Splitting up Home Assistant configuration: Packages instead of file chaos
In this video, I'll show you how to use packages to organize your Home Assistant configuration by topic instead of by domain. Everything related to your washing machine, heating, or lights can be in a single file, instead of constantly switching between five different files.
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► Chapter markers:
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - What's it about?
00:57 - My configuration.yaml
01:27 - Moving YAML files
02:16 - Why move them?
02:59 - Outsourcing to packages
04:50 - Advantages of outsourcing
05:17 - Help for beginners
06:09 - Packages: Everything on a topic in one file
07:00 - Subdirectories
07:47 - The YAML Validator
08:32 - Home Assistant Config Explorer
09:34 - Conclusion and feedback
10:10 - Outro
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