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

  • StarfighterEnglish
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    1 year ago

    HAOS does the same thing where it runs HA Core (the actual server software) in docker.

    There are two possibly major drawbacks to managing docker yourself:

    1. You’ll have to manage updates, backups, etc.
    2. You won’t have access to the add-on store. You can still install add-ons by running their docker images but you’ll have to configure their communication channels in addition to everything in point 1.

    Proxmox on the other hand manages full virtual machines for you. There is an official HAOS virtual machine image which gives you the benefit of doing everything for you while still allowing you to run other virtual machines alongside it. Proxmox can manage full VM backups for you and collects performance statistics for each VM. Main drawback would be the added complexity and increased resource usage.