Home Assistant

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant
Source	https://github.com/daemonless/home-assistant
Website	https://www.home-assistant.io/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users — recommended.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  home-assistant:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:latest"
    container_name: home-assistant
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/containers/home-assistant:/config"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.raw_sockets: "true"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=home-assistant
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - alias:
  - ip4_inherit:
services:
  home-assistant:
    name: home_assistant
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
      - template: !ENV '${PWD}/template.conf'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - home-assistant: /config
volumes:
  home-assistant:
    device: '/containers/home-assistant'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:${tag}

template.conf:

# template.conf

exec.start: "/bin/sh /etc/rc"
exec.stop: "/bin/sh /etc/rc.shutdown jail"
mount.devfs
persist
allow.raw_sockets

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

services:
  home-assistant:
    name: home-assistant
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/containers/home-assistant:/config"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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