Hi,
I am new to HA and struggle to understand where configuration data is stored. I get the impression that the development of HA is moving so fast that information in documentation and forums rapidly becomes obsolete. The basic problem I am trying to solve is to take snapshot from a camera. This should be simple and I manage to setup the automation to the point where I need to add/modify the allowlist_external_dirs for the dir where the images shall be stored. According to : Camera - Home Assistant this shall be done in the configuration.yaml. I am running Home Assistant OS 9.0 and the configuration directory is /config. However the configuration file here is almost empty and I canāt find all the information that the documentation refers to, see Setup basic information - Home Assistant. This is all the content:
Via the GUI I have defined name: latitude: longitude: and all that stuff, but it doesnāt appear in the configuration file, where is it stored now? And where can I add the āallowlist_external_dirsā statement.
I find it really confusing.
OK, I see, thanks. So this means by default there is not even a /config entry under allowlist_external_dirs: ? at least not in the latest HA OS. As shown above my configuration.yaml is almost empty, does not even contain the top statement āhomeassistant:ā as in your code.
So my updated configuration.yaml file would be:
# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:
# Text to speech
tts:
- platform: google_translate
homeassistant:
allowlist_external_dirs:
- /config
- /config/Photos
# the directory Photos is where the images are stored
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
Tried, but I still get the error:
"Stopped because an error was encountered at October 2, 2022, 12:07:34 AM (runtime: 0.01 seconds)
extra keys not allowed @ data[āfileā] "
Thanks for your input.
I updated the directory name to lowercase in the configuration.yaml file, automation.yaml file and in the file system. Restarted HA, but unfortunately I get the same error. This is what the files looks like:
configuration.yaml
# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:
# Text to speech
tts:
- platform: google_translate
homeassistant:
allowlist_external_dirs:
- /config
- /config/photos
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
I tried to change the file: format with/with out āā, only the filename etc. but nothing helps. The error remains the same āextra keys not allowed @ data[āfileā]ā.
I finally solved the problem. I went via the GUI to the Automations, opened the Visual editor and removed the action and saved. Then opened it again and added the snapshot service. First I tested with a trivial filename and later added the below which includes date and time in the filename. I found the feature in the Visual Editor which allow you to run the action useful since it gives you direct feedback if the action is OK or not. The order of data and target has changed, but I tested and it doesnāt matter. Anyway this is how the .yaml code looks like. So in the end I donāt understand what went wrong, there is a bit of āblack magicā in Home Assistantā¦ Sometimes good to delete and start overā¦