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

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Linux Battery	Instructions on how to integrate Linux Battery information into Home Assistant.	System monitor	0.28	Local Polling	@fabaff	linux_battery	sensor	integration	docs title /docs/configuration/ Configuration file	legacy

The linux_battery sensor {% term integration %} is using the information stored in /sys/class/power_supply/ on your local Linux system to display details about the current state of your battery.

To setup a battery sensor to your installation, add the following to your {% term "configuration.yaml" %} file. {% include integrations/restart_ha_after_config_inclusion.md %}

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: linux_battery

{% configuration %} name: description: Friendly name to use for the frontend. required: false default: Battery type: string battery: description: Number of the battery. required: false default: 1 type: integer system: description: "The local system type. Support linux and android." required: false default: "linux" type: string {% endconfiguration %}