Config

The config component is designed to display panels in the frontend to configure and manage parts of Home Assistant.

To enable the configuration panel, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
config:

General

This section enables you to control Home Assistant from within Home Assistant. Check your configuration, reload the core, groups, and automation, and the Home Assistant process itself. With a single mouse click.

Customization

This section enables you to customize entities within Home Assistant. Use this to set friendly names, change icons, hide entities, and modify other attributes.

Automation

This section enables you to create and modify automations from within Home Assistant, without needing to write out the yaml code.

Script

Similar to the automation editor, this section enables you to create and modify scripts from within Home Assistant, without needing to write out the yaml code.

Z-Wave

This section enables you to control your Z-Wave network and devices from within Home Assistant. You can add and remove devices, as well as change device specific configuration variables.