Portainer can be used to execute custom commands in a docker container. It is an open-source lightweight management UI which allows you to easily manage a Docker host(s) or Docker swarm clusters.
- Add my repository using this link
- Install the portainer addon from my repo
- In the configuration panel of the addon, you can change the password
- In the main page of the addon, disable "Protection mode", then start the addon
- Login (default name is
admin, default password ishomeassistant) - Click on
Primaryin the environement (at the center of the page) - Click on
Containersin the left menu bar - Increase the number of items per page to see all your addons
- Click on the symbol
>_next to the name of your selected addon to open the console page - Either change the username, or more usually just click connect
- Type your commands, you have full access to the terminal of this specific container (this does not affect other parts of your HA system)
- There is no impact of installing, or running portainer
- Installing manually a custom container will modify your HA status to an unsupported/unhealthy state. You will be blocked from upgrading Home Assistant and upgrading any Add-ons you may have. Stopping this custom container will reset the normal status
Just change the password in your addon options and the database will be reset
The addon includes a very long timeout. However, if you use another layer of proxy such as the addon nginx proxy manager, it will default to a timeout of 60s. You'll have to adapt the proxy layer to increase timeout. More details here : portainer/portainer#2953 (comment)
- Here is a full guide on using it : https://codeopolis.com/posts/beginners-guide-to-portainer/
- Old page on the HA community forum about portainer : https://community.home-assistant.io/t/home-assistant-community-add-on-portainer