Add Support for Home Assistant running in docker

[MKSG-MugunthKumar]

Hey,
I run docker in HA and added this to support another method for installation.

[vk2him]

Thanks - this is awesome. Do you think we should update the readme with instructions on how to implement? Maybe you can write a few lines that I can add? I assume you've only added the two files, and that no other changes are needed in my original python script?

[MKSG-MugunthKumar]

The options.json needs some changes (the MQTT IP address should be 0.0.0.0 for self hosted mosquitto broker.Also, I do not know how to make this work as both addon and as a self hosted one. So I created a second Dockerfile and I can confirm that works.I’ll update the Readme section and add this additional installation method and let you know. —MugunthOn 16 Oct 2024, at 4:54 pm, Ian Mills ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks - this is awesome. Do you think we should update the readme with instructions on how to implement? Maybe you can write a few lines that I can add? I assume you've only added the two files, and that no other changes are needed in my original python script? —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[MKSG-MugunthKumar]

Hey, updated the README file.
It works on my end with one caveat.

My sensors for FW 7.6 looks like this (Similar to FW8). I'm in Australia.
I think we will leave this up to the person who uses this?

- sensor:
      name: envoy mqtt consumption
      state_topic: "/envoy/json"
      value_template: '{{ (value_json.meters.load.agg_p_mw| float / 1000) | round(0) | int(0)}}'
      unique_id: envoy_mqtt_consumption
      qos: 0
      unit_of_measurement: "W"
      state_class: measurement
      device_class: power

- sensor:
      name: envoy mqtt grid
      state_topic: "/envoy/json"
      value_template: '{{ (value_json.meters.grid.agg_p_mw| float / 1000) | round(0) | int(0)}}'
      unique_id: envoy_mqtt_grid
      qos: 0
      unit_of_measurement: "W"
      state_class: measurement
      device_class: power

- sensor:
      name: envoy mqtt solar production
      state_topic: "/envoy/json"
      value_template: '{{ (value_json.meters.pv.agg_p_mw | float / 1000) | round(2) | int(0)}}'
      unique_id: envoy_mqtt_solar_production
      qos: 0
      unit_of_measurement: "W"
      state_class: measurement
      device_class: power

[MKSG-MugunthKumar]

One more thing:
The data/options.json has two variables ENVOY_PASSWORD and ENVOY_USER_PASS.
The python code uses only ENVOY_USER_PASS. I believe that could be removed.

[vk2him]

Hey,
Thanks for this and the additional comments - I'm a bit busy with my real job ATM so hope to review over weekend ...

I'm in Australia too, just south of Sydney. Yeah your idea about the sensors makes sense to leave it to the users - to my way of thinking if someone is clever enough to user github then the examples we provide should be sufficient for them to build their own. And for those that can't, they raise issues that I (might) be able to assist with - I have a Firmware V5 system so I can't test V6 or higher.

And thanks for the feedback re ENVOY_USER_PASS - I'll remove after double checking ... cheers

[MKSG-MugunthKumar]

In that case, I've updated the example values for FW7 and FW8 with actual responses from my system. (And updated the sensors as well)