Can’t start configuator

Configuration
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Just installed the latest version of HASS.io on a Pi 3. I’ve added the Configuator add on. Funny thing is when I try to edit the config file with the configuration box, the save button is grayed out (disabled). And when I start the Addon I get the following in the log:

Preformatted text19-01-05 16:39:53 ERROR (MainThread) [hassio.addons.addon] Add-on core_configurator have wrong options: Missing required option ‘password’. Got {‘username’: ‘admin’, ‘password’: None, ‘ssl’: False, ‘certfile’: ‘fullchain.pem’, ‘keyfile’: ‘privkey.pem’, ‘allowed_networks’: [‘192.168.0.0/16’, ‘172.30.0.0/16’], ‘banned_ips’: [‘8.8.8.8’], ‘banlimit’: 0, ‘ignore_pattern’: [‘pycache’], ‘dirsfirst’: False, ‘enforce_basepath’: False, ‘notify_service’: ‘persistent_notification.create’}

Oh, I’m using an iPhone X to access home assistant. Any suggestions.

2

The error clearly states, that you haven’t set a password. Do that and try again. :wink:

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I can’t. When I edit the password, all the text turns red and the save button grays out (disables)! So there is no way of saving new config.

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I’m wondering if it’s because I have an iPhone.

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That’s because your config is invalid.
Is your username and password in quotes ?

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Yes, what I’m trying to say, when ever I change the user and password, the save button grays out. Can’t save this edited configuration. This is maddening!

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Post your config (redact password) If it won’t save it means you have not entered correctly. We can’t see that until you post your config

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Yes I put the username and password in quotes. The problem is that I can’t save it because the save button become disabled. The save button disables as soon as you make changes to the configuration.

9

Ok, will do.

10

Wow, I figured it out. Would you believe the iphone’s Quotation is slightly different than the one for the configuration. So I just copied and pasted the quotation.

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Now I can’t seem to paste to the yaml file.

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It can be hit-and-miss sometimes with iOS.

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That’s what I figured! I just typed the text in the yaml file. So now configurator shows in the menu, cool. Thanks.

I have an old android phone. Maybe I’ll try using this.

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Copy & paste is generally suboptimal on mobile devices with the configurator. The editor-software that’s being used in the background has this issue, and it’s having that for quite some time now. So ideally you should be using a regular computer if possible.

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Yeah, but I can access the web interface on my laptop although. I don’t understand why I can’t. I connect to the same wifi that the pi uses. Any ideas?

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Like I said it’s hit and miss on iOS… It’s not the configurator causing this.

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Correction, I meant I can’t access hassio.local web page with my windows 10 laptop!

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Sometimes hassio.local doesn’t work so then use the IP address instead. The installation docs point this out.