5.0 KiB

Raw Blame History

Esphomeyaml Hass.io Add-On

About

This add-on allows you to manage and program your ESP8266 and ESP32 based microcontrollers directly through Hass.io with no programming experience required. All you need to do is write YAML configuration files; the rest (over-the-air updates, compiling) is all handled by esphomeyaml.

esphomeyaml dashboard screenshot

View the esphomeyaml documentation here

Example

With esphomeyaml, you can go from a few lines of YAML straight to a custom-made firmware. For example, to include a DHT22. temperature and humidity sensor, you just need to include 8 lines of YAML in your configuration file:

esphomeyaml DHT configuration example

Then just click UPLOAD and the sensor will magically appear in Home Assistant:

esphomelib Home Assistant MQTT discovery

Installation

To install this Hass.io add-on you need to add the esphomeyaml add-on repository first:

Add our Hass.io add-ons repository to your Hass.io instance. You can do this by navigating to the "Add-on Store" tab in the Hass.io panel and then entering https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository in the "Add new repository by URL" field.
Now scroll down and select the "esphomeyaml" add-on.
Press install to download the add-on and unpack it on your machine. This can take some time.
Optional: If you're using SSL certificates and want to encrypt your communication to this add-on, please enter true into the ssl field and set the fullchain and certfile options accordingly.
Start the add-on, check the logs of the add-on to see if everything went well.
Click "OPEN WEB UI" to open the esphomeyaml dashboard. You will be asked for your Home Assistant credentials - esphomeyaml uses Hass.io's authentication system to log you in.

NOTE: Installation on RPis running in 64-bit mode is currently not possible. Please use the 32-bit variant of HassOS instead.

You can view the esphomeyaml docs here: https://esphomelib.com/esphomeyaml/index.html

Configuration

Note: Remember to restart the add-on when the configuration is changed.

Example add-on configuration:

{
  "ssl": true,
  "certfile": "fullchain.pem",
  "keyfile": "privkey.pem"
}

Option: `ssl`

Enables/Disables encrypted SSL (HTTPS) connections to the web server of this add-on. Set it to true to encrypt communications, false otherwise. Please note that if you set this to true you must also specify a certfile and keyfile.

Option: `certfile`

The certificate file to use for SSL.

Note: The file MUST be stored in /ssl/, which is the default for Hass.io

Option: `keyfile`

The private key file to use for SSL.

Note: The file MUST be stored in /ssl/, which is the default for Hass.io

Option: `leave_front_door_open`

Adding this option to the add-on configuration allows you to disable authentication by setting it to true.

Embedding into Home Assistant

It is possible to embed the esphomeyaml dashboard directly into Home Assistant, allowing you to access your ESP nodes through the Home Assistant frontend using the panel_iframe component.

Example configuration:

panel_iframe:
  esphomeyaml:
    title: esphomeyaml Dashboard
    icon: mdi:code-brackets
    url: https://addres.to.your.hass.io:6052

5.0 KiB Raw Blame History