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+id: 4f7d3ca9-0c17-4a33-a5cb-1ee17c47d9df
+type: decision
+title: "Decision: Home Assistant (VM 109) monitoring deferred - HAOS has no SSH by default"
+tags: [monitoring, home-assistant, homelab, decision, haos, ssh]
+importance: 0.5
+confidence: 0.8
+created: "2026-02-20T20:16:50.174524+00:00"
+updated: "2026-02-20T20:16:50.174524+00:00"
+---
+
+## Context
+
+VM 109 runs Home Assistant OS 16.3 (HAOS). Attempted to add to n8n health monitoring but SSH connection refused on both port 22 and 22222.
+
+## Root Cause
+
+HAOS does not ship with an SSH server by default. The "SSH & Web Terminal" add-on must be installed from within the Home Assistant UI before SSH access is available.
+
+## Server Details
+
+- VM: 109
+- IP (primary): 10.10.0.215 (DHCP on main 10.10.0.x network)
+- IP (Matter/IoT): 10.0.0.28 (on vmbr1 network)
+
+## Decision
+
+Defer adding VM 109 to health monitoring until the SSH & Web Terminal add-on is installed in HA. Not a priority since HA is generally stable.
+
+## Also Deferred
+
+VM 110 (discord-bots) was deprioritized entirely as it is being decommissioned.