9 Hurdles of Home Assistant That Must be Taken

The Home Assistant project came a long way and currently is the de facto standard for serious home automation. Time to show you my setup. Because, of course, it has some specialties. We will go through nine hurdles and find a solution for each of them. Watching this video might save you valuable time. Why two boards (options)? HA Automations or Node-Red? Installation of HA Terminal and RSA key Install HACS Install File Editor Install Node-Red Companion and Node-Red WebSocket support Show containers in HA window Install ESPHome and create Example sensors Flash Sonoff S26 Smart Plug Write data to another server HA Zigbee or Zigbee2MQTT? My second channel: Links: ESP32 DevBoard used: Cheap ESP32 Dev Board: ESP8266 Dev Board: Sonoff S26: Installing Home Assistant: Enable SSH In Home Assistant: Install HACS: Sonoff S26 Code: HA Binary Sensor Code: VSCode SSH using RSA Keys: The links above usually are affiliate links that support the channel (no additional cost for you). Supporting Material and Blog Page: Github: My Patreon Page: Discord: If you want to support the channel, please use the links below to start your shopping. No additional charges for you, but I get a commission on your purchases to buy new stuff for the channel My shop: For Banggood For AliExpress: For : For Amazon UK: For : Spiess/ Please do not try to email me. This communication channel is reserved for my primary job As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases #no#midroll#ads 00:00 Intro 00:42 Content 01:08 My Setup 02:06 Why two boards (options)? 03:53 HA Automations or Node-Red? 04:24 Installation of HA 04:44 Terminal and RSA key 05:28 Install HACS 06:22 File Editor 06:36 Node-Red Companion and Node-Red WebSocket support 08:56 Show containers in HA window 09:50 Install ESPHome and create Example sensors 12:22 Flash Sonoff S26 Smart Plug 13:15 Write data to another server 13:43 HA Zigbee or Zigbee2MQTT? 14:00 My verdict 15:11 My open points