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* Update buildroot-patches for 2020.11-rc1 buildroot * Update buildroot to 2020.11-rc1 Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch> * Don't rely on sfdisk --list-free output The --list-free (-F) argument does not allow machine readable mode. And it seems that the output format changes over time (different spacing, using size postfixes instead of raw blocks). Use sfdisk json output and calculate free partition space ourselfs. This works for 2.35 and 2.36 and is more robust since we rely on output which is meant for scripts to parse. * Migrate defconfigs for Buildroot 2020.11-rc1 In particular, rename BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOOT_SCRIPT(_SOURCE) to BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_BOOT_SCRIPT(_SOURCE). * Rebase/remove systemd patches for systemd 246 * Drop apparmor/libapparmor from buildroot-external * hassos-persists: use /run as directory for lockfiles The U-Boot tools use /var/lock by default which is not created any more by systemd by default (it is under tmpfiles legacy.conf, which we no longer install). * Disable systemd-update-done.service The service is not suited for pure read-only systems. In particular the service needs to be able to write a file in /etc and /var. Remove the service. Note: This is a static service and cannot be removed using systemd-preset. * Disable apparmor.service for now The service loads all default profiles. Some might actually cause problems. E.g. the profile for ping seems not to match our setup for /etc/resolv.conf: [85503.634653] audit: type=1400 audit(1605286002.684:236): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="ping" name="/run/resolv.conf" pid=27585 comm="ping" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0
Home Assistant Operating System
Home Assistant Operating System (formerly HassOS) is an operating system optimized for hosting Home Assistant and its Add-ons.
Home Assistant Operating System uses Docker as Container engine. It by default deploys the Home Assistant Supervisor as a container. Home Assistant Supervisor in turn uses the Docker container engine to control Home Assistant Core and Add-Ons in separate containers. Home Assistant Operating System is not based on a regular Linux distribution like Ubuntu. It is built using buildroot and it is optimized for running Home Assistant, especially on single board compute (SBC) devices like the Pi, ODROID, NUC and Tinker Board (see supported hardware below).
Features
- Lightweight and memory-efficient
- Minimized I/O
- Over The Air (OTA) updates
- Offline updates
- Modular using Docker
Supported hardware
- Raspberry Pi
- Hardkernel ODROID
- Intel NUC
- Asus Tinker Board
- Virtual appliances
See the full list and specific models here
Getting Started
If you just want to use Home Assistant the official getting started guide and installation instructions take you through how to download Home Assistant Operating System and get it running on your machine.
If you're interested in finding out more about Home Assistant Operating System and how it works read on...
HassOS components
- Bootloader:
- Operating System:
- Buildroot LTS Linux
- File Systems:
- Container Platform:
- Docker Engine for running Home Assistant components in containers
- Updates:
- RAUC for Over The Air (OTA) and USB updates
- Security:
- AppArmor Linux kernel security module
If you don't have experience with these, embedded systems, buildroot or the build process for Linux distributions, then please read up on these topics. The rest of the documentation in this project is for developers and assumes you have experience with embedded systems or a strong understanding of the internal workings of operating systems.
Developer Documentation
All developer documentation is in the Documentation directory.