Are you running an updated versions at some point recently Home Assistant managed to support old devices a bit better, so no need to fumble around with this solution anymore in my opinion.
The usage of a docker on itself has nothing to do with running HA,
So you can install the firefox-docker on any (other) machine.
Of coarse, if you already run HA on docker, it makes sense to re-use that docker.
Myself I run a docker on W10 for development purposes
No, but you can use TileBoard.
yes i run the newest hasio version but it don‘t work great on my old ipad via safari or the app.
as i said i don‘t know if i have access of the underlaying os so i can install the firefox docker, does anybody know how i can install it the right way?
nobody any other idea?
You don’t have access to the OS if you have used that image on a Pi.
For on old ipad, you can install Tileboard or AppDeamon.
AppDeamon is available as addon and you can build dashboards with it.
Tileboard is installed directly on the share folder, so make sure you have the Samba Addon installed.
AppDaemon: check addons
Tileboard: GitHub - resoai/TileBoard: A simple yet highly configurable Dashboard for HomeAssistant
If you insist on using firefox, you have to install that docker on some other machine.
What are the step by step instructions for installing https://hub.docker.com/r/jlesage/firefox on a RaspPi4 with hassos_rpi4-64-5.10.img ?
I have portainer installed, but have no idea how I am supposed to get the firefox one installed. I have a few old Ipad2s and this seems like my best option for utilising them.
Thank you!
I have also used that firefox, you can find instructions here:
I have stepped away from it however, I wanted kiosk mode and there was always an anoying toolbar and was often crashing.
Now I an using tileboard:
You could also use the AddDeamon addon, in which you can build dashboards.
My simple tileboard (it has two pages) in my livingroom looks like this with an ipad 3 from 2012 on ios 9.3.6
what browser are you using on your iPad?
I have some custom css though, but pretty standard
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Thanks Romkabouter,
Sadly my JS is not ideal, so I will try the FireFox VNC! I know there are instructions… but I have tried running them on every window possible and it didn’t do as expected. I tried installing the Docker container it was kept closing with code 0.
So if you have a spare 5 minutes… how exactly do I follow the instructions 
Where do I run the commands to install the firefox docker?
Many thanks and apologies for being a pain 
You have to install the docker on a machine that runs docker. Maybe a vm of some other (linux) server.
I do not know your hardware, but you can run the docker command from here:
Then, browse to http://your-host-ip:5800, where your-host-ip is the ip of the server you ran the docker command.
On that port you will have firefox, where you can browse to your home assistant server like in you own browser.
This is NOT firefox VNC! Like I said, docker firefox was not any good for me either, but it worked. Sort of.
What do you mean with “Sadly my JS is not ideal”?
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I am using RaspberryPi4 with the image from https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation
Not sure where to run the actual docker command.
What do you mean with “Sadly my JS is not ideal”?
- I looked at what was required and it seems to need to know a lot of JS to configure it. I am a JS noob.
You cannot run the docker command on the hassio installation, you need another server.
You can also check into AppDeamon, it is an addon for Hassio and you can build dashboards with it 
You do not need to know js for tileboard actually. Not more than to understand where you need to set the thing like { and comma’s.
Ahhhh got it. I installed the https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/download/5.10/hassos_rpi4-64-5.10.img.xz image on rasppi4.
AT the moment when I boot the Pi, it loads a home assistant login - I need to change my setup to use other docker images?
SO I will need to install Raspian, install docker. Install HASS as a container, and then install the firefox one too?
That might be possible yes.
Yes indeed, if you want to run it on the same Pi that is a solution. Also you could try your portainer suggestion. Since you already installed HassOS, I’d try that first.
You could also run the docker on you laptop, to see if it fits your needs 
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RaspberryPi4 is ARM64, this docker only supports x86 64… hence the crashing.
O ok, well then try it on your pc and see if it is what you want.
I have tried it, but it has a very annoying header bar. Running in kiosk this will be even more annoying in my opinion.
That is why I have chosen for Tileboard.
AppDeamon is also what I have tried. Works well also, but Tileboard suited me better.
Like I mentioned before, AppDeamon is an addon, very powerfull with regards to running automations and scripts as well.
Tileboard is installed on the /share or on another server. Take special care not to expose tileboard port to the internet because it does not have authentication but uses a long lived token in config.js
You can also run the addon HomePanel:
https://home-panel-docs.timmo.dev/configui/
I do not know if that works well for iOS 9.3
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