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Installing Gladys Assistant on a Raspberry Pi

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Historically, I recommended using Raspberry Pi for installing Gladys.

However, they are becoming less competitive for several reasons:

  • A high overall cost once you add the power supply, case, and SSD.
  • Limited reliability with a micro-SD card and a complex installation with an SSD. Moreover, even with a USB SSD, the performance is still far inferior to that of a mini-PC with an integrated NVMe SSD.
  • A less powerful processor compared to low-power Intel equivalents.
  • Recurring power issues when adding a Zigbee dongle and an SSD.

My recommendation is to buy a mini-PC. There are powerful options starting at $169 on Amazon US, and versions below $120 if you search for refurbished ones.

Installing Gladys on an already configured Raspberry Pi​

If you are looking to install Gladys Assistant on a Raspberry Pi that is already configured, use the Docker tutorial.

Installing Gladys on a new Raspberry Pi​

Download Gladys Raspberry Pi OS image​

We provide a pre-built Raspberry Pi OS image with Gladys already configured.

For Raspberry Pi 3, 4 & 400:

Download Gladys Assistant OS Bullseye 64-bit
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We do not support old Raspberry Pi with arm/v6 architecture.

For the Raspberry Pi 5, follow the Docker tutorial.

This link will download a .zip file containing the Raspberry Pi OS image of Gladys Assistant. After unzipping the downloaded file, you'll get a .img file.

Clone the image on a SD card​

Once you have retrieved the image (.img file described above), you need to clone this image on the Raspberry Pi SD card.

We recommend the software Etcher (Linux/MacOS/Windows compatible).

Install Etcher, plug your SD card into your computer, and clone the .img file on your SD card.

Etcher

Plug your Raspberry Pi​

Plug your Raspberry Pi to your local network. Make sure the power adaptor is connected.

Give it some time to boot.

Access Gladys​

To access Gladys, open your web browser on any computer on the local network. /!\ Make sure your computer and your Raspberry Pi are connected to the same network.

Then enter the URL http://gladys.local or http://raspberrypi.local or http://IP_OF_YOUR_RASPBERRY_PI.

You should see the Gladys Web UI (portal).

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If you don't see the Gladys login page when typing http://gladys.local in your browser, try typing the IP address of your Raspberry Pi.

To find the Raspberry Pi IP address on your local network, you can use applications like:

What are the default Rasperry Pi OS image credentials to connect using SSH?​

The Raspberry Pi OS image provided on this website is based on the official image of the Raspberry Pi foundation.

To connect by SSH, the credentials are the same as those in the image of the foundation:

  • Login: pi
  • Password: raspberry

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