Hi @toggledbits,
I have lots of logs with this:
<Engine:ERR> Assignment to alarm ignored -- expression-driven global cannot be set by assignmentAny hints to where look at to avoid this? Thanks.
A couple of things for you @toggledbits, since you mentioned that this release has new features and some tweaks are expected.
Local expressions cannot be deleted. Pushing the X button has no effect for me.
When cloning an entity action, the result is strange (first is cloned one, second is the original action):
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When changing the action on the cloned element, the params are added to the original one. See screenshot:
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Dark theme has a couple of strange contrasts. One is visible in the previous screenshots (white text on yellow background). Another one is in groups (blue text on blue background):
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Overall, I found blue, yellow, red and green (in buttons and forms) to be too bright.
On the bright side:
I love the new script action: thank you! The dark theme is a great start to avoid getting blinded at night I promise I'll try very soon the new features around actions. Thanks!Build 21228 has been released. Docker images available from DockerHub as usual, and bare-metal packages here.
Home Assistant up to version 2021.8.6 supported; the online version of the manual will now state the current supported versions; Fix an error in OWMWeatherController that could cause it to stop updating; Unify the approach to entity filtering on all hub interface classes (controllers); this works for device entities only; it may be extended to other entities later; Improve error detail in messages for EzloController during auth phase; Add isRuleSet() and isRuleEnabled() functions to expressions extensions; Implement set action for lock and passage capabilities (makes them more easily scriptable in some cases); Fix a place in the UI where 24-hour time was not being displayed.@toggledbits
I just upgraded to version MSR 24293, bare metal running on Fedora. Upon restart, I am getting a error banner:
I followed the new directions about npm
npm i --no-save --no-package-lock --omit dev
Any idea what the issue is?
Seems like switching the UI to the newly added dark mode (thank you for this) does nothing. The UI stays in light mode and only a few buttons turn into dark mode (see screenshot)
Things I have tried:
Hard refresh
Different browser
Different computer
Restarting Reactor
Failed troubleshooting attempts:
No errors in Chrome console
No relevant errors in Reactor log (can still PM the full log file)
Reactor version: latest-24293-ea42a81d
Hardware: Odroid N2+
Linux version: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
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Good morning,
I have a service MQTT service that needs a restart occasionally. The add-on (Smartbed MQTT) is for the smart bed base for my bed. It has a "safety light" that I can control from HAAS & MSR as a light entity, and also moves the head of the bed to a preset at bedtime, and then lies it back flat in the morning The problem is, from time to time, the light becomes "unavailable" Restarting from the Add-ons tab in HAAS always fixes it, but I should be able to detect when it happens when "light.tempur_pedic_safety_lights" is not true or false, i.e., unavailable.
What I don't know how to do is how to restart that service. Does anybody have experience in restarting add-ons from MSR?
Running:
Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-24212-3ce15e25 ZWaveJSController [0.1.24232]HAAS:
RPi5-64 (8GB) Core 2024.7.3 Supervisor 2024.08.0 Operating System 13.0 Frontend 20240710.0Hi!
Is it possible to generate two additional log files, the first being the replica of what is displayed on screen by the Rule History widgets and the other with Recently Changed Entities?
And could I configure the generation of one file per day, and delete the older ones? For example, store the last 5 days?
And being more ambitious, does Windget have an icon to open these TXT files in the navigated?
Well, we're approaching Christmas, so here's my request to Santa Claus @toggledbits 🙂
Hi @toggledbits
I'm working on a controller to generate llm response from a prompt in reactor. I have http response coming thru an http request action at the moment, capturing the response inside a local variable. So, it's practically sync.
I want to create a controller, so I don't have to rely on a proxy (and have a simpler architecture), and duplicate absurd http actions, but AFAIK in the current implementation, actions are async only. But if I have multiple requests going on, I cannot be sure what it's really inside an attribute. I also thought that something like a correlation id when sending the request could be used to identity multiple responses, but I wanted to double check with you before starting with something too complicated. I also noticed that some actions in home assistant (ie forecast) are sync and I'm wondering if you have any plan or hint to address this situation. Thanks.
Thanks.
@togglebits I am curious as to why the tilt_sensor.state (primary) = NULL. I believe it should show true or false. I have to use binary_sensor.state instead in my rules.
Again, not sure if this is related to Reactor/ZwaveJSController implementation or the actual Z-Wave JS UI docker version. I have copied, below, the attributes of the tilt sensor in hopes it can help.
Thanks in advance.
Reactor version 23302
ZWaveJSController version 23254
Z-Wave JS UI version 9.3.0.724519f
zwave-js version 12.2.3
@toggledbits I have noticed after upgrading both Reactor and ZWaveJSController to version 24257 that two of my devices/entities, TILT-ZWAVE2.5-ECO and Zooz ZSE18, had their entity re-named in an unusual way and also appears to be duplicated.
Reactor version 24257
ZWaveJSController version 24257
Z-Wave JS UI version 9.18.1
zwave-js version 13.2.0
Vestibule Motion Sensor State attributes/partial screenshot of entities it created. All entities have the same attributes.
motion_sensor.state=true x_zwave_values.Notification_Home_Security_Motion_sensor_status=8 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=23 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Home Security","Home Security","Motion sensor status","Motion sensor status"] zwave_device.version_info=nullTilt Sensor Door State and Tilt Sensor Door State Simple attributes/partial screenshot of entities it created. All entities have similar attributes with exception of x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_State = 22 or 23.
tilt_sensor.state=true x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state=22 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=24 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Access Control","Access Control","Door state","Door state"] zwave_device.version_info=null tilt_sensor.state=true x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state_simple=22 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=24 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Access Control","Access Control","Door state (simple)","Door state (simple)"] zwave_device.version_info=null tilt_sensor.state=false x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state=23 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=24 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Access Control","Access Control","Door state","Door state"] zwave_device.version_info=null tilt_sensor.state=false x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state_simple=23 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=24 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Access Control","Access Control","Door state (simple)","Door state (simple)"] zwave_device.version_info=nullI'm slowly migrating all my stuff to MQTT under MSR, so I have a central place to integrate everything (and, in a not-so-distant future, to remove virtual devices from my Vera and leave it running zwave only).
Anyway, here's my reactor-mqtt-contrib package:
Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.
Simply download yaml files (everything or just the ones you need) and you're good to go.
I have mapped my most useful devices, but I'll add others soon. Feel free to ask for specific templates, since I've worked a lot in the last weeks to understand and operate them.
The templates are supporting both init and query, so you have always up-to-date devices at startup, and the ability to poll them. Online status is supported as well, so you can get disconnected devices with a simple expression.
Many-many thanks to @toggledbits for its dedication, support, and patience with me and my requests 🙂
Hi @toggledbits.
After a couple of weeks, I noticed that my Remotec zrc90 isn't working as expected.
Scenes are working in ZWaveJS, but this device has a strange behavior: the scene change, but then it's set again to null. In Reactor, this remains null:
battery_power.level=0.7 battery_power.since=1725817957361 x_debug.dt={"description":"Scene master 8 button remote","model":"BW8510/ZRC-90US","default_name":"Scene master 8 button remote","manufacturerId":21076,"productType":0,"productId":34064} x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow=false x_zwave_values.Battery_level=70 x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_001=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_002=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_003=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_004=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_005=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_006=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_007=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_008=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_slowRefresh=null x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=21076 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=34064 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=1 x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=["1.1","1.1"] x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=3 x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=2 x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion="4.5" x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_controllerNodeId=1 x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_wakeUpInterval=0 zwave_device.capabilities=[91,114,128,132,134] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=false zwave_device.generic_class="Remote Controller" zwave_device.impl_sig="24242:1:22315:1" zwave_device.is_beaming=false zwave_device.is_listening=false zwave_device.is_routing=false zwave_device.is_secure=false zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[21076,1,34064] zwave_device.max_data_rate=null zwave_device.node_id=154 zwave_device.specific_class="Simple Remote Control" zwave_device.status=2 zwave_device.status_text="awake" zwave_device.version_info=[null,"1.1"] zwave_device.wakeup_interval=0Anything I could look at? Thanks.
Hi, @toggledbits!
I have a question about the execution behavior. See the code below, and I'll explain the situation.
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This is a routine that, at a certain point, determines that the desktop on which the VM hosting the Reactor is located receives an instruction to perform a shutdown (Shell Command).
When this happens, the desktop is turned off, and then Hubitat detects by a "ping" that the VM has been down, waits 15 seconds, turns off the power to this desktop, and then 15 seconds later turns on the desktop with the Reactor VM again.
After restarting the desktop, the VM is loaded, and the Reactor is triggered. Still, the following problem occurs: I expected that when the rule was continued to be executed again, the next step would be executed, that of the 900-second delay after shutdown, but the Shell command is executed again, and then it goes into a loop, the rule does not advance.
To break the loop, I first have to make the VM not load, change the desktop password, and then start the VM. In this case, Reactor generates an error when trying to execute the Shell Command because of the invalid password and then finishes the routine following the 900 delay step.
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Is my interpretation that when it returns, the routine should continue to the next step that has not yet been executed incorrectly? Or does Reactor, through the shutdown command, interpret that it hasn't finished this step and keep trying, which is the correct reaction?
Thanks for clarifying.
Hi @toggledbits ,
I'm slowly moving my ZWave network from Vera to ZWaveJS. I successfully cloned my ZWave network using a spare Vera Edge (a new post for the community later when I'll be fully back from vacation) and I'm testing a couple of things before moving everything to ZWaveJS.
In the meanwhile, I have a couple of venetian blinds connected to Fibaro Roller Shutters 2 (FGR222) and I'm using some proprietary ZWave commands to control the tilt position, that right now I'm sending via Vera (with some code from the old place, messing with this):
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The ZWaveJS values are reported via this:
x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Proprietary_fibaro_venetianBlindsPosition=0 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Proprietary_fibaro_venetianBlindsTilt=0I hope there's a way to expose a separate device to control the tilt position directly, without doing the mess I'm doing now. Let me know if you need some files. Thanks.
As per @toggledbits request, new topic.
Position and cover commands not working and position/cover attributes are incorrect. Dimming is OK.
cover.state=null dimming.level=1 dimming.step=0.1 energy_sensor.units="kWh" energy_sensor.value=0.41 position.value=null power_sensor.units="W" power_sensor.value=0 power_switch.state=true x_debug.dt={"entity_class":"Cover","match":"deviceClass.generic.key=17;deviceClass.specific.key=6","capabilities":["cover","toggle","position"],"primary_attribute":"cover.state"} x_zwave_values.Meter_reset=null x_zwave_values.Meter_value_65537=0.41 x_zwave_values.Meter_value_66049=0 x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_Down=null x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_Up=null x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_currentValue=99 x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_duration="unknown" x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_restorePrevious=null x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_targetValue=99 x_zwave_values.Notification_Power_Management_Over_current_status=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_System_Hardware_status=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=null x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=null zwave_device.capabilities=[38,50,113] zwave_device.endpoint=1 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.impl_sig="24225:1:22315:1" zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=148 zwave_device.version_info=nullThanks!
Another one for you, @toggledbits.
I have two water sensors (same device, NAS-WS01Z), but one is reporting leak_detector.state=true even if no alarm is detected (I double checked from ZWaveJS UI):
battery_power.level=0.86 battery_power.since=null leak_detector.state=true x_debug.dt={"entity_class":"Notification Sensor","match":"deviceClass.generic.key=7"} x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow=false x_zwave_values.Battery_level=86 x_zwave_values.Binary_Sensor_Water=false x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Activity_Duration=5 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Beep=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Duration=120 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Interval=null x_zwave_values.Configuration_Basic_Set_Level=255 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Alarm_Activity_Duration=null x_zwave_values.Configuration_Water_Detection=1 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=600 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=4229 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=3 x_zwave_values.Notification_Water_Alarm_Sensor_status=null x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=0 x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=null x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=null x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=null x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion=null x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_controllerNodeId=1 x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_wakeUpInterval=43200 zwave_device.capabilities=[48,112,113,114,128,132,134] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=false zwave_device.generic_class="Notification Sensor" zwave_device.impl_sig="24225:1:22315:1" zwave_device.is_beaming=false zwave_device.is_listening=false zwave_device.is_routing=true zwave_device.is_secure=false zwave_device.last_wakeup=1724143899220 zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[600,3,4229] zwave_device.max_data_rate=null zwave_device.node_id=114 zwave_device.specific_class="Notification Sensor" zwave_device.status=1 zwave_device.status_text="asleep" zwave_device.version_info=[null,null] zwave_device.wakeup_interval=43200here's the other one, correctly report the leak status:
battery_power.level=1 battery_power.since=null leak_detector.state=false x_debug.dt={"entity_class":"Notification Sensor","match":"deviceClass.generic.key=7"} x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow=false x_zwave_values.Battery_level=100 x_zwave_values.Binary_Sensor_Water=false x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Activity_Duration=5 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Beep=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Duration=120 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Interval=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Basic_Set_Level=255 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Alarm_Activity_Duration=60 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Water_Detection=1 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=600 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=4229 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=3 x_zwave_values.Notification_Water_Alarm_Sensor_status=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=null x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=null x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=["2.54"] x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=48 x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=6 x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion="4.5" x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_controllerNodeId=1 x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_wakeUpInterval=43200 zwave_device.capabilities=[48,112,113,114,128,132,134] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=false zwave_device.generic_class="Notification Sensor" zwave_device.impl_sig="24225:1:22315:1" zwave_device.is_beaming=false zwave_device.is_listening=false zwave_device.is_routing=true zwave_device.is_secure=false zwave_device.last_wakeup=1724105239533 zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[600,3,4229] zwave_device.max_data_rate=null zwave_device.node_id=113 zwave_device.specific_class="Notification Sensor" zwave_device.status=1 zwave_device.status_text="asleep" zwave_device.version_info=[null,"2.54"] zwave_device.wakeup_interval=43200Also, both seems to have no primary value. Thanks.
Hi-
I have an android media player entity publishing from HA. I watch for changes in transport state and media title to trigger some actions.
Though those attributes report as expected, the set rule is being throttled for possible flapping.
There is an attribute for media position that continually updates, I suspect it is causing the evaluations to run constantly.
The workaround I am seeking is to ignore those attributes in HA or MSR. Anyone know how, or have a better idea??
Thx
Btw- this problem has spanned versions of HA and reactor, but I am current on both. Too current on HA for transparency, but the issue has survived several updates.
Referencing an expression inside a reaction is in the form of ${{ expression }}. When referenced inside my shell command to set the watering delay duration for my Rachio sprinkler system, it just does not work.
If I enter "86400" instead of referencing the expression lWateringDelayDuration, it works. Either I am doing something wrong or referencing an expression inside a shell command is not supported.
Reactor version: 24212
Local Expression
lWateringDelayDuration =
Setting Reaction using Shell command
curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxx -d '{ "id" : "xxxxxxxxxx", "duration" : ${{ lWateringDelayDuration}} }' https://api.rach.io/1/public/device/rain_delayThanks in advance
Location of the rules on filesystem (.json etc) in HA Add-On
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Info:
Home Assistant Yellow - 2023.12.3
Reactor Community Add-on
SSL/SFTP enabled on the HA YellowI'm trying to migrate from a Pi and MSR installed with docker compose to the community add-on inside HA.
I located all my rules etc in the pi at /home/pi/reactor/storage, but I cannot find where the addon created the storage folder/rules on the HA Yellow.
I've searched the homeassistant directory and everything in root also for these files using various methods including *.json and rule but I cannot locate them.I've a lot of rules and expressions, so need to copy rather than recreate them as I cant just export/import from reactor. I also want to be sure I can take reactor backups when needed on the HA Yellow
I posted an issue in the add-on maintainers github but they seem to respond to nothing posted there.
Any tips appreciated.
I also tried to just install using docker-compose in HAOS instead, but kept hitting the "Error response from daemon: error while creating mount source path '/home/': mkdir /home/reactordocker: read-only file system" error no matter what permissions were assigned to a folder or where I created it. I think perhaps because somethings containerised in that OS
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@Cadwizzard While I may not be able to help you out fully I can point you in the right direction. HA OS hides the docker containers that the add ons run in and the only way to access them is via the SSH add-on. In the SSH add-ons config you will need to turn off protection mode so you can navigate above the
/homeassistant
directory. From there you can run docker commands to get the container info and navigate each docker container. Importing MSR configs are a little passed my knowledge so we'll let Patrick or anyone else handle that. -
Hi Pabla - Thanks for the tip. I disabled protection mode as I was trying to install my own docker container with MSR but kept hitting the write error above. (could only get the command to complete using \home and no subdirectories, but the files didnt appear still there and reactor looked running in cli but never presented the web page)
Update, found them for anyone else who needs them:
Inside the container at /data/reactor/storage/rulesWould be nice if there was a rules export/import option in the UI.
I suppose another question is, could I pull the updates to MSR in this container myself, the add-on maintainer isn't prompt to do that into the add-on.
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@therealdb That was the whole problem - I Couldn't find the storage directory in the destination
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Be Warned:
Just in case anyone else is using the Add-on in HA, There is an issue where global expressions all get deleted on host reboot.
I had created a test rule when i first installed the add-on. and restarted the host with no issues. I did this because on github add-on page people have complained global expressions get deleted on host reboot and I wanted to test)
Since then i've created 20 or so more and needed to reboot the host. I was greeted with all the new expressions missing, and only the test one i had deleted since showing again.
Interestingly a backup of the addon i had taken when everything was fine last night, contained only the test rule. So something isn't saving the live configuration properly somewhere.
My solution: (luckily had a backup of expressions.json from my old host)
export a reactor add-on backup, replace just the expressions.json using z-zip, reupload the backup and restore it.
I've checked /data/reactor/storage/ and the correct file is now there.
Unsure if this is related to the addon being latest-23063-c464b685 or not.If anyone knows if i can/a way to update this version inside the docker container the add-on creates, i'm all for trying it.
Maybe I could have copied this into the docker container, but I wanted to make sure I also had a backup that was restorable and copying into docker isn't as simple. -
@Cadwizzard said in Location of the rules on filesystem (.json etc) in HA Add-On:
So something isn't saving the live configuration properly somewhere.
Any time you back up a running system, you run the risk that data hasn't been flushed from cache to non-volatile storage. This applies to everything, not just Reactor.
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@toggledbits That I understand.
But in case I was unclear above. I had a lot of saved and working global expressions that were lost after a host restart. They referred back to one test expression I'd previously created. I then went to the backup to find that was the sameIs there a way I could update this docker container myself to the latest version of msr. The add-on maintainer seems absent and I don't want to fall behind.
Docker is not at all my speciality but I can follow guides/instructions.
I used docker-compose on the pi, but on the HA Yellow it looks like HA OS is is protected and wipes out anything not in the homeassistant directory or the installed plugin containers (including when I installed the docker-compose plugin).
Would it just be a case of logging into the container and running the normal docker pull commands, or running them outside the container but specifying the docker container in the command?Many thanks!
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Don't mean to highjack this thread, but when I do a reactor backup, reactor is usually running when the backup occurs. Should I instead shutdown reactor then back it up?
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@Cadwizzard said in Location of the rules on filesystem (.json etc) in HA Add-On:
Is there a way I could update this docker container myself to the latest version of msr.
I wouldn't know (I didn't create the HA Add-On and I don't provide support for it), but maybe @mrw298 can produce an updated version?
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@Pabla I've been running Reactor for years across many platforms and never ever had an issue with backups doing weird things - until running the add-on install.
I never saw it with a docker install as per toggledbits installation guides.This issue may be just related to the add-on as i've never heard of expressions disappearing before, until here and my install: https://github.com/mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon/issues
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@toggledbits @mrw298 was last showing online here in March.
Thats why I was reaching out in this forum for wider experienceDo you or @Pabla happen to be able to answer a more generic question about Docker in the context of HA (and i'll run the risk myself of something going wrong).
Kind of forgetting that MSA was installed via the add-on, it currently exists in a docker container in HA yellow, which i can see and access via SSH
Should upgrading it mean running commands inside the container, or somehow specifying the addon container by name to update MSR inside it?I'm really trying to learn more about how docker updates/linux inter-relate, but MSR is literally the only use case i have for it. I'm not a linux specialist, more of Windows sysadmin with vmware etc and only touch linux/docker for Home Assistant/MSR and PiHole, so there is a lot of trial an error with this for me It's not yet clear about the possibilities or the best way to interact with docker after someone/thing else has created containers like in the add-on.
@toggledbits btw your guides are actually great when installing MSR from scratch, thanks for taking the time with the documentation, it really helped previously move from Vera to Pi and keep MSR on the same hardware.
Any tips really appreciated.
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You could attach to the running Reactor container (typically) using
docker exec -it reactor /bin/sh
. This assumes that the container name isreactor
; you may need to usedocker ps
to establish the actual container name, or alternately, use its ID in thedocker exec
command.From there, you should be able to go to the directory above the container's running Reactor:
cd /opt
Then, you can download the latest Reactor:
wget 'https://reactor.toggledbits.com/download/latest/<image-tarball-name>'
Then, un-tar the image in place:
tar xvzf <image-tarball-name>
. This will overwrite the Reactor install files native to the container with the files from the downloaded tarball.Restart the container and it should be running on the installed/updated version.
A word of caution: This process only modifies the running docker container. It does not modify the image. I have no idea how HA handles the containers for add-ons. If the container is destroyed and recreated on every startup of HA or its add-ons, then your changes will go away, because the container is being rebuilt from the image, and the image has the original as-built Reactor files on it.
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So, @toggledbits - thanks again.
It IS possible to update the docker container. It does survive a Home assistant restart..... but not a host reboot. The version reverts. So the container is rebuilt.I've built a test Pi with HAOS on it for testing outside of Prod.
I created one test rule and one global expression while testing the updates.Host reboot wiped out the global expressions again. @mrw298 There is definitely some fault with the add-on, this is a completely seperate install and hardware with no config, except the SSL and Reactor add-on installed.
I guess this leaves me to try to figure out where is safe to manually install reactor in HAOS and get round the "Error response from daemon: error while creating mount source path '[any path]': mkdir [any path]: read-only file system"
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Actually the whole point of moving to HA Yellow was to be on a fully supported HAOS - So I'm going have to learn how to build my own local add-on to pull reactor into a supported container. My need is to run reactor on the same hardware as HA, and not have to rely on other plugin maintainers to stay in a supported MSR version@toggledbits - have you considered building a Home assistant Add-on for Reactor at all?
Thanks again
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@Cadwizzard said in Location of the rules on filesystem (.json etc) in HA Add-On:
have you considered building a Home assistant Add-on for Reactor at all?
No. There's more to it than building, as you are finding out. That also means I have to support it, including understanding how to do remote troubleshooting and debugging in that environment. It's not on my radar right now.
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@toggledbits thanks.
I've modified the build.sh from the other add-on and set up docker hub. Despite not fully being able to understand what and where Linux read/write errors actually arise from, I've got the files built and pushed. Had to use a pi to build the arm and aarch, then Ubuntu in Windows to build the amd64 due to errors and warnings about architecture. Unsure if that has to be that way, or they should be buildable from one platform or not.
This was the better idea as when I tried to update the other add-on container, msr warned about node.js being out of date by doing it that way.
I've got my version loading from a local plug in and pulled/running from GitHub now on my test install. Only thing to work out
Only thing left to work out is why the alerts/entities aren't updating, but I'm thinking that's because the default in msr points to a dns name for HA. Which is likely resolving to my prod HA Yellow (incorrect login alerts on there also point to that). Was a rush before I needed to head away. I'll backup/remove and pull the new add-on to my prod. hardware once at a computer I can work properly from, then copy the rulesets etc into a backup for that and re-export it.
Appreciate the tips from you and @Pabla
It's a bit more work to build the files and pull into my own add-on but it's better I have the control and still run a supported HA installUpdate: That was it, installed/updated Reactor on my HA Yellow, entities updating as expected
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