Running Node-RED with Home Assistant

Node-RED can be integrated with Home Assistant (HA) in 2 modes:

1. Running Node-RED on an separate host, and connecting to the HA server via HTTP messaging or through the node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket node-set

2. Using the internal Node-RED add-on within HA, which comes as part of the default HA installation

Configuring FlowFuse Dashboard (Node-RED dashboard 2.0) in Home Assistant

As of today, the Node-RED add-on within HA includes the Node-RED dashboard 1.0 nodes (node-red-dashboard), and exposes its base URL (.../ui). However, Node-RED Dashboard 1.0 is now deprecated and has been replaced by FlowFuse Dashboard.

Below are guidelines for installing & configuring FlowFuse Dashboard in the Node-RED add-on within HA

1. Within the Node-RED add-on, install the FlowFuse Dashboard node-set (@flowfuse/node-red-dashboard) using the "Manage Palette" option.

2. Create a new iframe container for hosting the FlowFuse Dashboard clients:

• In HA, go to Settings->Dashboards->Add dashboard, select Webpage

Adding a new dashboard iFrame

• Set the base URL of the dashboard, e.g. <HA host>:1880/endpoint/dashboard

Setting the base URL

• Set the iframe title & optional icon (which will show in the HA sidebar), and click Create

Setting the title & icon

• You can now open the FlowFuse Dashboard from the HA sidebar, or directly via the endpoint URL defined above

Viewing the FlowFuse dashboard