Okay, so years ago, I bought the original Western Digital MyCloud EX2 (model number: WDBVKW0080JCH-EESN) and have been happy with it, it does what I need it to do, which is store my music and films. I didn’t need it to do more than that so hard never needed to upgrade or invest again.
However a couple years ago, Western Digital yanked support, stripped some features and left me to fend for myself. No issue it does what I need.
I also happened to have a Hive Home setup for my lights and heating. Again the first generation. They too recently yanked support and stripped features. Only they emailed and said if I want to be able to use my lights or heating, I had to upgrade. Fool me once!
So reading around on Lemmy. I read a conversation one day where someone was looking for a setup that didn’t need to depend on proprietary services and Zigbee was recommended.
After much delay, given that it’s now getting darker earlier, I took the plunge on some Zigbee bulbs and they’ve arrived.
However the beautiful fantasy I constructed in my head isn’t that of reality and it turns out I need a third party management hub of sorts, basically HomeAssistant or OpenHAB.
This time I did some reading, everyone seems to prefer HA in the end and apparently there’s some other cool stuff I can do with it too regarding my watch notifications.
But… There’s always a but. Given that there’s no support for my MyCloud and given that I’m an idiot in regards to these things, I have no idea how to get set up.
Would anyone be so kind as to help me please?
Thank you so much for the time and effort you’re putting into helping me, I really appreciate it. Unfortunately though, that’s not for the original MyCloud. My version didn’t get the update to version 5 of the operating system, which is step one of the instructions you linked, hence the conundrum I’m in and subsequent plea for help. It was kind of a hail Mary, hoping for a miracle.
Unless you can find an alternative firmware that can run docker, I don’t see any other options. Wish you luck