Home Assistant

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

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. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via `doas`/`sudo`).

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

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  home-assistant:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:latest
    container_name: home-assistant
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/home-assistant:/config"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.raw_sockets: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

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

options:
  - alias:
  - ip4_inherit:
services:
  home-assistant:
    name: home_assistant
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    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: '/path/to/containers/home-assistant'

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:${tag}
SET allow.raw_sockets=1

podman run -d --name home-assistant \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.raw_sockets=true' \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/home-assistant:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:latest

- name: Deploy home-assistant
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: home-assistant
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/home-assistant:/config"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.raw_sockets: "true"

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

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 15.0).

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