GreatAlbatross

I think live view is how mine are configured, with a snapshot that updates every few minutes.

Then if it's clicked, the true video stream is opened.

That's a very good shout, as it'll save me mucking about in bash.

That was going to be my backup plan, as I didn't want to use any more resource if I could avoid it 😅

The good news is, we figured it out, and got the file serving out of /config/www without an auth requirement.

Aha, that was what I was after, big thanks!

So, after a bit of meddling:

The location I was placing things in was media>my media (from the HA UI).
Assets there are stored in /media, and served in 8123/media/local, but require an autoSig.
Changing permissions doesn't affect the availability, no sig is a 401 error.

However, if the file is copied from /media to /config/www/ , it's then served (as you said) under 8123/local.

Brill, not too painful a process for a few static images (or indeed if I'm feeling brave, I could just symlink the folders).

Maybe one day there will be a way to upload background images for picture elements cards from the UI :)

I can appreciate that!
I do have standard layouts which are mostly big button to do a thing in the room.
But I also fancied having by-floor layouts.

And you're right: The button I have that sets the kitchen spots on/off/dim as a group is 10x more useable than a scale representation of their location in the ceiling!

HAOS under proxmox.
It's definitely one of those "many ways to skin the cat" situations!

Whichever one best justifies the lifestyle and decisions.

I'm more interested in what people are doing for internal hosting, not external hosting services. Thanks for the info, however.

This is honestly my hope. All these locations are getting a free trial of Reform competency.
In the same way Clacton are having a fun time getting in contact with their MP for surgeries.

Step 1: Put the front on.
Step 2: Don't let the front fall off.

Because it's easy to take populist pot-shots from the side, compared to defending your decisions while actually running the country at the same time.

It could also be that you need to re-add the thumbnails displayed in your dashboards, as the entities may be vestigial ones from when you used Dahua.