diff --git a/source/_components/updater.markdown b/source/_components/updater.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..37608f60577 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_components/updater.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +--- +layout: component +title: "Updater" +description: "Detecting when Home Assistant updates are available." +date: 2015-11-15 20:40 +sidebar: true +comments: false +sharing: true +footer: true +ha_category: Other +--- + +The updater component will detect when the newest published version of Home +Assistant does not match the currently installed version. When running, +it will check for new releases at startup and everyday at noon and midnight. + +For an added bonus, an automation component can be created to send a message +with a notifier when that state of this component's entity changes. + +``` yaml +automation: + alias: 'Update Available Notifications' + trigger: + platform: state + entity_id: updater.updater + action: + service: notify.notify + data: + message: 'Home Assistant update is available.' +``` diff --git a/source/getting-started/troubleshooting.markdown b/source/getting-started/troubleshooting.markdown index 34b427c23b5..35db4af8b14 100644 --- a/source/getting-started/troubleshooting.markdown +++ b/source/getting-started/troubleshooting.markdown @@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ If you want to stay on top of the development of Home Assistant then you can upg $ pip3 install --upgrade git+git://github.com/balloob/home-assistant.git@dev ``` -### [« Back to Getting Started](/getting-started/index/) +### [« Back to Getting Started](/getting-started/)