Brompton

Installation

Assumes a running version of Ubuntu.

Configure HDDs

Create mount points:

mkdir -p /home/david/europa
mkdir -p /home/david/io
mkdir -p /home/david/callisto
mkdir -p /home/david/ganymede

Run sudo vi /etc/fstab and add the following:

UUID=4b9478a9-937d-4e20-b930-f6f0e6d73447	/home/david/europa	ext4	defaults	0	0
UUID=73a146b5-a720-4189-afdf-98ad7ffb949e	/home/david/ganymede	ext4	defaults	0	0
UUID=b2ca9bb2-f454-4de4-b2c5-5796604709d3	/home/david/callisto	ext4	defaults	0	0
UUID=cb9a0754-37ce-4506-a85b-e97f265d6bfe	/home/david/io	ext4	defaults	0	0

Configure NFS

sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server
sudo chown -R nobody:nogroup /home/david/europa/ /home/david/callisto/ /home/david/ganymede/ /home/david/io/
sudo chmod 777 /home/david/europa/ /home/david/callisto/ /home/david/ganymede/ /home/david/io/

Run sudo vi /etc/exports and add the following:

/home/david/europa      10.243.0.0/16(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
/home/david/callisto      10.243.0.0/16(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
/home/david/ganymede      10.243.0.0/16(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
/home/david/io      10.243.0.0/16(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)

Run:

sudo exportfs -a
sudo systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server

Configure firewall:

sudo ufw allow from 10.243.0.0/16 to any port nfs
sudo ufw enable

On client machine run sudo vi /etc/fstab and add the following:

10.243.0.100:/home/david/io  /home/david/jupiter/io  nfs     auto,nofail,noatime,nolock,intr,tcp,actimeo=1800        0       0
10.243.0.100:/home/david/europa      /home/david/jupiter/europa      nfs     auto,nofail,noatime,nolock,intr,tcp,actimeo=1800        0       0

Set up restic

Download the latest release:

curl -L https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/download/v0.16.0/restic_0.16.0_linux_amd64.bz2 --output restic.bz2
bzip2 -d restic.bz2
chmod +x restic
sudo mv restic /usr/local/bin/restic-0.16.0
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/restic-0.16.0 /usr/local/bin/restic

Initialise the restic repo (Scaleway S3 backend)

Access keys stored in Vault.

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=SCW...
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=ds7ysdh-...

restic -r s3:https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/dashford-backup init
restic -r s3:https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/dashford-backup backup -o s3.storage-class=ONEZONE_IA /home/david/europa/dashford-backup/

Initialise the restic repo (Local backend)

restic init --repo /home/david/ganymede/dashford-backup
restic -r /home/david/ganymede/dashford-backup --verbose backup /home/david/europa/dashford-backup

Install docker & docker compose

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
echo \
  "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Verify docker & docker compose is running

docker run hello-world
docker compose version

Set up repo

Generate the deploy key:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "brompton deploy key"

Make a note of the filename of the key.

Navigate to https://github.com/dashford/brompton/settings/keys and add the public key.

Create the ~/.ssh/config file matching github.com to the new deploy key

vi ~/.ssh/config

Copy the below into the file:

Host github.com
        Hostname github.com
        IdentityFile=/home/david/.ssh/github-brompton

Create directory for the repo:

mkdir -p ~/dashford

Clone the repo:

git clone git@github.com:dashford/brompton.git

Create a .env file in the root of the repo with contents from the .env.example file.

Configuration

Mosquitto

Start the container

docker compose up mosquitto -d

Grafana

Start the container

docker compose up grafana -d

InfluxDB

Start the container

docker compose up influxdb -d

Zigbee2MQTT

Add the current user to the dialout, tty, and uucp groups:

sudo usermod -a -G uucp $USER
sudo usermod -a -G tty $USER
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

Reboot the server.

Start the container

docker compose up zigbee2mqtt -d

Teslamate

Start the container

docker compose up teslamate -d

To run this you will need to generate API tokens, following instructions for https://github.com/adriankumpf/tesla_auth. You should install this on your local machine, not the server.

Wireguard

Start the container

docker compose up wireguard -d

When the container starts on first run, a QR code will be generated. This can be used to quickly populate the wireguard configuration on your client device. Perform the following changes:

• Remove DNS servers from the Interface.
• Change the Endpoint address to 79.97.250.243:52000.
• Update the Allowed IPs to 10.0.0.0/8.

Home Assistant

Start the container

docker compose up homeassistant -d

Install HACS

Connect to the running Home Assistant container:

docker exec -it homeassistant /bin/bash

Install HACS:

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

Restart Home Assistant.

Follow the official configuration instructions.

Install Integrations

Add the following integrations through the UI:

MQTT

No further configuration required.

Met Éireann

No further configuration required.

LG

Further select LG webOS Smart TV.

Nest Protect

Note: This should be configured through HACS.

Notes: The authentication mechanism is broken and fix is currently in beta.

Navigate to HACS integrations and search for Nest Protect. Install and restart Home Assistant.

After Home Assistant has restarted, navigate to the main integrations page and search for Nest again to configure the plugin.

myenergi

Note: This should be configured through HACS.

Navigate to HACS integrations and search for myenergi. Install and restart Home Assistant.

After Home Assistant has restarted, navigate to the main integrations page and search for myenergi again to configure the plugin.

Hub serial number and API key are stored in BitWarden.

After installation, re-configure the integration and update the Update interval to 180.

Google

Navigate to the main integrations page and search for Google. In the submenus, select Google Cast and follow further instructions.

SIA Alarm Systems

Documentation.

Select 8124 as the port and B17 as the account ID. Get the encryption key from BitWarden and leave the rest as default.

Ubiquiti

Navigate to the main integrations page and search for Ubiquiti. Select UniFi Network when the following menu is presented.

Choose 10.243.0.1 as the Host; homeassistant as the User; select the password from the vault; leave Port as is.

Navigate to the Entities configuration for UniFi and enable the devices you wish to track.

WLED

Note: This integration will likely be auto-dsicovered.

Navigate to the main integrations page and search for WLED. Follow the instructions to configure.

Kodi

Note: This integration will likely be auto-dsicovered.

Navigate to the main integrations page and search for Kodi.

Energy Configuration

Note: This requires myenergi integration to be set up first.

Navigate to the energy dashboard.