Where i can find good docs for switching from a Pi4 to this MiniPC?
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Just backup the pi4, move the backup and a few other backups to a safe place. Switch off pi4. Follow install docs for new pc, restore backup. Easy. Keep the pi4 as it is just incase for a few weeks. Depending on what you have setup dongles, mqtt etc you may have to reset some ip addresses or ports, but pretty easy once its up and running.
Or follow Pauls video.
Is it possible, after the switch, to use in the MiniPC the same IP i had on Rpi4?
I programed this Mini PC to turn on automatically when the power comes back (after a power cut) AND I put it on a power bank. Here in South Florida I experience occasional power cuts of a few seconds and when there is a hurricane, power can be lost several hours or more.
Yes just reserve the ip address in your DHCP server (router). If you set the pi ip this way you will need to delete that first. Do not set a static IP in HA unless you understand the implications of getting it wrong.
I always had static IP on my Rpi… which are the implications of it?
No implications if you understand how it works. If you set a static IP on the server (pi) and this is in the ip range used by the DHCP server. The DHCP server if rebooted can assign that ip to another device, meaning you cant access you HA anymore. If you set a static ip outside the range of the dhcp server there will be no issue, until you change your router and it has a different IP range therefore again causing you to have no access to HA. Not worth it, set all ip reservations in the DHCP server, they are then all in one place no need to remember all the reserved addresses etc.
I was also going to reply, but a quick search found this community guide.
You may even find the answer in the official documentation for HomeAssistant - worth a read.
Of course. Just not both at the same time. Just update the MAC in your router DHCP configuration, save and after restarting your router it should serve the same IP Address when asked.
I switched today to the new MiniPC and all was easy and speedy…
Thanks to all for the helps.
I can consider closed this thread…
Cool, then marked this thread as solved please
How to do this?
Click the blue “solved” word is ShadowFist’s post above - that’s a link to instructions for how to mark the most helpful post in the thread here as the solution.
Doing that gives the user who provided the best answer some nice recognition, and it flags the thread as solved for posterity’s sake.
I’m sure there’s an automation to do this. Now where was that YAML code… 