[AI Router] Installing HACS (Home Assistant Community Store)

What is HACS?

   HACS is a community store for Home Assistant that allows users to install and manage custom integrations and frontend components. It provides an interface for browsing, installing, and updating various community-developed add-ons, greatly expanding the functionality of Home Assistant. If you can't find the resource you need in Home Assistant's built-in integrations, you can use HACS to discover and install more community-provided integrations or components.

Note: While HACS offers a wide variety of flexible add-ons, these are not officially certified by Home Assistant and may have compatibility issues or limitations. Please pay attention to the documentation and risks when installing and using community packages.

 

 

1. Prerequisites

  • Register a GitHub account at https://github.com/.
  • Home Assistant is already installed and you can log in successfully.
  • Portainer is installed and accessible.

 

 

2. Installing HACS Packages

    2.1 Visit the HACS website and read the installation instructions

HACS website: https://www.hacs.xyz/docs/use/download/download/#to-download-hacs

    Copy the following command:

 wget -O - https://get.hacs.xyz | bash -

 

    2.2 Find the Home Assistant container

On the Containers page, locate the running homeassistant container.

 

    2.3 Open the command line

Click the homeassistant container, then select Console to prepare for running commands inside the container.

 

    2.4 Connect to the console

Select /bin/bash as the shell environment, then click Connect to enter the command line

 

    2.5 Enter the HACS installation command in the console

According to the HACS documentation, enter the following command to install HACS in Home Assistant.

wget -O - https://get.hacs.xyz | bash -

If you can't paste the command normally, try using ctrl+shift+v to paste.

 

    2.6 Confirm installation is complete

After installation, you should see a message like this, indicating HACS was installed successfully.

Remember to restart Home Assistant before you configure it

 

    2.7 Restart the Home Assistant container

After installation, go back to Containers and restart the homeassistant container to activate HACS.

 

 

3. HACS Initialization and Setup

    3.1 Open the Home Assistant web interface

Click the left menu [Settings] --> [Devices & Services].

 

    3.2 Add the HACS integration

Click the [Add integration] button in the lower right, then type HACS in the search box.

 

    3.3 Get the GitHub authentication code

A screen will appear with an 8-digit code. Write down this code and click the link on the screen.

 

    3.4 Authorize your GitHub account as instructed

Enter the 8-digit code from the previous step on the GitHub page to complete authorization.

 

    3.5 Return to Home Assistant to finish HACS setup

You will now see the HACS setup screen. Follow the prompts to complete the setup.

 

    3.6 HACS installation complete, browse and install community add-ons

You can now browse, search, and install various community-developed integrations and frontend components in the HACS interface. For example, search for "theme" to find and install many appearance add-ons.

 

 

 

How to get the (Utility / Firmware)?

You can download the latest drivers, software, firmware and user manuals in the ASUS Download Center.

If you need more information about the ASUS Download Center, please refer this link.