Mount It – Mount external drives never has been this easy

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Hi everyone! I built a Home Assistant addon that automatically detects and mounts external USB/SATA drives and registers them as network storage through the Supervisor API, no manual configuration needed, just plug the drives in and done! Read more at: HomeAssistant-Apps/mountit/DOCS.md at ee0f66701e2c0a6a8c4fdb97be5c1ad32d136425 · EnderDragonEP/HomeAssistant-Apps · GitHub

What it does:

  • Auto-detects labeled drives on startup and hot-plug
  • Exposes drives as network storage in Settings → Storage
  • Optional support for unlabeled drives
  • Configurable storage location (media, share, or backup)
  • Advanced folder mapping: expose subfolders to different HA locations
  • HDD idle power-down support
  • Clean shutdown: deregisters mounts and unmounts drives

This project was Inspired by the Samba NAS addon by dianlight

Add repository your Home Assistant instance and show the add app repository dialog with a specific repository URL pre-filled.

Source: HomeAssistant-Apps/mountit at main · EnderDragonEP/HomeAssistant-Apps · GitHub

Config Example:

mount_unlabeled: false
automount_on_plugin: true
specific_label: ""
mount_location: media
hdd_idle_seconds: 0
folder_mounts:
  - drive: BigNoodle
    folder: .ha_backup
    location: backup

Result Screenshot:

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Wow! No need to mount hdd by hands after hardware reboot, finally! Thanks mate! :right_facing_fist: :left_facing_fist:
Will test it with a pleasure in a few days

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Wow! Just tested it. Seems to work just as I hoped!

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This sounds pretty neat for non tech savvy people.
Def. gonna keep this as a solution for my friends!

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O man I've been looking for exactly this. Out of curiosity, why does it need protection mode off?

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Yes it does, without it the app can not mount the drive for you.