Can't startup HA again or auto run or install HACS

Installation
#1

Hi all
I recently installed my HA to a vm and followed the debian guide.
It was running and then i tried to install HACS.

Firstly i can’t figure out how to get back and run the ‘hass’ command to start it? e.g.

(homeassistant) [email protected]:/srv/homeassistant $

How do i switch this to a service so in the Web UI if i hit restart it’ll restart, last time i had to run the hass cmd?

Then following the https://hacs.xyz/docs/setup/download
i tried to run the wget as homeassistant but i can’t run it as this user.
Then i tried to switch to the user that i installed everythign with but it gets a “cannot write to ‘-’”

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

#2

Docker is the way. Until then you need to create a systemd unit for it.

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#3

Thanks. @Tinkerer
I might kill my install and try the Docker version as I’ve got some log errors.
Haven’t really used docker much. I’ve provisioned this VM for HA, do you have a link i could follow, to give as much of it’s resources to the HA docker install?

#4

As always, start with the official docs.

You can just install Docker on that VM if you want. If your VM host runs Linux then it’s likely to be a lot better to install Docker on the host. You can’t do that if the host is running Windows.