How-to guides

How-to — task-oriented guides. Each one gets you to one specific goal and states its own prerequisites.

Each guide names a goal, lists what you need before you start, and ends with a way to check that it worked. For the full field list of any resource, see the API reference; for why something behaves the way it does, see the explanations.

Installing and upgrading

• Install the operator
• Upgrade the operator

Running an instance

• Deploy a Home Assistant instance
• Bootstrap an instance without touching the UI
• Manage configuration.yaml declaratively
• Manage secrets

Managing what Home Assistant does

• Manage automations
• Manage scenes
• Manage scripts
• Register integrations
• Model your house structure
• Install HACS-compatible extensions

Operating

• Configure backups
• Expose an instance with TLS
• Enforce Pod Security Standards
• Verify signed releases
• Troubleshoot a problem