@fhon wrote:
Hi All,
Sorry for following generic questions and perhaps their lack of detail but I’m new to Home Assistant and want to make sure I’m setting it up properly for my use case.
I have a home sever setup with multiple VMs. One (CentOS) hosts a web server and controls my existing home automation projects. I’d like to use Home Assistant to make communicating with other IOT devices easier, but I’m getting a little confused about the different installation methods as well as what it is actually capable of.
I was originally thinking about installing it on the web server VM but it sounds like Hass.io takes control of the entire operating system? If this is the case, I assume I shouldn’t install this on the same VM that’s hosting the existing web server. Either way though, how can I communicate between the web server and Home Assistant? I know Home Assistant is capable of automation by itself but I really want the web server to be able to get the state of devices attached to Home Assistant.
Thanks in advance for an input.
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