I maintain this and other Home Assistant add-ons in my free time: keeping up with upstream changes, HA changes, and testing on real hardware takes a lot of time (and some money). I use around 5-10 of my >110 addons so regularly I install test machines (and purchase some test services such as vpn) that I don't use myself to troubleshoot and improve the addons

If this add-on saves you time or makes your setup easier, I would be very grateful for your support!

Addon informations

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About

Ente is a self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted photo and video storage solution. This addon provides a complete Ente server setup including the museum API server and MinIO S3-compatible storage backend.

Ente offers:

End-to-end encrypted photo and video backup
Face recognition and search
Cross-platform mobile and desktop apps
Automatic photo backup from mobile devices
Album sharing with family and friends
Full control over your data with self-hosting

This addon is based on the official Ente server: https://github.com/ente-io/ente/tree/main/server

Configuration

Webui can be found at http://homeassistant:PORT.

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
`ENTE_ENDPOINT_URL`	str	`http://homeassistant.local:8280`	The URL where Ente API will be accessible
`MINIO_ROOT_USER`	str	`minioadmin`	MinIO root username
`MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD`	str	`minioadmin`	MinIO root password
`MINIO_DATA_LOCATION`	str	`/config/minio-data`	Path where MinIO stores data
`DB_PASSWORD`	str	`ente`	Database password for internal PostgreSQL
`DISABLE_WEB_UI`	bool	`true`	Disable the web UI (use mobile/desktop apps)
`USE_EXTERNAL_DB`	bool	`false`	Use external PostgreSQL database
`TZ`	str	`Europe/Paris`	Timezone setting

External Database Configuration

If you want to use an external PostgreSQL database, set USE_EXTERNAL_DB: true and configure:

Option	Type	Description
`DB_HOSTNAME`	str	PostgreSQL server hostname
`DB_PORT`	int	PostgreSQL server port (default: 5432)
`DB_USERNAME`	str	PostgreSQL username
`DB_DATABASE_NAME`	str	PostgreSQL database name

Example Configuration

ENTE_ENDPOINT_URL: "http://homeassistant.local:8280"
MINIO_ROOT_USER: "myuser"
MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: "mypassword"
MINIO_DATA_LOCATION: "/config/ente-storage"
DB_PASSWORD: "securepassword"
DISABLE_WEB_UI: false
TZ: "America/New_York"

Custom Scripts and Environment Variables

This addon supports custom scripts and environment variables through the addon_config mapping:

Custom scripts: See Running Custom Scripts in Addons
env_vars option: Use the add-on env_vars option to pass extra environment variables (uppercase or lowercase names). See https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add-Environment-variables-to-your-Addon-2 for details.

Mounting Drives

This addon supports mounting both local drives and remote SMB shares:

Local drives: See Mounting Local Drives in Addons
Remote shares: See Mounting Remote Shares in Addons

Installation

The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other add-on.

Add my add-ons repository to your home assistant instance (in supervisor addons store at top right, or click button below if you have configured my HA)
Install this add-on.
Click the Save button to store your configuration.
Set the add-on options to your preferences
Start the add-on.
Check the logs of the add-on to see if everything went well.

First Time Setup

After starting the addon for the first time:

Download the Ente mobile app from:
During app setup, select "Use custom server" and enter your addon URL: http://your-homeassistant-ip:8280
Create a new account using the mobile app
Important: Subscription codes cannot be sent by email for self-hosted instances. Check the addon logs for verification codes:
```
Verification code: xxxxxx
```
Use the verification code from the logs to complete account setup

Ports

The addon exposes three ports:

8300 (3000/tcp): Ente web UI (if enabled)
8280 (8080/tcp): Ente API server (museum) - Main endpoint for apps
8320 (3200/tcp): MinIO S3 endpoint (for storage backend)

Data Storage

By default, photos and videos are stored in /config/minio-data. You can change this location using the MINIO_DATA_LOCATION option or mount external storage for larger capacity.

The addon includes:

PostgreSQL database for metadata
MinIO S3-compatible storage for actual photos/videos
Ente museum API server for client communication

Backup Recommendations

For data safety, regularly backup:

/config/minio-data (or your custom storage location) - Contains all photos/videos
PostgreSQL database (handled automatically by the addon)
Addon configuration

Support

Create an issue on github