I just bought a mini PC to use as a Plex Server and realised that maybe it’s a good way to host my Home Assistant instance as well. Currently HA is on a raspberry pi 4.

What’s the best approach to get both running on a mini PC? And is it even the best approach or should I just leave HA the way it is now?

Mini PC I got is the Beelink EQ12

  • @yesterdaysheroOPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Sorry for the dumb question, but would I be able to achieve something similar to the Plex server Docker config you shared, but without docker? If I don’t bother trying to get HA running on the same mini PC?

    I might have a play around with the mini PC before I try do anything major with HA.

    Edit: have found a couple guides, so will try it out.

    • tehcpengsiudai
      3•1 year ago

      Hey if you haven’t heard, HAOS has a community add-on for Plex - which is basically docker instance of Plex under the hood.

      You might wanna check that out.

      I would give priority to HAOS because it removes a ton of setup headaches with other add-ons you might use like Z2M until you establish a proper home lab pipeline.

      You’d lose the add-on store if you go the HA docker route and you’d have to manage some networking config within docker if you need to setup other containers to be used with HA - Eg: MariaDB, MQTT Servers, etc…