Best and easiest way to install?

Installation
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Hi.

Long time Domoticz user here. But I want to check out if Home Assistant may be a good try for me.

My current setups is:

  • A ESXi server with a virtual Ubuntu server for Domoticz
  • An USB PCIe card assignet to the VM, witch have connected an UZB1 and RFXTRX443e¨

Also a Milight bridge on Wifi.

This is what I want to do:

  • Create a new VM
  • Install an OS and HA
  • Try it and test if it is somthing i want to contunue to use
  • If i do, i will migrate my hardware USB devices to it.

So, with OS is best for future easy maintenance? And how to install it?

I must say, even if I use Linux server I am really not a poweruser. so I deeply rely on step-by-step guides for the most part.

  • Flemming
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Best is subjective - there is no “best”, there are just trade offs.

Based on what you’ve said, probably you’ll find Hass.io the simplest, since it’s self contained. You’d want to perform a base install of a Linux distro of your choice (Alpine Linux or Debian, or whatever suits you), then follow the advanced install guide.

Alternatively, install your Linux distro of choice, then follow the manual install guide for the Raspberry Pi.

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Thanks, waiting the “20 minutes” now.

This is the commands I used, seems to work.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install docker.io
sudo apt-get install socat
sudo apt-get install jq
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
sudo su -
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/home-assistant/hassio-build/master/install/hassio_install | bash -s

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Unless something has changed in the last couple of months, hassio script won’t install on Alpine.

You don’t want docker.io. You want docker-ce

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why? (and is it to late to install it now?)

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https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/

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Did a reinstall of the VM and installed with these commands, works:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

sudo apt-get install ca-certificates 

sudo apt-get install curl

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88

sudo add-apt-repository \
   "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
   $(lsb_release -cs) \
   stable"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce

sudo docker run hello-world 

sudo apt-get install socat

sudo apt-get install jq

sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon

sudo su -

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/home-assistant/hassio-build/master/install/hassio_install | bash -s

now, how can I edit the configuration.yaml :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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