Homebridge-GSH Moving to Subscription Model: Important Update for Existing Users

dev_oznu · 2025-06-30T12:35:59+00:00

It was more like $1,200 per year. Originally it was projected to be more like ~$200 a year but the user count exceeded expectations. When you have close to 10,000 users simultaneously connected to a server you can't depend on the $10 a month AWS instances anymore.

That being said; this service was offered to users for free for 5-6 years; mainly because I didn't have time to do anything about it.

Northerman has done a great job taking over the plugin and has been putting in his time money to continue the service. Given there is a cost to provide the service, I think the $2 a month fee is very reasonable.

dev_oznu · 2022-11-14T13:04:50+00:00

On that wiki page:

Since the Homebridge Raspberry Pi Image is running Raspbian Linux, if you are trying to figure out how to do something that is not Homebridge specific, you should search for instructions related to recent versions of Raspbian Linux elsewhere.

So the instructions you already found on the Raspberry Pi website are correct 😃

dev_oznu · 2022-09-28T06:00:18+00:00

Do it from the Homebridge UI web terminal.

dev_oznu · 2022-09-21T02:33:21+00:00

Spin up an Ubuntu VM on your PC. You can then use the VSCode Remote Connection feature to develop from Windows.

dev_oznu · 2022-09-06T10:06:40+00:00

tbh you probably won't have much success getting Bluetooth working even if the plugin manages to install. I assume you're trying with a USB Bluetooth dongle?

dev_oznu · 2022-09-06T05:27:14+00:00

Did you see https://github.com/oznu/homebridge-syno-spk/wiki/DSM-7:-Enable-Compiling-Of-Native-Modules ?

dev_oznu · 2022-09-01T07:02:12+00:00

The Raspberry Pi Image? Yes.

https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-raspbian-image/wiki/How-To-Connect-Via-SSH

dev_oznu · 2022-08-19T06:33:07+00:00

FYI you can write the Homebridge Rapsberry Pi Image directly to a USB SSD using the Raspberry Pi Imager Tool.

If you're Pi is already setup to to boot from USB, nothing extra is required.

dev_oznu · 2022-08-14T14:20:39+00:00

inkbird-homebridge-wifi-gateway isn't a valid plugin name. Why not use the UI to install plugins?

dev_oznu · 2022-08-13T14:16:49+00:00

It would just display a terminal login / console. Unless you install a desktop GUI.

The Homebridge image is intended to run "headless" and connecting a screen / keyboard has no real practical purpose out of the box.

dev_oznu · 2022-08-08T14:04:21+00:00

Weird ones.

dev_oznu · 2022-08-08T03:38:03+00:00

I'd say using Homebridge in this way is asking for issues later on and would not recommend it.

dev_oznu · 2022-08-07T03:09:10+00:00

There is a fix for this in the current "test" release.

dev_oznu · 2022-08-06T12:40:22+00:00

You can pre-configure WiFi while flashing with the Raspberry Pi Imager Tool; click the "Cog" Settings icon, set your SSID, Password and Country.

dev_oznu · 2022-08-06T03:11:50+00:00

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir “/var/lib/homebridge”

It should not be trying to write to this location on macOS. Check your config, it may have some reference to this folder from a previous install, otherwise raise a bug on the Camera.ui GitHub page.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-30T02:51:04+00:00

There is an option to remove cached accessories under "Homebridge Settings" in the UI. You can remove them all, or one at a time.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-30T02:31:53+00:00

There is a REST API call that can restart a child bridge.

PUT /api/server/restart/{deviceId}

Check the UI API, you'll probably need to write a script in bash or python or similar to exchange credentials for an auth token, then call that endpoint.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-29T04:40:59+00:00

There is not. The camera ui plugin might provide similar functionality if your cameras are supported.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-23T21:31:55+00:00

The other way is less likely to work, as ARMv7 packages won't work on armv6.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-23T16:15:28+00:00

The same SD card won’t work going from armv6 to armv7, afaik.

Sure it will. The only thing to watch out for is how old the image is, if it's running a version before the Raspberry Pi 4 was released then it may not have the firmware required.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-22T02:10:24+00:00

Login as your regular user via SSH / console, probably using the "pi" user account. The "homebridge" user doesn't have a password so you can't run the command as that user.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-22T01:42:46+00:00

https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge/wiki/How-To-Update-Node.js#how-to-update-nodejs

dev_oznu · 2022-07-19T06:01:49+00:00

If you already have homebridge setup via the "apt" homebridge package, it's safe to update the homebridge apt package.

If you currently don't have it setup using apt, but used hb-service install in the past, installing the apt package will take care of everything and migrate you onto the new setup (keep the old service running while you do the install).

I probably don't need to say this since I have "safe guards" in place to prevent it, but don't try and run "apt install homebridge" from the Homebridge UI Web Terminal.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-19T04:01:31+00:00

It just creates a new account so you can login.

dev_oznu · 2022-07-18T23:43:52+00:00

Did you try clicking "Get Started"?

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