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Denys Dovhan Smart Home

🏡 My smart home setup built on top of Home Assistant

https://denysdovhan.com/smart-home/

[denysdovhan]

Hope this site is helpful for you! Tell me what you think 🙏

[alc6379]

Just wanted to throw something out for you-- hope I don't come off as spamming.

I am in a similar situation as far as also being a renter. I mostly used Hue or Innr bulbs for my lights, but I have one flourescent installation where I can't find any automated solution.

I wound up going with a ThirdReality Smart Switch. It installs over the light switch and uses a servo to flip the switch up and down. It's more expensive than a switch you'd install into a panel, but it's easily reversible. It runs on Zigbee, so you should be able to use it with Zigbee2mqtt.

[denysdovhan]

@alc6379 thanks for your tip! I went googling this switch and unfortunately, it's not available in my country (Ukraine). Moreover, those switches are not compatible with typical European switches. Nevertheless, I'll dive into it. Maybe it's possible to find something similar in the local market.

[adotsloan]

Very nice. I really appreciate the time spent on this write up

[uSlackr]

I'm in the process of moving to docker. Question - in your docker compose you have mariadb loaded, but your unami install refers to mysql. Is this the same database? If not, what's using the mariadb?

[denysdovhan]

@uSlackr MariaDB is a fork of MySQL. It's basically backward compatible with MySQL. It's light, fast and reliable. Moreover, most of its developers are former MySQL team members.

[uSlackr]

Wow, I sure asked that poorly. I know about mariadb. What I'm trying to figure out is how your unami config finds the mariadb container. I'm new to docker. the database container is "db", wouldn't that need to be the "MYSQL_HOST"? I dont see where that variable is set.
And now I see it in the .env_example file. got it!

[AntoineGlacet]

Hi Denys, Just wanted to tell you that your documentation and associated GitHub is the gift that keeps on giving. As an amateur and initially not a coder, I love how you structured your stack. You are the best!

[denysdovhan]

@AntoineGlacet thanks a lot! I appreciate it very much!

BTW, you can buy me a coffee, if you consider it appropriate.

[AntoineGlacet]

@denysdovhan I just did, thanks again!

[Thehibing]

I saw your post not long ago and wanted to add some information. I've been diving into smart home stuff lately, and Vivint has been a game-changer for me.