I tackle one of the biggest first-world problems of our time - controlling all our different accessories! Every day I find myself doing acrobatics just to turn on and off my lights, TV, and camera. I've had enough and I've come up with a solution to automate all of these devices! I got a Stream Deck Plus for Christmas and I'm going to make it the control center of my entire setup.
I'll be using some smart plugs, a Broadlink RM4 Pro, and a dummy battery for my camera to get this all set up. The real magic happens when I set up Home Assistant - an amazing program that acts as a smart home hub. I'm going to use my Stream Deck to control Home Assistant so that I can control all my smart devices with ease.
In this video, I'll walk you through the setup process and show you all the tricks I learned along the way. I'll also give you a quick overview of the equipment I used and how I set up my Home Assistant on a Kubernetes cluster running on Ubuntu.
So if you're ready to take control of your accessories, hit that like and subscribe button, and let's get started! And if you want to see more on setting up Microk8s, leave me a comment, and I'll make a video about it.
#homeassistant #microk8s #kubernetes #streamdeck #streamdeckplus
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values.yaml file: gist.github.com/gmorse81/e64e...
Helm Command: helm install --namespace=has --create-namespace home-assistant ./
Helm chart: staging.artifacthub.io/packag...
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Products in this video:
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Software used in this video:
Home Assistant - www.home-assistant.io/
Microk8s - microk8s.io/
Helm - helm.sh/
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Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
Things that need automating - 00:18
Intro to Stream Deck Plus - 01:10
Smart devices to automate my setup - 01:38
Setting up Broadlink RM4 Pro and Kasa Smart Plugs - 03:02
Installing Home Assistant on Kubernetes - 04:06
Adding Kasa Integration to Home Assistant - 08:34
Adding Broadlink RM4 pro to Home Assistant - 09:03
Setting up scripts in Home Assistant - 11:08
Setting up virtual switches in Home Assistant - 12:31
Control Home Assistant with Stream Deck - 14:15
How much did this cost? - 15:33