Zigbee2MQTT is an open-source software project that allows you to use Zigbee-based smart home devices (such as those sold under the Philips Hue and Ikea Tradfri brands) with MQTT-based home automation systems, like Home Assistant, Node-RED, and others. The software acts as a bridge between your Zigbee devices and MQTT, allowing you to control and monitor these devices from your home automation system.
🛈 If the LXC is created Privileged, the script will automatically set up USB passthrough.
To create a new Proxmox VE Zigbee2MQTT LXC, run the command below in the Proxmox VE Shell.
To Update Zigbee2MQTT, run the command below (or type update) in the LXC Console.
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/zigbee2mqtt.sh)"
Default Settings: 1GB RAM - 4GB Storage - 2vCPU
As an alternative option, you can use Alpine Linux and the Zigbee2MQTT package to create a Zigbee2MQTT LXC container with faster creation time and minimal system resource usage.
To create a new Proxmox VE Alpine-Zigbee2MQTT LXC, run the command below in the Proxmox VE Shell.
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/alpine-zigbee2mqtt.sh)"
Default Settings: 256MiB RAM - 300MiB Storage - 1vCPU
Determine the location of your adapter
ls -l /dev/serial/by-id
Example Output: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jun 19 17:30 usb-1a86_USB_Serial-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB0
Before you start Zigbee2MQTT you need to edit the configuration.yaml
Debian
nano /opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/configuration.yaml
Alpine
nano /etc/zigbee2mqtt/configuration.yaml
Save and exit the editor with “Ctrl+O”, “Enter” and “Ctrl+X”
Example:
frontend:
port: 9442
homeassistant: true
permit_join: false
mqtt:
base_topic: zigbee2mqtt
server: 'mqtt://192.168.86.224:1883'
user: usr
password: pwd
keepalive: 60
reject_unauthorized: true
version: 4
serial:
port: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-1a86_USB_Serial-if00-port0
#adapter: deconz #(uncomment for ConBee II)
#adapter: ezsp #(uncomment for ITead Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2 model "ZBDongle-E version")
advanced:
pan_id: GENERATE
network_key: GENERATE
channel: 20
Zigbee2MQTT can be started after completing the configuration
Debian
cd /opt/zigbee2mqtt && npm start
Alpine
rc-update add zigbee2mqtt default