Home Assistant Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Home Assistant hosting for dashboards, automations and webhook flows, run as a self-hosted home automation platform on your own domain. Deploy Home Assistant 2026.9.4 from the official container image, pinned by digest, with a persistent config volume, so settings, users and integrations survive restarts, and HTTPS provisioned for you. It runs in the cloud, so it cannot reach devices on your local network.

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What is Home Assistant?

Self-hosted Home Assistant is a home automation platform written in Python. Upstream describes it as open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first, built in a modular way so support for other devices or actions can be added easily. It is licensed under Apache-2.0 and is a self-hosted alternative to cloud hubs such as SmartThings.

This template is a cloud-hosted install, not a smart-home hub for local devices. On xCloud it runs the official Home Assistant Container image at 2026.9.4 on an isolated Docker network, with one ha_config volume mounted at /config and HTTPS on your domain. It suits cloud services, MQTT, webhooks and dashboards. Local discovery, USB, Bluetooth, UDP and the add-on store are not available.

From Sign-Up to a Live Home Assistant In 3 Easy Steps

Installing Home Assistant means a container, a persistent config folder, a domain and HTTPS before the first automation runs. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Home Assistant from the OneClick catalog and select a domain. No extra fields are needed.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
We start the pinned 2026.9.4 image, mount the ha_config volume at /config and serve it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Create Your Owner Account
Open the HTTPS URL right away and create the owner account. Whoever opens the page first becomes the owner.

Home Automation Hosted On xCloud

The Home Assistant container runs here with HTTPS and persistent config. Local-network discovery and hardware are outside this install.

Dashboards And Automations
Build dashboards, automations, scripts and scenes from one web interface, reachable over HTTPS from anywhere you sign in.
Cloud And MQTT Integrations
Connect cloud services, MQTT brokers, webhooks and REST or WebSocket clients to the automations you build in Home Assistant.
Persistent Configuration
Your /config folder lives on the ha_config volume, so YAML, users, integrations and the database survive restarts.
Owner Login Persists
The owner account you create on first open stays in place after an xCloud Restart, and no preset password exists.
Proxy-Ready HTTPS
xCloud serves HTTPS with reverse-proxy trust preconfigured, so proxied requests are not rejected by Home Assistant.
Local Devices Not Included
No local discovery (mDNS, SSDP, DHCP), USB, Bluetooth or add-on store, since this runs on an isolated Docker network.

Everything You Need To Run Your Cloud Automation, Your Config

xCloud runs the server, HTTPS and the Home Assistant container. You own the dashboards, automations and integrations you build.

Home Assistant 2026.9.4 deployed
Official image pinned by digest
HTTPS through xCloud
Persistent /config volume
Cloud-service and MQTT integrations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Home Assistant

Build dashboards for cloud services
A hobbyist or small team pulls data from the cloud services they already use into one set of dashboards, reachable over HTTPS from any browser without exposing a home router.
Run Home Assistant webhook automation
A developer triggers automations from outside services by calling webhooks, then chains scripts and scenes so an incoming event updates a dashboard or calls another REST service.
Connect an MQTT broker to automations
An integrator whose devices already publish to an MQTT broker reachable from the server wires those messages into Home Assistant automations and scenes, with configuration saved on a persistent volume.
Keep automation config on a server you own
Someone who wants their YAML, users and integrations in one backed-up place keeps the whole /config folder on a Cloud VPS they control, instead of on a single local machine.

Home Assistant vs Alternatives

SmartThings: Choose Home Assistant as a SmartThings alternative when you want the automations, users and integrations on a server you control. Upstream says it puts local control and privacy first, though this cloud install has no local discovery.
openHAB: In a Home Assistant vs openHAB comparison, Home Assistant manages its library of integrations, dashboards and automations from one web interface, here running as a single container with a config volume.
Node-RED: Node-RED is another automation tool you can deploy as a OneClick app. Home Assistant adds dashboards, scenes and its integrations library to the automations you build, all in one web interface.
Domoticz: Domoticz is a self-hosted home automation peer with its own OneClick page. Home Assistant on xCloud is a cloud-hosted install, so it fits cloud services, MQTT and webhooks rather than local-only hardware.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Home Assistant hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Room for longer histories and more integrations.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Home Assistant alongside a larger self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS that xCloud provisions. Billed monthly with no lock-in. Home Assistant is free under Apache-2.0; you pay for the server it runs on.

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Ready To Automate The Cloud Side?

Home Assistant on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS for cloud-service and MQTT automations. Deploy in minutes, then keep control of your config.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Home Assistant free?

Yes. Home Assistant is open source under Apache-2.0, so running it costs nothing in licences. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated Cloud VPS hosting the container, plus the HTTPS route and deployment. No Home Assistant subscription is bundled, and none is needed for the dashboards, automations or webhooks described here.

Can I run Home Assistant in Docker?

Yes. This template runs the official Home Assistant Container image, ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant at 2026.9.4, pinned by digest, with ha_config mounted at /config and port 8123 proxied over HTTPS. It gives you Home Assistant Docker hosting without writing the compose file or a reverse proxy.

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Can I run Home Assistant on a VPS?

Yes, with limits. A VPS suits cloud services, MQTT, webhooks, REST and WebSocket clients, dashboards and automations. It cannot reach devices on your home network, so if most of your devices are local-only, run Home Assistant on the same network as those devices instead.

Does Home Assistant Container support add-ons?

No. The add-on store is not part of the Container image, and this template does not add one. You get Home Assistant core with its integrations and custom components in /config. Anything that needs a separate add-on has to run as its own service beside it.

Can a cloud-hosted Home Assistant discover devices on my home network?

No. The install runs on an isolated Docker network without host networking, so local discovery by mDNS, SSDP or DHCP does not work. Integrations that rely on devices answering on your LAN will not find them from a cloud server.

Does Home Assistant work with Zigbee or Bluetooth devices on a VPS?

No. USB dongles such as Zigbee and Z-Wave, Bluetooth and UDP-based integrations are unavailable on this cloud-hosted install, because the server has no access to your radios. Cloud-connected devices and MQTT work, since they reach Home Assistant over the network.

How do I update Home Assistant in Docker?

Updates are deliberate. The image is pinned to an exact tag and digest, and existing installs stay on it when the catalogue changes. Back up the full /config volume, read the upstream release notes for breaking changes, pin the new tag and digest, redeploy without deleting volumes, then check login and automations.

How much RAM does Home Assistant need?

The template asks for 1024 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 8 GB of disk as a baseline, and this page sells the 6 GB Cloud VPS for headroom. Large histories, many integrations or camera and media features need more, so watch memory as you add them.

Where does Home Assistant store its configuration?

Everything is in the ha_config volume mounted at /config: configuration.yaml, YAML includes, the .storage directory with users, tokens, integrations and HTTP settings, the database and custom components. Take one backup of the whole volume and restore it as a unit.

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Is this the Home Assistant Cloud subscription?

No. This is a Home Assistant install running on your own Cloud VPS, not the separate Home Assistant Cloud subscription service. You own the server, the owner account and the ha_config data on it, and the site works without any Home Assistant subscription.

Who becomes the owner of a new Home Assistant install?

Whoever opens the site first. Home Assistant has no preset account, so open your HTTPS URL as soon as the install finishes and create the owner account immediately, before you share the address. The first start can take a few minutes while integrations load.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.