Synology: Install Home Assistant With Portainer

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Synology Install Home Assistant With Portainer

My previous guide for Home Assistant involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Home Assistant version via Portainer. Home Assistant is free and open-source software for home automation designed to be a central control system for smart home devices with a focus on local control and privacy. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Home Assistant on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Homeassistant 2024.12.5 release.

💡Note: Check out my new guide on how to Install Home Assistant on Your UGREEN NAS.

  • STEP 1

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  • STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

  • STEP 3

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folders and name it homeassistant. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 1

  • STEP 4

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

1 Synology Portainer Add Stack

  • STEP 5

In the Name field type in homeassistant. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  homeassistant:
    image: homeassistant/home-assistant
    container_name: Home-Assistant
    mem_limit: 8g
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    healthcheck:
     test: curl -f http://localhost:8123/ || exit 1
    restart: on-failure:5
    network_mode: host
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/homeassistant:/config:rw
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 2 new 2025

  • STEP 6

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 3 new 2025

  • STEP 7

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 4

  • STEP 8

Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂

  • STEP 9

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:8123 Click CREATE MY SMART HOME. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 5

  • STEP 10

Choose Name, Username, Password and Confirm Password then click CREATE ACCOUNT. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 6

  • STEP 11

Click the DETECT Location icon. For a more accurate location, move your location point on the MAP. Click NEXT. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 7

  • STEP 12

Choose to share or no anonymized information. Click NEXT. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 8

  • STEP 13

Click FINISH. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 9

  • STEP 14

Welcome to your Home Assistant Dashboard!

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 10

  • STEP 15

You can also use Dark Mode theme for your Home Assistant Dashboard!

Home Assistant Synology NAS Portainer Set up 11

Enjoy Home Assistant!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: If you want to run the Home Assistant container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Home Assistant work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

Note: Read how to solve 400: Bad Request error.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: Find out how to update the Home Assistant container with the latest image.
Note: How to Free Disk Space on Your NAS if You Run Docker.
Note: How to Schedule Start & Stop For Docker Containers.
Note: How to Activate Email Notifications.
Note: How to Add Access Control Profile on Your NAS.
Note: How to Change Docker Containers Restart Policy.
Note: How to Use Docker Containers With VPN.
Note: Convert Docker Run Into Docker Compose.
Note: How to Clean Docker.
Note: How to Clean Docker Automatically.
Note: Best Practices When Using Docker and DDNS.
Note: Some Docker Containers Need WebSocket.
Note: Find out the Best NAS Models For Docker.
Note: Activate Gmail SMTP For Docker Containers.

This post was updated on Saturday / December 21st, 2024 at 11:44 PM

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