ok, while trying to fix configuration.yaml, the green checkbox on the file editor turned green, but when i rent to reload the file, it says errors… what is the green check for?
for the duckdns addon, what needs to appear in the configuration.yaml file? does the addon automatically install what i need, or do i have to manually enter it? under which ‘heading’ for lack of the proper word… thanks
For an addon you don’t have to add anything to configuration.yaml
thats what i find a bit confusing, the duckdns configuration page shows a bunch of stuff in the add on configuration, there are no direct examples of where to cut / paste this info into, unless is it automatically put into the proper locations due to the add on? and if you do have to place it in. where does it get put in the line of code? thanks again for the help…. i have to admit, its pretty hard if you have little to no programming experience… you are simply relying on the documentation being concise enough to get you to the right areas to edit code
An add-on is a separate application running independently on the same machine as Home Assistant. The stuff in the add-on configuration goes there and nowhere else.
There is often an integration to connect the two - I believe this is the case with DuckDNS - and you have to install that too. The integration may need a few lines in configuration.yaml.
Some add-ons have a Web UI which you can place in the left-hand toolbar along with your dashboards, but otherwise are not directly connected with HA (ESPHome Device Builder, for example). A few, like the BOINC add-on, have nothing to do with HA at all and just use spare capacity in the machine.