Upgrade Your Home Assistant OS

This article contains instructions to upgrade your existing Home Assistant OS with Robonomics integration.

Install HACS

Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) allows you to install custom integrations.

1. Before start, you need to install add-on for connecting to the Home Assistant device with SSH. In Add-on Store search ssh. We recommend to install SSH & Web Terminal add-on.

   
   

   Warning

   If the SSH addon is not found, try enabling Advanced Mode in your user profile settings. To do this, click on the profile icon in the lower left corner, and find the Advanced Mode option.

   
   

2. Choose the add-on and press INSTALL. After installation is finished, go to Configuration tab and add password or authorized_keys. Don’t forget to save this part of configuration.

3. In the Info tab press START. If you want to see the addon in the sidebar, don’t forget to enable Show in sidebar.

4. Open SSH Add-on and run the following command:

wget -O - https://get.hacs.xyz | bash -

5. Restart Home Assistant (you can do it in Settings->System).

6. Now HACS Integration will be available to add in the Integrations menu. Go to Settings->Devices & Services, press Add Integration and find HACS.

   
   

   Warning

   To use HACS you need a Github Account.

   
   

7. Click on it and follow the installation instructions.

Install IPFS Daemon and Libp2p - WS Proxy Add-Ons

Robonomics Integration stores the data using local IPFS daemon and also use Libp2p for remote control, so you need to install it first. You can add the Robonomics Add-Ons repository using this button

Or manually using the following steps:

1. There is an Robonomics Addons Repository. To install it go to Settings -> Add-Ons and press the ADD-ON STORE button in the lower right corner.

2. Press on three dots in the upper right corner and choose Repositories. Add there the following link:

https://github.com/PinoutLTD/robonomics-addons

3. Press ADD button.

4. Close the repository manager and refresh the page. Now in the end of the page you can see Robonomics Add-Ons.

Now you can install both addons. Open them and press INSTALL. After installation press START.

Install Robonomics Integration

Now you can install Robonomics Integration using HACS.

Open HACS from the sidebar menu and search for Robonomics. Then click on the Download button located in the lower right corner. Once the download is complete, restart Home Assistant.