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Description / nameInput element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Home Assistant /config Path

Build Status Last Commit OCI Pulls

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Registry ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant
Daemonless daemonless/home-assistant
Source daemonless/home-assistant
Website www.home-assistant.io

Version Tags

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

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

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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
      # - TRUSTED_PROXIES=  # Proxies HA trusts, comma-separated addresses or subnets; set as its trusted proxies (with X-Forwarded-For on) at every start
    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.

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# .env

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

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# 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_PATH: /config
volumes:
  HOME_ASSISTANT_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/containers/home-assistant'

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# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

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# 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.

Experimental

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}.

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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.

Interactive Configuration

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
TRUSTED_PROXIES `` Proxies HA trusts, comma-separated addresses or subnets; set as its trusted proxies (with X-Forwarded-For on) at every start

Volumes

Path Description
/config Configuration directory

Implementation Details

  • Architectures: amd64
  • User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
  • Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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