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 — 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

Podman AppJail Bastille

Compose CLI Ansible

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:
      - "/path/to/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.

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

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

- 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"

Save as home-assistant-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook home-assistant-deploy.yaml.

Director CLI

# .env

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

# 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: '/path/to/containers/home-assistant'

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

# 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.

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o template=template.conf \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/home-assistant /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:latest home-assistant

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 sh run.sh.

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}.

Compose CLI

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

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

bastille create -O \
  --env PUID=1000 \
  --env PGID=1000 \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --volume /path/to/containers/home-assistant /config \
  home-assistant ghcr.io/daemonless/home-assistant:latest inherit

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 15.1).

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