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Home Assistant is an incredibly powerful smart home system, but how do you actually save important states and variables that should be retained when restarting? Here comes the Saver integration into play! With this practical extension, you can save the statuses and variables of your devices and restore them as required so that your smart home continues to run seamlessly and without disruption.
For detailed instructions and an explanation of all configuration options, I recommend the YouTube video linked below. In this video, every single setting is explained in detail so that you receive comprehensive instructions for the exact setup. You can find any code from the video in this article so that you can use it directly without having to type it in.
Why Saver?
Sometimes you want to make sure that certain values, such as the brightness of a lamp or the last temperature measurement of a sensor, are retained even after restarting Home Assistant. By default, such data is often lost after a restart. Saver helps you to back up and automatically restore this information so that your system can seamlessly pick up where it left off.
Installation of HACS and integration of Saver in Home Assistant
Step 1: Installing HACS in Home Assistant
Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) is a custom add-on for Home Assistant that provides access to a variety of custom integrations and plugins developed by the community. How to install HACS:
- Check requirements: Make sure that your Home Assistant is ideally up to date.
- Download Execute script: Open a terminal for the Docker container version or the core version.
- Docker: Dial into the container with:
docker exec -it homeassistant bashor (similar) - Core: Switch to the user who is running Home Assistant
- Execute the following command for both variants:
wget -O - https://get.hacs.xyz | bash -
- Docker: Dial into the container with:
- Restarting the Home Assistant: After the files have been copied, restart Home Assistant.
- Integrate HACS into Home AssistantGo to "Configuration" > "Integrations" > "Add" in the Home Assistant interface and search for HACS. Add it and enter your GitHub token if prompted.
For the supervised version, please refer to the Documentation of HACS itself to read about the installation.
Step 2: Add Saver integration via HACS
Once HACS is installed, you can simply add Saver:
- Open HACS: Go to HACS in the Home Assistant interface.
- Search for integrationClick on "Integrations" and use the search function to search for "Saver".
- Install SaverFind Saver in the list and click on "Install". This will add the integration to your Home Assistant.
- Restarting the Home Assistant: Start Home Assistant again to apply the changes.
- Configure saverAfter restarting, you can set up and customize Saver via "Configuration" > "Integrations" in Home Assistant.
Conclusion
With these steps, you have successfully installed HACS in your Home Assistant and added the Saver integration. This powerful combination opens up a world of additional features and customizations that have been and are being developed by the Home Assistant community. More blog posts and videos on useful integrations to follow. If you don't want to miss out, subscribe to my YouTube channel!
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YouTube video implementation
Conclusion
The Saver integration for Home Assistant is a valuable extension if you want to ensure that certain states and variables are retained even after a restart. It simplifies the saving and restoring of data and thus ensures trouble-free smart home operation.
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