diff --git a/source/_docs/configuration/entity-registry.markdown b/source/_docs/configuration/entity-registry.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7d9369c1f98 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_docs/configuration/entity-registry.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: "Entity Registry" +description: "The entity registry contains." +date: 2016-04-20 06:00 +sidebar: true +comments: false +sharing: true +footer: true +--- + +
+This is a new and experimental feature of Home Assistant. +
+ +Starting with version 0.63, Home Assistant keeps a registry of known entities. +The entity registry makes sure that entities get unique identifiers and allow +customizing the identifiers and names of these entities. + +As this is still a very new part of Home Assistant, changes will require a +restart of Home Assistant to take affect. A config user interface will be added +in a future version. + ++An entity needs to have a unique ID to be registered in the entity registry. +Not all integrations currently provide a unique id for their entities. +
+ +The entity registry is stored in `