A little more information about Hassio instalation.

Quentin Stafford-Fraser 2019-02-12 00:04:32 +00:00
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- [[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 youre 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:
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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\