Connecting USB adapter to a HA installation inside VMware

[FriedCheese (Ryan)]

You can setup automatic USB passthrough with VMware. I had this exact setup for about two months working without issue before moving to Proxmox.

Installing Home Assistant on VMWare Player 17

Here’s some extra credit setup info. Setting Up USB Autoconnect Shut down your HA VM. Navigate to your the folder where your VM lives. Open the vmware.log file in the text editor of your choosing. Search for the USB device you wish to automatically connect to the VM. You should see a line similar to this. [image] Go back to the folder and edit the VMX file for your VM. At the bottom add this line for the device(s) to auto connect. The name should be the name from the log file. If you need m…