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Home Assistant Dashboard Configuration

This directory contains declarative YAML dashboard configurations for Home Assistant.

Structure

home-assistant/
├── ui-lovelace.yaml           # Main dashboard file (entry point)
├── views/                     # Dashboard views (pages)
│   ├── overview.yaml          # Home overview
│   ├── media.yaml             # Media services
│   ├── downloads.yaml         # Download management
│   ├── infrastructure.yaml    # Infrastructure monitoring
│   └── automation.yaml        # Automation & devices
├── cards/                     # Reusable card components
│   ├── media-cards.yaml
│   ├── download-cards.yaml
│   └── infrastructure-cards.yaml
├── configuration-example.yaml # Example sensor configurations
├── secrets-example.yaml       # Example secrets file
└── get-entities.py            # Script to retrieve entities via API

Installation

1. Enable YAML Mode in Home Assistant

Add to your Home Assistant configuration.yaml:

lovelace:
  mode: yaml
  resources:
    # Add any custom Lovelace cards here
    - url: /local/custom-cards/mini-graph-card-bundle.js
      type: module

Copy or symlink the ui-lovelace.yaml file to your Home Assistant config directory:

# If Home Assistant is running on hass (192.168.1.181)
ssh hass.home
cd /config  # or wherever your HA config lives
ln -s /path/to/this/repo/home-assistant/ui-lovelace.yaml .

Or copy the entire home-assistant/ directory into your Home Assistant config.

3. Reload Dashboard

In Home Assistant:

  • Go to Settings → Dashboards
  • Click the three dots → “Reload resources”
  • Or restart Home Assistant

Customization

Adding Services

Edit the relevant view file in views/ to add new services.

Modifying Layout

The dashboard uses a grid layout with responsive columns. Adjust grid_columns and grid_min_rows in view files.

Custom Cards

Install custom cards via HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) and add them to the resources section in configuration.yaml.

  • mini-graph-card: Beautiful graphs for sensors
  • button-card: Highly customizable buttons
  • layout-card: Advanced layout control
  • auto-entities: Dynamic card generation

Version Control

These files are version controlled in the main homelab repository. Changes should be:

  1. Made in this repository
  2. Tested locally
  3. Deployed to Home Assistant
  4. Committed with descriptive messages

API Access

Retrieving Entities

Use the get-entities.py script to retrieve all entities from Home Assistant via the WebSocket API:

# Create a long-lived access token in Home Assistant:
# Profile → Long-Lived Access Tokens → Create Token

# Run the script
./get-entities.py YOUR_TOKEN_HERE

The script will:

  • Connect to Home Assistant at hass.home:8123
  • Authenticate with your token
  • Retrieve all entities grouped by domain
  • Display entity states, friendly names, and units

This is useful for:

  • Discovering available entities for dashboard configuration
  • Debugging sensor configurations
  • Monitoring entity states
  • Generating entity lists for automations

See the Home Assistant API documentation for more details.

Notes

  • Service URLs use the sbr.pm domain (accessible via Traefik)
  • All services are HTTPS via Traefik reverse proxy
  • Monitor availability with ping sensors
  • Add API keys for service widgets where needed