homebridge-docker

Docker image for running Homebridge on a Raspberry Pi

Credit goes to ViViDboarder/docker-rpi-homebridge & amitgandhinz/docker-rpi-homebridge for their work on this project.

Homebridge

Here is what the author has to say about Homebridge:

Homebridge is a lightweight NodeJS server you can run on your home network that emulates the iOS HomeKit API. It supports Plugins, which are community-contributed modules that provide a basic bridge from HomeKit to various 3rd-party APIs provided by manufacturers of "smart home" devices.

This project is just a Docker container that makes it easy to deploy Homebridge on your Raspberry Pi.

Getting Docker on your Raspberry Pi

I recommend checking out Alex Ellis' Getting Started with Docker on Raspberry Pi guide

$ curl -sSL get.docker.com | sh

and then

$ sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}

$ pip install docker-compose

Configuration

There are two files that need to be provided in order for Homebridge to run.

• config.json: For a quick start, you can copy config-sample.json and modify it to your needs. For detailed explanation of this file, check out the documentation provided by Homebridge
• plugins.txt: in order to do anything, Homebridge needs to install plugins for your accessories and platforms. You can list them here with each npm package on a new line. See plugins-sample.txt for an example and, again, check out the documentation provided by Homebridge for more details.

Running

This image is hosted on Docker Hub tagged as tobymccann/homebridge-docker, so you can feel free to use the docker-compose.yaml and change build: . to image: tobymccann/homebridge-docker. After that, docker-compose up should get you started.

Alternately, you can compile the image yourself by cloning this repo and using docker-compose

docker-compose up

If you want a little more control, you can use any of the make targets:

make build  # builds a new image
make run    # builds and runs container using same parameters as compose
make shell  # builds and runs an interactive container
make go     # builds and runs container persistently
make tag    # tags image to be pushed to docker hub
make push   # pushes image to docker hub

Issues?

Feel free to report any issues you're having getting this to run on Github