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ZBT-2 + Soyo Mini PC + Kajplats: How do I bring it together in Home Assistant? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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Heyho,

I am an absolutely beginner when it comes to Smart Homes, but have some knowledge when it comes to coding, Linux, Docker and Co.

So, I decided to make my home smart and bought some stuff and hopefully I am now able to connect it somehow, but I am missing a good explanation/tutorial.

If I understand correctly then I should install some software on my minipc, connect it to my ZBT-2 which then form a Matter Controller which then can be somehow connected to the Matter lightbulbs. Is that general notion correct or am I already off? If it is correct, does anyone know a good tutorial for it? When I try to google Matter Controller I often find ready made ones and nothing on how to set it up on my own.

I bought the MiniPC because I want to set up a small home server, too, but that is largely unrelated.

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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (11 children)

If you use HAOS, then it’s a matter of installing the Matter (sorry) and Thread addons and you should be good to go. The official documentation explains this well.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (10 children)

    I am still flexible regarding the OS, but I thought about installing a "regular" Linux OS to give me a known environment for the home server side of things and install HA on top.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    If you’re starting HAOS is the way to go. It’s really effortless and I'm considering to switch back to it from Kubernetes

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I recommend this too. I'm using kubernetes for other stuff, but HAOS for Home Assistant. Super easy to manage. And it works great on small, appliance machines (I'm using Home Assistant Green).

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    That's the route I took. I still pray for a nice Home Assistant helm chart because I'd really like to be able to quickly bounce a Home Assistant container around between nodes and also have easier monitoring and alerting, but all the k8s options just seemed too jank.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago* (5 children)

    If I would use HAOS as my real OS (so not as an image for a container), that would limit my capabilities of running other services, wouldn't it? Sounds better to have HA containerized. I found this tutorial: https://sascha-brockel.de/en/set-up-thread-matter-in-home-assistant-with-docker/

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    • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    It's pretty simple: Spin up a VM or container with HAOS; do the initial Home Assistant config; and ensure that the ZBT-2 is assigned to it via USB passthrough. HA will detect the ZBT-2, and offer to add it to your instance with a card in the Devices & services settings. (I think it's more obvious these days, but they've made some changes recently, and I haven't added anything since then to see.)

    Once it's added, you can then pair Matter devices with HA. That's most easily done with the Home Assistant app on a phone or tablet, but can be done through the web interface using the Add device button on the Matter page in settings.

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