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Getting Started

My smart home can be quickly deployed using this guide:

  • Backup everything before performing any action.
  • Backup smart-home folder tar czvf smart-home.tar.gz smart-home
  • Backup Plex libary tar czvf plex.tar.gz ~/Plex
  • Copy archives locally via scp
  • Install Ubuntu Server on card via Raspberry Pi Imager.
  • Plug SSD in Raspberry Pi. Let it a few minutes to start.
  • Connect via ssh using ssh ubuntu@<ip>. You can get the IP in router's connected devices panel.
  • Clone smart-home to home folder or restore from backups
  • Add smart-home binaries to PATH and set SMART_HOME_DIR: 
    echo 'export SMART_HOME_DIR="$HOME/smart-home"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/smart-home/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
  • Init smart-home via smart-home init.
  • Fix network manager vie smart-home setup-network.
  • Fix network manager vie smart-home fix-systemd-resolved.
  • Fill secret credentials in .env file. Use smart-home password to generate new passwords.
  • Go to Cockpit dashboard (https://<ip>:) and set hostname, mount external storage. Reboot after changes.
  • Spin up containers via smart-home start. This command will pull down images and star up containers.