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Open-source home automation: local control and privacy-first smart home

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Open-source home automation: local control and privacy-first smart home

  • Local-first control for 2000+ device integrations
  • Visual automation editor with blueprints
  • Voice, dashboards and mobile companions included

Deploy quick reference

Launch URLStack Outputs → ResolvedLaunchUrl
The instance's public IPStack Outputs → PublicIp
Admin console/ · First visit opens the onboarding wizard: create the owner account, set location, then discover integrations. There are no preset credentials.
See the full step-by-step guide in Deployment

Quick Deploy

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us-east-1
t3.medium
60 GB

≈ $39/mo — Verified default in us-east-1: ~$30.4 t3.medium + ~$2 for the 30 GB root and data gp3 volumes + $3.65 public IPv4 per month.

After you deploy

  1. The CloudFormation wizard opens with everything prefilled (stack "corenova-home-assistant-2026-9-2") — review and click "Create stack".
  2. Wait until the stack status reaches CREATE_COMPLETE (about 10 minutes). Outputs are only visible after completion.
  3. Open the stack's Outputs tab — everything you need is there:
    • ResolvedLaunchUrlAccess URL — open this in your browser
    • PublicIpThe instance's public IP
    • PublicDnsNameThe instance's public DNS name
  4. Open the access URL in your browser — the app is ready to use.
  5. Admin console — Open your access URL followed by this path: /

    First visit opens the onboarding wizard: create the owner account, set location, then discover integrations. There are no preset credentials.

Good to know

  • Verified with the default SQLite recorder. Integrations and device discovery inside a cloud VPC are limited to what the network exposes; USB/Bluetooth radios are not available.
  • Config and database live on a retained volume (/config). It keeps billing after stack deletion; snapshot it, then delete the volume when no longer needed.
  • Home Assistant benefits from ~1 GB+ RAM; the CFN 'medium' profile (t3.medium) is recommended once integrations grow.

Next steps

  • Your data lives at /config inside the container, on an encrypted EBS volume. Find the instance by its ID in the EC2 console.
  • Back up before any changes: Upgrading and backups guide
  • To upgrade to a newer verified version: Version history

Deleting the stack terminates the host, but the data volume is retained and continues billing. Snapshot it first, then delete the retained volume manually when you no longer need it.

Versions

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VersionsVerified AtVerifiedStatusAWS Tested
2026.9.2Sep 11, 2026 VerifiedInitialAWS · referenced

Configuration

Container Port

8123

AWS Regions

us-east-1

Supported Architectures

x86_64

AMI

ami-025d99823a4caad37

Updates

2026.9.2Sep 11, 2026 VerifiedInitial

FAQ

  • CoreNova Launch verifies software and provides deployable artifacts; deployment runs in your own AWS account.
  • Verification status comes from the upstream Manifest — the site never guesses it.