diff --git a/Home-Assistant.md b/Home-Assistant.md index ff644879..f42af7ba 100644 --- a/Home-Assistant.md +++ b/Home-Assistant.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ If you don't want to use this option, please refer to: - [[Home Assistant - Manual Config|Home-Assistant-‐-Manual-Config]] - For Home Assistant 0.84.2 or later together with Sonoff-Tasmota developement version built 2018-12-13 or later - [[Home Assistant - Manual Config (Legacy)|Home-Assistant-‐-Manual-Config-(Legacy)]] - For older versions of Home Assistant or Sonoff-Tasmota -Hass configuration not exposed in the UI is done by editing the file `configuration.yaml` which is found in folder `.homeassistant` after installation and first start of Hass. +Hass configuration not exposed in the UI is done by editing the file `configuration.yaml` which is found in folder `.homeassistant` after installation and first start of Hass. (Or in the `/config` folder, if you’re using Hass.io.) Note: After every change to the configuration file you'll need to restart Hass to make it aware of the changes. This can be done either: @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ As Sonoff-Tasmota is [MQTT](https://www.home-assistant.io/components/mqtt/) base Home Assistant comes with an [embedded MQTT broker](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/mqtt/broker#embedded-broker) which is easy to set up but you may want to opt for a [separate MQTT broker](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/mqtt/broker#run-your-own) instead for better stability. A popular choice for this is the open-source [Eclipse Mosquitto](https://mosquitto.org/). +The Hass.io implementation of Home Assistant also has Mosquitto available as a standard add-on, which makes for easy installation and almost no configuration. Authentication, for example, is done using the normal Home Assistant user database, so MQTT credentials can be created there. + ### Configure an external broker To connect Hass to an external MQTT server, use Hass web UI:\ Configuration -> Integrations -> Set up a new Integration -> MQTT\