I’d say it’s not that trivial and makes you the maintainer of your add-ons. Of course it gives you more flexibility, but you do have to manage them/update yourself.
Maybe if you’re a deep Linux head, but the rabbit hole of “first do x, which requires y, which requires z, which requires….” Seemed infinitely deep for me, who has only a passing familiarity with Linux.
I’m surprised this still comes up. There’s like one extra step to adding the same functionality.
I’d say it’s not that trivial and makes you the maintainer of your add-ons. Of course it gives you more flexibility, but you do have to manage them/update yourself.
What is the step‽ I am running the container in unraid and want the addon!
Search for the name of the addon on docker hub and write your compose. Addons are just other containers.
Which add-on?
You must not be talking about HA Core. Because some of those add-on additions are just straight up impossible for Core, as far as my experience.
Which ones? I’m yet to see one and am eager to learn.
Node red is the most notable example.
Node Red is perfectly installable
Maybe if you’re a deep Linux head, but the rabbit hole of “first do x, which requires y, which requires z, which requires….” Seemed infinitely deep for me, who has only a passing familiarity with Linux.
Again, I’m talking about Node Red on HA CORE.
Except I can run other stuff that is not provided through addons. But granted; most use cases are covered with addons.