home-assistant.io/source/_integrations/linode.markdown

title	description	ha_category	ha_release	ha_iot_class	ha_domain	ha_platforms	ha_integration_type
Linode	Instructions on how to set up Linode within Home Assistant.	Binary Sensor Switch System Monitor	0.57	Cloud Polling	linode	binary_sensor switch	integration

The linode integration allows you to access the information about your Linode systems from Home Assistant.

There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:

• Binary Sensor
• Switch

Setup

Obtain your oAuth2 Access Token from Linode account.

• https://cloud.linode.com
• Log in
• Select API Tokens
• Create a Personal Access Token,
• Assigned scope (Please choose the least possible access required.)

Configuration

To integrate Linode with Home Assistant, add the following section to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
linode:
  access_token: YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

{% configuration %} access_token: description: The Linode access token. required: true type: string {% endconfiguration %}

Binary Sensor

The linode binary sensor platform allows you to monitor your Linode nodes.

Add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
  - platform: linode
    nodes:
      - 'myvpsname'

{% configuration %} nodes: description: List of VPSs you want to control. required: true type: string {% endconfiguration %}

Switch

The linode switch platform allows you to turn your Linode nodes on and off.

Add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
switch:
  - platform: linode
    nodes:
      - 'myvpsname'

{% configuration linode %} nodes: description: List of VPSs you want to control. required: true type: string {% endconfiguration %}