I am considering it, it becomes a big part of your life and not to forget the cheap geeky thrill of a light turning itself on/off etc. I have read even the cheapest will do a good job. What mas migrating over like? Was it just a clean install and restore a backup? One thing I do want out of this is an energy usage history so the recorder is vital to that.
I had to migrate from hassbian to hass.io (homeassistant supervised), so for me, I had to just move my config directory over manually and spend a few days fixing issues but it wasnât too bad. These days if you are moving from hass.io snapshot to hass.io you should be able to snapshot and restore and be pretty much up and running (may have to change the /dev/ path to some of your USB devices or something). Iâd bet not more than a few hours for the migration to a NUC.
I have just used a backup after re installing my pi, yeah pretty painless, how is yours installed? I was thinking of using the Ubuntu and docker method (I have a used NUC on the way).
If you mean a supervised install, only debian is supported.
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I am using Ubuntu and hass supervised, but as noted above, I will soon have to migrate to Debian. If I were to do it today, Iâd follow this guide, but Iâm going to wait until they release the official documentation and latest installer⌠Itâs taking a long time tough.
You wonât have too. Ubuntu will still work, it just wonât be âofficiallyâ supported by the dev team. Using Debian 10 is obviously the preferred option, however.
I will go with debian, and at the moment it looks like a bunch of gibberish, but my gut feeling is that I will be better off with docker (which I assume is something like a virtual machine) in the long run and will open my technical world up a bit. I have a working home assistant so I can take my time.
Yeah, but I donât feel like playing the âwait and see what breaksâ game. Ubuntu is definitely using components that are the wrong version and wonât be tested. Iâd rather know that it will work 100%.
You should run supervised. Supervised also uses docker but gives you addons and snapshots which are very useful and necessary (ie, you will likely have to do the same with a plain docker install but it will be a lot harder). In short, supervised does everything docker does, but also does more and makes it easier.
I take it this means Hassio with supervisor? Thatâs the plan. My NUC is here, itâs an old one with no OS. Dual core Celeron 2.13GHz, 4gb ram and 120gb ssd. I want to run it on debian to start learning about a linux operating system. I was under the impression (by the millions of Ubuntu guides) that you then install Hassio in docker and access these with portainer. This really is all new to me but my brain is going nuts with future possibilities if I can get Hassio up and running on debian. i.e a NAS and a media server.
Yes thatâs what I mean, install what used to be called hass.io on top of debian (which is what the guide I sent describes).
As for the architecture of hass.io (now called hass supervised or hass OS), itâs a combination of things that run in docker and some glue that runs outside to allow you to control the OS⌠But you really donât need to worry much about that, as you will be able to manage everything via the hass ui, including installing and running portainer to manage any additional docker containers that are not already available as hass.io addons, or even the hass.io containers themselves (though this is not generally needed or recommended). If you want to learn more about the architecture, itâs here:
The first post here tells you what the different install methods do Installation Methods & Community Guides Wiki
Then this post explains how to do a suptvised install on debian Installing Home Assistant Supervised on Debian 10
Now you have all you need.
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Thanks, 2 night shifts and then itâs on.