Container Help: Homeseer

[th3count]

Hello, I am having trouble finding a good guide on making a container for unraid, aimed at someone with 0 experience in the matter.

 

I am currently running a VM for Windows Server for 1 piece of sotware (Homeseer) and cannot find a pre build container, which leaves me fending for myself.  The problem is every guide I find seems to be aimed at an experienced user with dockers. or for another system like the raspberry pi, and i am finding it all very confusing.

 

Homeseer has a downloadable tar on there website with all the needed files for a linux environment. there are a few prereqs needed before installing.

 

Can anyone point me in the right direction.

[Squid]

Hello, I am having trouble finding a good guide on making a container for unraid, aimed at someone with 0 experience in the matter.
 
I am currently running a VM for Windows Server for 1 piece of sotware (Homeseer) and cannot find a pre build container, which leaves me fending for myself.  The problem is every guide I find seems to be aimed at an experienced user with dockers. or for another system like the raspberry pi, and i am finding it all very confusing.
 
Homeseer has a downloadable tar on there website with all the needed files for a linux environment. there are a few prereqs needed before installing.
 
Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Creating a container for unraid is no different than creating a container for any system. The docs on dockers website should be able to get you going but you will require Linux experience.

Sent from my SM-T560NU using Tapatalk

[aptalca]

I ran homeseer in both a vm and in a docker container and realized it wasn't the best solution. Whenever my server was down, my entire home automation was also down. The worst was when I had a power outage where my server shut down and stayed down (as expected) until I manually turned it on, and none of the timed scenes fired until then.

 

I decided the best solution was to dedicate a Raspberry pi for homeseer. It cost about fifty dollars for an rpi 3, power adapter, case and sd card (as a kit). It has better uptime than my server and during a power loss, it's ok for it to shut down uncleanly and it turns on again once the power is back.

 

 

[techno_81]

On ‎01‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 5:57 AM, aptalca said:

I ran homeseer in both a vm and in a docker container and realized it wasn't the best solution. Whenever my server was down, my entire home automation was also down. The worst was when I had a power outage where my server shut down and stayed down (as expected) until I manually turned it on, and none of the timed scenes fired until then.

 

I decided the best solution was to dedicate a Raspberry pi for homeseer. It cost about fifty dollars for an rpi 3, power adapter, case and sd card (as a kit). It has better uptime than my server and during a power loss, it's ok for it to shut down uncleanly and it turns on again once the power is back.

 

 

My system is running fine :-) settings are configured to power on automatically should the power fail.  If the power does fail the UPS will kick-in, but then the devices being controlled wont have any power anyway :-(

[techno_81]

On ‎01‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 3:42 AM, th3count said:

Hello, I am having trouble finding a good guide on making a container for unraid, aimed at someone with 0 experience in the matter.

 

I am currently running a VM for Windows Server for 1 piece of sotware (Homeseer) and cannot find a pre build container, which leaves me fending for myself.  The problem is every guide I find seems to be aimed at an experienced user with dockers. or for another system like the raspberry pi, and i am finding it all very confusing.

 

Homeseer has a downloadable tar on there website with all the needed files for a linux environment. there are a few prereqs needed before installing.

 

Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Hi,

Did you manage to put something together for running Homeseer in a Docker?

 

Thanks

[sweigh]

I know this post is dated, but since I came across it while attempting to do the same setup, I figured I'd follow up to let you know that I was able to use the Homeseer container found here to easily setup a container in Unraid and it's been working great. I've attached a screenshot of my container settings for reference in case it's needed. I modified port 80 to 81 since I use 80 for the Unraid webUI. 

[techno_81]

Hello,

I was using the setup for some time, but was having trouble with some of the apps on other devices attempting to connect to HomeSeer.  The IP being returned from MyHS was an Internal Docker IP address.  

I did some digging and now my HomeSeer Docker container picks up its own IP address on my network :-)

I don't have to configure the ports here and all the Apps now function correctly.

 

I should have bookmarked where i found the information on how to set this up with Docker.  Some Command Line entries are required along with the extra Parameters specified below.

 

Just Thought I'd share :-)

 

[techno_81]

Found the thread i used :-)

 

[sweigh]

Good advice, thanks. I haven't encountered any access issues yet, but I'm using a dedicated z-net controller with it's own IP, so that's likely why.

[bdydrp]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but im looking at doing this setup and was hoping i could get some assistance - bear in mind i have no knowledge dockers.

so farm what i have managed to do, is download the docker image form the repository as per @sweigh screenshot.

Also mapping all ports, containers and paths as per screenshot.

 

Next, i d/l the linux tar.gz file from Homeseer website and unpacked it into my appdata folder on my cache drive. Container paths are mapped to this folder.

 

Now, im unsure where or what to do next?

Obviously, its not as simple as what i have done??

 

would love some pointers

Cheers

Edited November 30, 2018 by bdydrp

[techno_81]

2 hours ago, bdydrp said:

Sorry to bump an old thread, but im looking at doing this setup and was hoping i could get some assistance - bear in mind i have no knowledge dockers.

so farm what i have managed to do, is download the docker image form the repository as per @sweigh screenshot.

Also mapping all ports, containers and paths as per screenshot.

 

Next, i d/l the linux tar.gz file from Homeseer website and unpacked it into my appdata folder on my cache drive. Container paths are mapped to this folder.

 

Now, im unsure where or what to do next?

Obviously, its not as simple as what i have done??

 

would love some pointers

Cheers

Hi,

 

All i did was go the Docker screen, click 'Add Container' and enter the details as per the setup image.

 

I was moving from a PC installed installation, so copied my configuration files across to the HomeSeer directory in the appData directory.

 

I've been running mine for some time now, with little issues with homeseer itself. (Just some temperamental Z-Wave devices)

 

Good Luck 

 

 

[bdydrp]

@techno_81 Thanks for responding.

Once i d/l the file from Homeseer and unpoack it on to my cache, i can use your settings and repository from your screenshot and it should work?

[techno_81]

Adding the docker should download everything for you.  You will need to enter a licence key in the Homeseer web settings once running.  Note the IP address, you may need to enter a different one based on your network setup.

[bdydrp]

Thanks.

I will move the files i d/l'd and re add the docker using the above settings.

As for IP, can i use bridge or do i need to specify?

 

[techno_81]

That's up to you and how you want your systems to work.

My preference was to let HomeSeer have its own dedicated IP address so i didn't have to configure multiple ports when adding new plugins etc.

[bdydrp]

ok, thanks

1st things 1st then, ill try and get it up and running.

 

I have a licence key, but the way i done the process previously, i couldn't access the webui....

 

have removed all files and docker images and trying again.

 

Cheers

[techno_81]

Using the settings similar to mine, i just enter the address http://192.168.0.128 in my browser and it opens.

 

you can open the advanced docker settings and enter this as the WebGUI URL also so you can access from the Docker screen.

[bdydrp]

i used the same setting but changed network type to bridge.

In the logs i can see an IP address and this matches http://find.homeseer.com. which is 172.17.0.2, but clicking on it just times out. This was happening previously

[techno_81]

can you post a screen shot of your homeseer docker settings?

[bdydrp]

As in this one?

 

 

[techno_81]

That's sounds like one of the reasons i set up the dedicated IP address.  Need to configure this in the Docker settings also.

 

If you have used the bridge settings, then you will also need to add the ports for the docker container.  The homeseer will be accessible via your UnRaid IP and the ports you configure in the docker container.  8080 to 80 for e.g.

[techno_81]

2 minutes ago, bdydrp said:

As in this one?

 

 

Yeah, if you are using the bridge, you will need to add the required Ports to the configuration settings. so they can pass through to the Homeseer docker.

[bdydrp]

Thankyou so much!

Changing to fixed IP has done the trick, for shit and giggles i used the same IP.

Now i know it works, i can work backwards and change the IP to something i want.

Again, appreciate all your help

Cheers

[techno_81]

No worries,

 

Enjoy 🙂

[bdydrp]

Thankyou..

 

Now all the learning of homeseer!

Cheers