Dockerfile integrated in main repo

Dockerfile

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+FROM python:3-onbuild
+MAINTAINER Paulus Schoutsen <Paulus@PaulusSchoutsen.nl>
+
+# Initialize the submodules
+RUN git submodule init && git submodule update --recursive
+
+VOLUME /config
+
+EXPOSE 8123
+
+CMD [ "python", "./start.py", "--docker" ]

start.py

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-""" Starts home assistant with all possible functionality. """
+""" Starts home assistant. """
+
+import sys
+import os
 
 import homeassistant
 import homeassistant.bootstrap
 
-hass = homeassistant.bootstrap.from_config_file("config/home-assistant.conf")
+# Within Docker we load the config from a different path
+if '--docker' in sys.argv:
+    config_path = '/config/home-assistant.conf'
+else:
+    config_path = 'config/home-assistant.conf'
+
+# Ensure a config file exists to make first time usage easier
+if not os.path.isfile(config_path):
+    with open(config_path, 'w') as conf:
+        conf.write("[http]\n")
+        conf.write("api_password=password\n")
+
+hass = homeassistant.bootstrap.from_config_file(config_path)
 hass.start()
 hass.block_till_stopped()