# Home Assistant

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This guide is for **Home Assistant Core**. If you want to install **Home Assistant Supervised** on Synology, please refer to the [Virtual Machines Manager](/synology-notes/virtual-machine-manager/vmm/vmm-home-assistant.md) section.
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* Create folder `/volume1/docker/homeassistant`
* **Container Manager**
* Create new image from **homeassistant/home-assistant:latest**
* Create new container **home-assistant**
  * Enable *auto-restart*
  * *Network*: **host**
  * *Volume Settings*:
    * /docker/homeassistant -> /data
* **Home Assistant**
* Create an account & login

## Assumptions

* You have installed **Container Manager**
* The folder `/volume1/docker` has been created
* For using **Matter** devices with Home Assistant, you also need to install **Matter Server** from [Synology Community](https://synocommunity.com) packages.

## References

* [Synology: Install Home Assistant With Portainer](https://mariushosting.com/synology-install-home-assistant-with-portainer/)


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