Installing and Setting Up Home Assistant Container

We will try another Home Assistant installation approach in this chapter. We will first learn how to create backups of Home Assistant installations. We will then learn how to back up and keep the data and information for the work done until now safe before we go ahead and learn how to do a new type of installation.

The chapter will provide instructions on how to use IOTstack, which will allow you to understand how to handle a new type of installation for Home Assistant: Home Assistant Container. The pros and cons of this type of installation will be presented and evaluated. The IOTstack software architecture will be explained and details about how to run each software application will be provided.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to create and restore backups of your Home Assistant installation. You will also know how to set up automation to create backups automatically for you. The main content of the chapter will...