Fing
The Fing integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows Home Assistant to retrieve detailed information about the devices on your local network. Fing helps home users and IT professionals monitor, protect, and understand their networks with intuitive tools that make connectivity management simple and effective. By connecting through the Local API, Fing automatically builds and synchronizes an inventory of devices to detect online presence and trigger automations.
Prerequisites
- Install Fing and set up a Fing Agent (Fing Agent, Fingbox, or Fing Desktop).
- Ensure that the Local API is enabled on your Fing Agent.
- You will need your Fing Agent’s IP address, port, and API key to complete the setup.
Configuration
To add the Fing service to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:
If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:
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Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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In the bottom right corner, select the
Add Integration button. -
From the list, select Fing.
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Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.
Troubleshooting
If you experience issues with the Fing integration, try the following:
- Confirm that the Fing Agent is running and reachable on your network.
- Verify that the configured IP address and port in Home Assistant match your Fing Agent’s actual settings.
- Make sure your Local API version is 1.1.0 or newer.
Removing the integration
You can remove this integration following the standard Home Assistant procedure.
To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant
- Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
- Next to the entry you want to remove, select the three dots
menu. Then, select Delete. - Depending on the integration, the entries are listed under one of the following headings:
- Devices
- Hubs
- Services
- Integration entries
- Depending on the integration, the entries are listed under one of the following headings:
- To confirm, select Delete.
- Home Assistant also deletes the devices and entities of the entry.
- If Home Assistant asks you to restart, restart Home Assistant.
- If Home Assistant asks whether to also delete the application credentials, select Remove or Keep.
- If you keep them, Home Assistant uses them automatically when you add the integration again.
- To delete them later, refer to Deleting application credentials.
Once the integration is deleted, you may also disable the Fing Local API on your network if you no longer plan to use it.