Hi everyone

I decided to give home assistant a go as I’m tired of the lifx app. Plus, it means I can move to different brands of lights and control it on the same app.

I am not overly tech savvy but I know enough to operate my TrueNAS server for my needs. That being said I’m always learning and emjoy it.

I installed it through the truenas apps page (basically just docker). Install was successful, I created a user account and logged in on my phone through the app. So far so good.

I went to search for lifx bulbs but it’s not finding anything.

I’m wondering, have I missed any steps to ensure HA is able to discover bulbs?

Any advice appreciated

  • heythatsprettygood@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    5 hours ago

    Since you are running Docker, it’s most likely Home Assistant’s auto discover being blocked by a firewall or port settings or something else along those lines. Make sure the container’s network mode is set to host, and then you have one of two options. You can either manually add the bulbs (not familiar with LIFX but I think it is done by IP address in the “add integrations” part of the devices menu) or find what is blocking the auto discovery so it will find the bulbs and other devices automatically.

    • philanthropicoctopusOPEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      Thanks for your message

      Here’s my settings for network10000204371000020435

      If ypu can see anything wrong please let me know, I’ll have another Google and see if I can find the issue

      • heythatsprettygood@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        From my searching, there should be a checkbox called “Host Network” that you can tick in order to put the container into host networking mode.

          • heythatsprettygood@feddit.ukEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            Seems I was off the mark, as TrueNAS does things differently than pure Docker. According to this thread you need a bridge network and/or to convert Home Assistant to a TrueNAS custom app to get the host mode checkbox.

      • exu@feditown.comEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        Just learned last week that Docker can’t receive UDP traffic unless you forward it explicitly. If the bulbs use UDP for discovery, that would be your issue. Try the host networking mode