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Home Assistant configuration

The key software I run is

My experiences

  • Repairing computers since 1993
  • Started building computers in 1995
  • Started working with Linux in 1997
  • Played around with routing and networking since 1998
  • Got into Windows system administration in 2004
  • Moved on to Enterprise consulting on storage, *nix, networking and more in 2007
  • Trained electronic repairs technician, enjoys building stuff and repairing stuff
  • No higher education, currently having fun doing certifications on whim
    • N+
    • VMWare VCP-DCV 5-5.5-6-6.5-7-2022
    • VMware VCP-NV 2021
    • VMware VCAP-DCV Deploy+Design 2023
    • SUSE Linux Administrator
    • ITILv3
    • AWS Pracitioner
    • Azure AZ900+SC900+MS900+AZ800
    • HPE ASE Compute+Storage
    • HPE VTP Hybrid Solutions
    • Certified Kubernetes Administrator
    • CCNA 2023
    • Aruba ACSA + ACNSA

Does and don'ts

  • Does not want to run Home Assistant OS as I find the software limiting, as such I run in native docker
  • I don't trust mDNS, and I think it is a shitty protocol, as such I create DNS entries for all my network devices and use hostnames whenever possible to access services (OPNsense also creates DNS entries dynamically for all DHCP clients)
  • I find discovery a bad idea, if I had no intention of adding it to Home Assistant, I shouldn't be using a discovery service
  • If there is no value in my professional life from running a software, I see no point in running it, as such I mostly run software that I gain knowledge I can use in my worklife from (i.e Docker, ESXi, etc)

Hardware

  • 104 and counting Zigbee devices (needs updating)

    • 4 Xiaomi Door and Window Sensors
    • 3 Xiaomi Movement sensors
    • 2 Xiaomi Double Wireless Switches
    • 4 Xiaomi Single mini button
    • 2 Xiaomi Magic Cube
    • 1 IKEA On Off Switch
    • 1 IKEA RGB E27 Bulb
    • 9 IKEA E14 Bulbs
    • 5 IKEA CT E14 Bulbs
    • 19 IKEA CT GU10 Bulbs
    • 8 IKEA CT E27 Bulbs
    • 1 Gledopto RGBWW Controller
    • 1 Gledopto RGBCCT Controller
    • 2 Philips Hue E14 Mingion Bulbs
    • 3 Philips Hue E27 Bulbs
    • 1 Philips Hue Filament E27 Bulb
    • 3 Philips Hue Wireless Dimmer Switches
  • 4 ESPhome self built devices

    • Garage Door opener
    • Greenhouse Monitor
    • Soil Moisture Sensor
    • Sonoff Bridge with hack implemented
  • 3 Tasmota OTA flashed devices

    • Tumbledrier power monitor
    • Greenhouse heating power monitor
    • Garage rack power monitor
  • 2 Yeelight WiFi RGB E27 Bulbs

  • 1 Yeelight WiFi RGB Led Strip

  • Xiaomi Roborock S5

  • 2x WebOS TV

  • Samsung Smart Exclusive Heat Pump

  • Broadlink RM3 Mini controlling a older Samsung Plasma, Yamaha Reciever, Toshiba Heat Pump, Sanyo Heat Pump

  • Production servers \ systems

    • DL380 Gen9 (24 cores \ 128GB RAM \ 2x 10G \ Tesla P4)
    • Mini-ITX server running Debian
    • HPE Edgeline 300 running OPNSense
    • Cisco 2970 as core
    • Aruba 2530 POE as distribution switch
    • Cheap $20 POE Cameras from Aliexpress
  • Lab servers \ switches

    • 5x DL380 Gen8 (24 cores \ 384GB RAM \ 4x 10G)
    • RX4640
    • RX3600
    • C3000 with BL860c, BL460c G7 and DS2000
    • 2x HPE Edgeline 1000
    • 2x HPE 5900AF
    • 1x Procurve 1800

Todos

  • Actually finishing my daughters lightning lamp, started out as a Arduino project with sound detection and IR, then I discovered HA, wanted to make it smart, and here we are today, current plan is to integrate with WWLN and make it reactive to when lightning is nearby
  • Get my IoT greenhouse operational, started with a wifi relay board that controlled fans and relays last year, that borked, currently building v2 with ESP32, soil moisture sensors and bigger solenoid valves