My current HA installation (Docker) does not allow add-on and so I cannot automate using SSH an similar methods.
I run it on Ubuntu server. (but I do not run any hypervisor on it)
#How to get HA with add-on options?
latent bison
gaunt gazelle
What do you mean by "cannot automate using SSH and similar methods"?
Also add-ons are just other software that you could otherwise set up manually much like how you set up HA.
That being said, if you did want to move to a supported installation with add-ons, you'd need to either install HA OS on bare metal on your machine or install a hypervisor and run HA OS in a VM
latent bison
by "cannot automate using SSH and similar methods" I mean I have no add-on section. (not supported in docker installed version, and so I cannot automate SSH sessions)
Yes, it seems to me too that running a virtual machine with HA will be the best option.
(so you basically confirmed that there is no decent way around it)
gaunt gazelle
and so I cannot automate SSH sessions
What do you mean by this?
latent bison
add-on is required to do make/script SSH connections. Regardless, this is solved now, I ordered "HA Green" device (harware).
gaunt gazelle
it's not required for that
fiery scroll
Nope. This is some kind of misunderstanding. There’s nothing you can do with an add-on that you can’t do either by installing more docker containers or installing software in the host. The only difference is how they are added and removed.
latent bison
so.. I see no add-on in settings - how can I use this addon: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/home-assistant-community-add-on-ssh-web-terminal/33820
mint panther
Going in XY circles here. What do you want to do? What hardware do you have?
fiery scroll
I wouldn’t touch that code with a ten foot pole (you’d basically be differing your system security to many random Joes for questionable benifit) but for scientific interests sake I will find out. The repo contains a Dockerfile so I assume it can simply be built and run. Someone who knows how the addon system works will be able to say more. I imagine the addon system publishes ready to run docker images but I don’t know what path they are published too.
That might be useful.
hallow stream
add-on is required to do make/script SSH connections. Regardless, this is solve...
The SSH and Web Terminal Add-On allows you to access the HA system via SSH. It has nothing to do with automations which would be configured as Command_Line scripts that can use SSH to communicate with other servers.
For a docker install, you should be able to SSH to the Ubuntu Host and then drop into the container shell using 'docker exec'
fiery scroll
FWIW that’s what I do, but I could count on one hand the number of times I’ve needed to get a console on rhe container.
latent bison
What I was trying, is to enable HA to connect to some other equipment and issue commands over SSH. Like, for example: SSH into an Aruba switch and en/disable a PoE port or Fortigate and change some FW configuration.