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HomeAssistant - Ring camera setup with homekit integration

  1. Install the ‘Mosquitto broker’ addon from the HomeAssistant addon store.
  2. In ‘Mosquitto broker’ addon ‘info’ tab:
    1. ‘Start on boot’ should be ‘ON’
    2. ‘Watchdog’ should be ‘ON’
    3. Click ‘Start’
    4. Copy the ‘Hostname’ value
  3. Install ‘Ring-MQTT with Video Streaming’ addon from the HomeAssistant addon store.
  4. In ‘Ring-MQTT with Video Streaming’ addon ‘info’ tab:
    1. ‘Start on boot’ should be ‘ON’
    2. ‘Watchdog’ should be ‘ON’
    3. Click ‘Start’
    4. Click ‘Open Web UI’ and login with your Ring credentials
  5. In ‘Ring-MQTT with Video Streaming’ addon ‘configuration’ tab:
    1. ‘MQTT Broker’ should be ‘mqtt://auto_username:auto_password@[Hostname]:1883’, with ‘[Hostname]’ being the ‘Hostname’ value from the ‘Mosquitto broker’ addon.
    2. Recommended to set a ‘livestream_user’ and ‘livestream_pass’ value.
  6. In ‘Settings/Devices & Service’, you should now see your ring devices under “MQTT”.
  7. Add “Homebridge Kit” integration from the HomeAssistant integrations store.
  8. In ‘Settings/Integrations’
    1. Add you ‘HomePod Mini’.
    2. Configure the ‘HomePod Mini’, now called “HASS Bridge…” to include the ‘domain’ of Camera.
  9. In ‘Notifications’, you should now see your ring devices appear with in a “HomeKit Pairing” card with a QR Code.
    1. Open iOS ‘Home’ app and add a new accessory.
    2. Scan the QR Code.
    3. You should now see your ring devices appear in the ‘Home’ app.