From 3625e6dbe498af5ceb2fb118715b73494953472e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mariwing Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:55:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added paragraph about the firewall for Synology (#12495) The missing description of having to add a firewall rule cost me some time so having it here as a tip would be usefull I think --- source/_docs/installation/docker.markdown | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_docs/installation/docker.markdown b/source/_docs/installation/docker.markdown index 28780b7c9fe..194fbac0c27 100644 --- a/source/_docs/installation/docker.markdown +++ b/source/_docs/installation/docker.markdown @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ The steps would be: - Click on "Next" and then "Apply" - Your Home Assistant within Docker should now run and will serve the web interface from port 8123 on your Docker host (this will be your Synology NAS IP address - for example `http://192.168.1.10:8123`) +If you are using the built-in firewall, you must also add the port 8123 to allowed list. This can be found in "Control Panel -> Security" and then the Firewall tab. Click "Edit Rules" besides the Firewall Profile dropdown box. Create a new rule and select "Custom" for Ports and add 8123. Edit Source IP if you like or leave it at default "All". Action should stay at "Allow". + To use a Z-Wave USB stick for Z-Wave control, the HA Docker container needs extra configuration to access to the USB stick. While there are multiple ways to do this, the least privileged way of granting access can only be performed via the Terminal, at the time of writing. See this page for configuring Terminal acces to your Synology NAS: