Home Assistant issues & climbing ropes.

 



I've decided to alter the Home Assistant (HA) installation.

There is a way to use Python and venvs but that requires a newer version of Python. To installl a newer version of Python requires either updating the existing files (sloppy) or starting with a fresh install of Debian 13 (Trixe)., a long laborious process of rewriting scripts and services and their referencing files.

Another approach uses the 'container' software package known as "Docker." This method is cleanest and wont require I rewrite existing services and scripts.

The reason for the change is running two RPi's simultaneously uses up energy. I can, using Docker, install HA on my solar system RPi. This will leave the 46gb SSD open for use as a backup for the RPi SSD.

The RPi should also be more energy efficient at night, with changes that have been made per GoogleAI  instructions.

A couple of eye-bolts are ready for installation on the peaks of the house roof; one on the West end and one on the East end. The bolts are intriinsically black in color so I used white enamel spray paint to match them to the house siding color - white. 

The bolts are for ropes used with a harness for working in that area of the roof. I will be able to scrape/paint the unfiinished areas on each end of the house.

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