Installation on a Synology NAS

There are 2 alternatives, when using Home Assistant on Synology NAS:

using Docker
directly running on DSM

Option 1 is described on the Docker installation page, whereas Option 2 is described below.

The following configuration has been tested on Synology 413j running DSM 6.0-7321 Update 1.

Running these commands will:

Install Home Assistant
Enable Home Assistant to be launched on http://localhost:8123

Using the Synology webadmin:

Install python3 using the Synology Package Center
Create homeassistant user and add to the “users” group

SSH onto your synology & login as admin or root

Log in with your own administrator account
Switch to root using:

$ sudo -i

Check the path to python3 (assumed to be /volume1/@appstore/py3k/usr/local/bin)

# cd /volume1/@appstore/py3k/usr/local/bin

Install PIP (Python’s package management system)

# ./python3 -m ensurepip

Use PIP to install Homeassistant package

# ./python3 -m pip install homeassistant

Create homeassistant config directory & switch to it

# mkdir /volume1/homeassistant
# cd /volume1/homeassistant

Hint: alternatively you can also create a “Shared Folder” via Synology WebUI (e.g. via “File Station”) - this has the advantage that the folder is visible via “File Station”.

Create hass-daemon file using the following code (edit the variables in uppercase if necessary)

#!/bin/sh

# Package
PACKAGE="homeassistant"
DNAME="Home Assistant"

# Others
USER="homeassistant"
PYTHON_DIR="/volume1/@appstore/py3k/usr/local/bin"
PYTHON="$PYTHON_DIR/python3"
HASS="$PYTHON_DIR/hass"
INSTALL_DIR="/volume1/homeassistant"
PID_FILE="$INSTALL_DIR/home-assistant.pid"
FLAGS="-v --config $INSTALL_DIR --pid-file $PID_FILE --daemon"
REDIRECT="> $INSTALL_DIR/home-assistant.log 2>&1"

start_daemon ()
{
    sudo -u ${USER} /bin/sh -c "$PYTHON $HASS $FLAGS $REDIRECT;"
}

stop_daemon ()
{
    kill `cat ${PID_FILE}`
    wait_for_status 1 20 || kill -9 `cat ${PID_FILE}`
    rm -f ${PID_FILE}
}

daemon_status ()
{
    if [ -f ${PID_FILE} ] && kill -0 `cat ${PID_FILE}` > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        return
    fi
    rm -f ${PID_FILE}
    return 1
}

wait_for_status ()
{
    counter=$2
    while [ ${counter} -gt 0 ]; do
        daemon_status
        [ $? -eq $1 ] && return
        let counter=counter-1
        sleep 1
    done
    return 1
}

case $1 in
    start)
        if daemon_status; then
            echo ${DNAME} is already running
            exit 0
        else
            echo Starting ${DNAME} ...
            start_daemon
            exit $?
        fi
        ;;
    stop)
        if daemon_status; then
            echo Stopping ${DNAME} ...
            stop_daemon
            exit $?
        else
            echo ${DNAME} is not running
            exit 0
        fi
        ;;
        restart)
        if daemon_status; then
            echo Stopping ${DNAME} ...
            stop_daemon
            echo Starting ${DNAME} ...
            start_daemon
            exit $?
        else
            echo ${DNAME} is not running
            echo Starting ${DNAME} ...
            start_daemon
            exit $?
        fi
        ;;
    status)
        if daemon_status; then
            echo ${DNAME} is running
            exit 0
        else
            echo ${DNAME} is not running
            exit 1
        fi
        ;;
    log)
        echo ${LOG_FILE}
        exit 0
        ;;
    *)
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

Create links to python folders to make things easier in the future:

# ln -s /volume1/@appstore/py3k/usr/local/bin python3
# ln -s /volume1/@appstore/py3k/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/homeassistant

Set the owner and permissions on your config folder

# chown -R homeassistant:users /volume1/homeassistant
# chmod -R 664 /volume1/homeassistant

Make the daemon file executable:

# chmod 777 /volume1/homeassistant/hass-daemon

Update your firewall (if it is turned on on the Synology device):

Go to your Synology control panel
Go to security
Go to firewall
Go to Edit Rules
Click Create
Select Custom: Destination port “TCP”
Type “8123” in port
Click on OK
Click on OK again

Copy your configuration.yaml file into the config folder That’s it… you’re all set to go

Here are some useful commands:

Start Home Assistant:

$ sudo /volume1/homeassistant/hass-daemon start

Stop Home Assistant:

$ sudo /volume1/homeassistant/hass-daemon stop

Restart Home Assistant:

$ sudo /volume1/homeassistant/hass-daemon restart

Upgrade Home Assistant::

$  /volume1/@appstore/py3k/usr/local/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade homeassistant