="--max-old-space-size=128" -- -v
pm2 start hass --interpreter=python -- --config /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.homeassistant
pm2 save

pm2 show hass
pm2 logs hass

If you make mistake in pm2 configuration…

pm2 stop {hass or node-red...}
pm2 delete {hass or node-red...}

nano ~/.bashrc
pm2 resurrect

Enjoy

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#2

Hi,
First of all, I would like to thanks for this awesome tutorial.

I am unable to find configuration.yaml file, I searched on both internal memory and SD.

Can you please help me to find it and it would be good if I am unable to edit in my PC?

Thanks

#3

My configuration.yaml file is in /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.homeassistant.

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#4

but there is not data folder in my SD card and Internal storage.
I phone is not rooted.

any idea how can I edit configuration.yaml file??

#5

My phone isn’t rooted. When you start termux app and enter pwd what do you get?

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#6

I got:
/data/data/com.termux/files/home

#7

If you started homeassistant with hass after you installed it with pip install homeassistant. There should be a .homeassistant folder. ls -A to see hidden folders.

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#8

when I run home assistant with hass, it shows Config directory:
/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.homeassistant

but in storage there is no such folders?

#9

Run termux-setup-storage. Then you can copy configuration.yaml from termux with cp /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/shared. Now it shows on my phone in /storage/emulated/0. When you finish with editing just copy it back to .homeassistant folder.

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#10

Great!
Its working now.

Thank you.

#11

One more question I can run Mosquitto and hass simultaneously.

I mean if I run hass after that I can’t run mosquitto?

#12

Yes you can. Run mosquitto first so that hass don’t give you error for mqtt.

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#13

When I run mosquitto or hass then I can’t run other command.
Please see attachment:

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#14

Run it with
pm2 start mosquitto – -v -c /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf

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#15

everything is working now.

Thanks

#16

What is default username and password of mosquitto and how to change it?

#17

There is no username and password in default mosquitto config. It allows anonymous connections. You can set password with mosquitto_passwd. Google is your friend. :slight_smile:

#18

Thanks :slight_smile:

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#19

Is it just me or is mosquitto having a wrong timestamp (-2 hours for me, Europe/Berlin) ? Maybe because of a missing timezone file? Any idea how to fix this?

#20

It’s not just you. :smiley: I asked on temux github about timestamp problem and if i get answer i will post it here.