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Build a Raspberry Pi Telemetry Dashboard for Home Automation
This guide shows how to replace Home Assistant's SQLite recorder with InfluxDB and Grafana on a Raspberry Pi to handle long-term sensor data. The stack uses Docker Compose with InfluxDB 2.x, Grafana OSS, and Telegraf to collect data from Home Assistant, network devices, and UPS systems. It enables cross-signal correlations and alerting that SQLite cannot support beyond a few weeks of data.
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A practical, well-documented tutorial for home automation enthusiasts, but the core insight—SQLite chokes on time-series queries—is well-known; the value is in the concrete implementation steps.
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