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Best way to get Home Assistant and Plex server running on mini pc? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by yesterdayshero@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I just bought a mini PC to use as a Plex Server and realised that maybe it's a good way to host my Home Assistant instance as well. Currently HA is on a raspberry pi 4.

What's the best approach to get both running on a mini PC? And is it even the best approach or should I just leave HA the way it is now?

Mini PC I got is the Beelink EQ12

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[–] yesterdayshero@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sorry for the dumb question, but would I be able to achieve something similar to the Plex server Docker config you shared, but without docker? If I don't bother trying to get HA running on the same mini PC?

I might have a play around with the mini PC before I try do anything major with HA.

Edit: have found a couple guides, so will try it out.

[–] tehcpengsiudai@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hey if you haven't heard, HAOS has a community add-on for Plex - which is basically docker instance of Plex under the hood.

You might wanna check that out.

I would give priority to HAOS because it removes a ton of setup headaches with other add-ons you might use like Z2M until you establish a proper home lab pipeline.

You'd lose the add-on store if you go the HA docker route and you'd have to manage some networking config within docker if you need to setup other containers to be used with HA - Eg: MariaDB, MQTT Servers, etc...