Docker container doesn't properly expose port

I’m running HomeAssistant on a RaspberryPi 4 with the default docker-compose.yml as shown below. My problem is that docker doesn’t expose port 8123, i.e. docker ps reports this:

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                          COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS                 PORTS                                                                NAMES
b8adc0af0e02   ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable   "/init"                  About an hour ago   Up About an hour                                                                            homeassistant
ef2246cae118   leantime/leantime:latest                       "/start.sh"              4 hours ago         Up 2 hours             9000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8181->80/tcp                                       leantime
...

Things I’ve checked:

  • port 8123 is not previously in use on the host
  • netstat reports that python is listening on 8123 and I can load the landing page directly on the host
  • I cannot load the landing page from another machine however
  • using another port doesn’t change anything, quotes around the ports neither
  • docker logs doesn’t report anything peculiar for the container
  • pulling the image again didn’t change anything
  • reboot didn’t change anything

Apart from HomeAssistant, there are a bunch of other docker services running on that Pi, none have the same problem, all of them do report exposed ports witch docker ps and can be accessed remotely, there’s also no firewall running on that Pi. My docker version is 20.10.5+dfsg1, build 55c4c88 on Debian bullseye.

Any help is appreciated, I’m not really a docker newbie and haven’t seen this kind of behavior anywhere else before…

version: '3'
services:
  homeassistant:
    container_name: homeassistant
    image: "ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable"
    ports:
      - 8123:8123
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    restart: unless-stopped
    privileged: true
    network_mode: host

I don’t know where you got your docker compose file, but it is not the documented one

See Raspberry Pi - Home Assistant

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It runs on the host Network, which means docker does not know about its ports and can not report anything with ps, this is expected.

right, that’s it, never thought about that :hushed: - and I can’t backtrace where I originally downloaded this from. Anyway, thanks!

Use the version in the documents.

It’s actually in the official documentation.
I’m now facing a very similar issue on PostmarketOS(Alpine Linux distro) running on docker (though I also tried native with the same behavior).
Lsof doesn’t show port 8123 being used beforehand. After starting the docker container, I can see the port being opened:

sudo lsof -i:8123
[sudo] password for user:
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
python3 15335 root    9u  IPv4  49642      0t0  TCP *:8123 (LISTEN)
python3 15335 root   11u  IPv6  49641      0t0  TCP *:8123 (LISTEN)

Yet, the home assistant is not showing up on :8123.
Went into portainer cli to manually start Hass with verbose, and surprisingly, it complains about port being already in use (yes, beforehand I killed the PID of the process that was using the port, and lsof looked clear). Also, it hangs on “Starting Home Assistant”


I’m a bit lost at this point. To me, it looks like Hass just opens a port and then it complains about it being opened.

Any ideas?

I for one can’t read that photo. Please copy & paste.

Sorry about that
Here’s the entire log

Should I expect anything in the logs past “Starting Home Assistant”?

2023-01-04 01:17:58.669 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Config directory: /root/.homeassistant
2023-01-04 01:17:59.177 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded homeassistant from homeassistant.components.homeassistant
2023-01-04 01:17:59.183 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded persistent_notification from homeassistant.components.persistent_notification
2023-01-04 01:17:59.208 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up homeassistant
2023-01-04 01:17:59.213 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain homeassistant took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:17:59.220 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up persistent_notification
2023-01-04 01:17:59.222 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain persistent_notification took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:17:59.258 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded default_config from homeassistant.components.default_config
2023-01-04 01:17:59.262 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded script from homeassistant.components.script
2023-01-04 01:17:59.265 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded scene from homeassistant.components.scene
2023-01-04 01:17:59.266 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded tts from homeassistant.components.tts
2023-01-04 01:17:59.267 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded frontend from homeassistant.components.frontend
2023-01-04 01:17:59.273 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded sun from homeassistant.components.sun
2023-01-04 01:17:59.276 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded automation from homeassistant.components.automation
2023-01-04 01:17:59.286 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded application_credentials from homeassistant.components.application_credentials
2023-01-04 01:17:59.291 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded api from homeassistant.components.api
2023-01-04 01:17:59.293 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded http from homeassistant.components.http
2023-01-04 01:17:59.295 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded blueprint from homeassistant.components.blueprint
2023-01-04 01:17:59.296 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded auth from homeassistant.components.auth
2023-01-04 01:17:59.305 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded trace from homeassistant.components.trace
2023-01-04 01:17:59.311 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config from homeassistant.components.config
2023-01-04 01:17:59.315 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded websocket_api from homeassistant.components.websocket_api
2023-01-04 01:17:59.319 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded device_automation from homeassistant.components.device_automation
2023-01-04 01:17:59.321 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded bluetooth from homeassistant.components.bluetooth
2023-01-04 01:17:59.328 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded diagnostics from homeassistant.components.diagnostics
2023-01-04 01:17:59.331 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded usb from homeassistant.components.usb
2023-01-04 01:17:59.336 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded cloud from homeassistant.components.cloud
2023-01-04 01:17:59.339 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded file_upload from homeassistant.components.file_upload
2023-01-04 01:17:59.349 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded webhook from homeassistant.components.webhook
2023-01-04 01:17:59.350 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded lovelace from homeassistant.components.lovelace
2023-01-04 01:17:59.358 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded onboarding from homeassistant.components.onboarding
2023-01-04 01:17:59.361 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded counter from homeassistant.components.counter
2023-01-04 01:17:59.367 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded analytics from homeassistant.components.analytics
2023-01-04 01:17:59.374 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded dhcp from homeassistant.components.dhcp
2023-01-04 01:17:59.377 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded person from homeassistant.components.person
2023-01-04 01:17:59.379 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded energy from homeassistant.components.energy
2023-01-04 01:17:59.386 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded history from homeassistant.components.history
2023-01-04 01:17:59.388 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded image from homeassistant.components.image
2023-01-04 01:17:59.395 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded repairs from homeassistant.components.repairs
2023-01-04 01:17:59.396 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded recorder from homeassistant.components.recorder
2023-01-04 01:17:59.405 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded search from homeassistant.components.search
2023-01-04 01:17:59.417 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded system_log from homeassistant.components.system_log
2023-01-04 01:17:59.429 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded hardware from homeassistant.components.hardware
2023-01-04 01:17:59.434 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded homeassistant_alerts from homeassistant.components.homeassistant_alerts
2023-01-04 01:17:59.439 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded input_boolean from homeassistant.components.input_boolean
2023-01-04 01:17:59.444 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded input_button from homeassistant.components.input_button
2023-01-04 01:17:59.449 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded input_datetime from homeassistant.components.input_datetime
2023-01-04 01:17:59.454 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded input_number from homeassistant.components.input_number
2023-01-04 01:17:59.459 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded input_select from homeassistant.components.input_select
2023-01-04 01:17:59.463 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded input_text from homeassistant.components.input_text
2023-01-04 01:17:59.468 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded logbook from homeassistant.components.logbook
2023-01-04 01:17:59.473 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded logger from homeassistant.components.logger
2023-01-04 01:17:59.478 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded map from homeassistant.components.map
2023-01-04 01:17:59.483 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded media_source from homeassistant.components.media_source
2023-01-04 01:17:59.488 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded mobile_app from homeassistant.components.mobile_app
2023-01-04 01:17:59.493 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded tag from homeassistant.components.tag
2023-01-04 01:17:59.497 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded my from homeassistant.components.my
2023-01-04 01:17:59.502 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded network from homeassistant.components.network
2023-01-04 01:17:59.507 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded schedule from homeassistant.components.schedule
2023-01-04 01:17:59.511 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded ssdp from homeassistant.components.ssdp
2023-01-04 01:17:59.516 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded system_health from homeassistant.components.system_health
2023-01-04 01:17:59.521 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded timer from homeassistant.components.timer
2023-01-04 01:17:59.526 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded zeroconf from homeassistant.components.zeroconf
2023-01-04 01:17:59.530 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded zone from homeassistant.components.zone
2023-01-04 01:17:59.542 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Domains to be set up: {'input_boolean', 'cloud', 'file_upload', 'system_log', 'tag', 'usb', 'script', 'repairs', 'mobile_app', 'hardware', 'frontend', 'media_source', 'analytics', 'http', 'counter', 'websocket_api', 'ssdp', 'application_credentials', 'recorder', 'system_health', 'dhcp', 'device_automation', 'search', 'scene', 'person', 'input_datetime', 'blueprint', 'api', 'onboarding', 'timer', 'automation', 'logbook', 'input_text', 'diagnostics', 'auth', 'network', 'default_config', 'input_select', 'input_button', 'logger', 'map', 'zone', 'homeassistant_alerts', 'webhook', 'input_number', 'config', 'my', 'energy', 'history', 'image', 'tts', 'sun', 'bluetooth', 'trace', 'lovelace', 'schedule', 'zeroconf'}
2023-01-04 01:17:59.546 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up logging: {'logger', 'system_log'}
2023-01-04 01:17:59.582 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up logger
2023-01-04 01:17:59.593 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up system_log
2023-01-04 01:17:59.615 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain system_log took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:17:59.623 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain logger took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:17:59.625 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up frontend: {'frontend'}
2023-01-04 01:17:59.661 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up device_automation
2023-01-04 01:17:59.662 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain device_automation took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:17:59.868 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up lovelace
2023-01-04 01:17:59.896 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up http
2023-01-04 01:17:59.908 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain lovelace took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:17:59.961 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain http took 0.1 seconds
2023-01-04 01:17:59.982 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up api
2023-01-04 01:17:59.997 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain api took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:00.000 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up auth
2023-01-04 01:18:00.012 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain auth took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:00.022 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up config
2023-01-04 01:18:00.042 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up diagnostics
2023-01-04 01:18:00.067 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up repairs
2023-01-04 01:18:00.073 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain repairs took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:00.656 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain config took 0.6 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:00.665 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain diagnostics took 0.6 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:00.698 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up file_upload
2023-01-04 01:18:00.700 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain file_upload took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:00.817 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up image
2023-01-04 01:18:00.823 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up websocket_api
2023-01-04 01:18:00.825 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain websocket_api took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:00.836 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain image took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:00.856 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded device_tracker from homeassistant.components.device_tracker
2023-01-04 01:18:00.857 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded group from homeassistant.components.group
2023-01-04 01:18:04.612 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up analytics
2023-01-04 01:18:04.772 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up search
2023-01-04 01:18:04.773 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain search took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:04.780 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up person
2023-01-04 01:18:04.782 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain analytics took 0.2 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:04.796 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain person took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:04.805 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded hassio from homeassistant.components.hassio
2023-01-04 01:18:04.810 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded panel_custom from homeassistant.components.panel_custom
2023-01-04 01:18:04.824 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up onboarding
2023-01-04 01:18:04.832 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain onboarding took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:04.837 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up frontend
2023-01-04 01:18:04.863 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain frontend took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:04.868 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up recorder: {'recorder'}
2023-01-04 01:18:04.876 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up recorder
2023-01-04 01:18:04.903 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.http] Failed to create HTTP server at port 8123: [Errno 98] error while attempting to bind on address ('0.0.0.0', 8123): address in use
2023-01-04 01:18:04.910 WARNING (Recorder) [homeassistant.components.recorder.util] The system could not validate that the sqlite3 database at //root/.homeassistant/home-assistant_v2.db was shutdown cleanly
2023-01-04 01:18:04.931 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.http] Now listening on port 8123
2023-01-04 01:18:05.060 WARNING (Recorder) [homeassistant.components.recorder.util] Ended unfinished session (id=1 from 2023-01-03 20:33:45.188922)
2023-01-04 01:18:05.111 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain recorder took 0.2 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:05.117 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up stage 1: {'websocket_api', 'ssdp', 'cloud', 'network', 'usb', 'dhcp', 'webhook', 'api', 'http', 'bluetooth', 'zeroconf'}
2023-01-04 01:18:05.150 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up webhook
2023-01-04 01:18:05.153 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain webhook took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:05.175 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up network
2023-01-04 01:18:05.182 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain network took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:05.239 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up usb
2023-01-04 01:18:05.243 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain usb took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:05.542 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up dhcp
2023-01-04 01:18:05.544 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain dhcp took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:05.575 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded google_assistant from homeassistant.components.google_assistant
2023-01-04 01:18:05.585 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded alexa from homeassistant.components.alexa
2023-01-04 01:18:05.615 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded camera from homeassistant.components.camera
2023-01-04 01:18:05.930 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up zeroconf
2023-01-04 01:18:06.065 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up ssdp
2023-01-04 01:18:06.079 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain zeroconf took 0.1 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:06.436 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up bluetooth
2023-01-04 01:18:06.481 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded media_player from homeassistant.components.media_player
2023-01-04 01:18:06.490 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.zeroconf] Starting Zeroconf broadcast
2023-01-04 01:18:08.580 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up cloud
2023-01-04 01:18:08.610 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain bluetooth took 2.2 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:08.611 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain ssdp took 2.5 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:08.746 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain cloud took 0.2 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:08.762 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up stage 2: {'input_boolean', 'file_upload', 'tag', 'script', 'repairs', 'mobile_app', 'hardware', 'media_source', 'analytics', 'counter', 'application_credentials', 'system_health', 'device_automation', 'search', 'scene', 'person', 'input_datetime', 'blueprint', 'onboarding', 'timer', 'automation', 'logbook', 'input_text', 'auth', 'default_config', 'input_select', 'input_button', 'map', 'sun', 'zone', 'homeassistant_alerts', 'input_number', 'config', 'my', 'energy', 'history', 'image', 'tts', 'diagnostics', 'trace', 'lovelace', 'schedule'}
2023-01-04 01:18:08.778 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_boolean
2023-01-04 01:18:08.790 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up tag
2023-01-04 01:18:08.822 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up counter
2023-01-04 01:18:08.830 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up scene
2023-01-04 01:18:08.832 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.scene] Setting up scene.homeassistant
2023-01-04 01:18:08.845 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_datetime
2023-01-04 01:18:08.849 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up blueprint
2023-01-04 01:18:08.850 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain blueprint took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:08.855 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up timer
2023-01-04 01:18:08.873 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_text
2023-01-04 01:18:08.880 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_select
2023-01-04 01:18:08.885 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_button
2023-01-04 01:18:08.889 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sun
2023-01-04 01:18:08.890 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sun took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:08.892 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up zone
2023-01-04 01:18:08.911 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up homeassistant_alerts
2023-01-04 01:18:08.913 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain homeassistant_alerts took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:08.919 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_number
2023-01-04 01:18:08.939 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up history
2023-01-04 01:18:08.943 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain history took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:08.947 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up trace
2023-01-04 01:18:08.949 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain trace took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:08.978 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up schedule
2023-01-04 01:18:09.060 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up hardware
2023-01-04 01:18:09.149 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up media_source
2023-01-04 01:18:09.190 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up application_credentials
2023-01-04 01:18:09.198 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up system_health
2023-01-04 01:18:09.206 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain scene took 0.4 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.326 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up logbook
2023-01-04 01:18:09.342 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up map
2023-01-04 01:18:09.344 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain map took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.355 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up my
2023-01-04 01:18:09.356 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain my took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.435 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain tag took 0.6 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.470 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up energy
2023-01-04 01:18:09.472 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain energy took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.475 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up script
2023-01-04 01:18:09.482 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up automation
2023-01-04 01:18:09.489 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain hardware took 0.4 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.517 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain media_source took 0.4 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.519 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain system_health took 0.3 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.529 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain logbook took 0.2 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.552 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain application_credentials took 0.4 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.561 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded sensor from homeassistant.components.sensor
2023-01-04 01:18:09.578 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain counter took 0.8 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.604 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain timer took 0.7 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.767 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded google_translate from homeassistant.components.google_translate
2023-01-04 01:18:09.800 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_boolean took 1.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.802 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain script took 0.3 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.813 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain automation took 0.3 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.843 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_datetime took 1.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.858 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain zone took 1.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.871 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_text took 1.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.891 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sensor
2023-01-04 01:18:09.906 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sensor took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:09.930 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded notify from homeassistant.components.notify
2023-01-04 01:18:09.972 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_select took 1.1 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:10.407 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_button took 1.5 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:10.429 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_number took 1.5 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:10.453 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain schedule took 1.5 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:10.521 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up tts
2023-01-04 01:18:10.554 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.sensor] Setting up sensor.energy
2023-01-04 01:18:10.643 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up mobile_app
2023-01-04 01:18:10.683 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain mobile_app took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:10.689 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up notify
2023-01-04 01:18:10.691 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain notify took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:10.731 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.notify] Setting up notify.mobile_app
2023-01-04 01:18:11.098 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up default_config
2023-01-04 01:18:11.100 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain tts took 0.6 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:11.113 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded backup from homeassistant.components.backup
2023-01-04 01:18:11.154 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up backup
2023-01-04 01:18:11.157 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain backup took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:11.169 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded stream from homeassistant.components.stream
2023-01-04 01:18:11.193 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up stream
2023-01-04 01:18:11.214 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain stream took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:11.216 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain default_config took 0.1 seconds
2023-01-04 01:18:11.232 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Home Assistant initialized in 12.10s
2023-01-04 01:18:11.235 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Starting Home Assistant

Looks like home assistant is already running, or something is using port 8123. Check docker ps

LE2: Fixed!
Running nmap on 8123 showed that the port is filtered, which immediately led me to think about a firewall being present.
Postmarket OS since v21.06 is enabling firewall by default. Source
Quick and dirty fix was to disable the firewall service with sudo rc-service nftables stop

Alright, so I did the following:

  • I stopped the home assistant container.
  • Added the log file option in the configuration:
system_log:
  max_entries: 2000
logger:
  default: info
  • Checked that port 8123 is not in use with sudo netstat -plant | grep "8123".
  • Deleted home-assistant.log in the config folder.
  • Started the home assistant container and waited for about a minute or so to setup.
  • Checked for port 8123 with the above command with the output:
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:8123            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      18301/python3
tcp        0      0 :::8123                 :::*                    LISTEN      18301/python3
  • Checked the log file output
2023-01-04 13:49:59.611 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain logger took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:49:59.613 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up frontend: {'frontend'}
2023-01-04 13:49:59.647 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up device_automation
2023-01-04 13:49:59.648 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain device_automation took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:49:59.814 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up lovelace
2023-01-04 13:49:59.822 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up http
2023-01-04 13:49:59.849 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain lovelace took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.045 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain http took 0.2 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.071 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up api
2023-01-04 13:50:00.091 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain api took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.095 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up auth
2023-01-04 13:50:00.109 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain auth took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.117 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up config
2023-01-04 13:50:00.141 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up diagnostics
2023-01-04 13:50:00.166 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up repairs
2023-01-04 13:50:00.171 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain repairs took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.726 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain config took 0.6 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.734 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain diagnostics took 0.6 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.753 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up file_upload
2023-01-04 13:50:00.755 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain file_upload took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.881 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up image
2023-01-04 13:50:00.889 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up websocket_api
2023-01-04 13:50:00.892 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain websocket_api took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.901 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain image took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:00.922 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded group from homeassistant.components.group
2023-01-04 13:50:00.928 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded device_tracker from homeassistant.components.device_tracker
2023-01-04 13:50:03.947 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up analytics
2023-01-04 13:50:04.095 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up search
2023-01-04 13:50:04.096 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain search took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.100 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain analytics took 0.2 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.105 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up person
2023-01-04 13:50:04.118 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain person took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.125 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded hassio from homeassistant.components.hassio
2023-01-04 13:50:04.129 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded panel_custom from homeassistant.components.panel_custom
2023-01-04 13:50:04.142 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up onboarding
2023-01-04 13:50:04.149 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain onboarding took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.154 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up frontend
2023-01-04 13:50:04.171 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain frontend took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.175 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up recorder: {'recorder'}
2023-01-04 13:50:04.183 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up recorder
2023-01-04 13:50:04.220 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.http] Now listening on port 8123
2023-01-04 13:50:04.314 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain recorder took 0.1 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.318 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up stage 1: {'ssdp', 'zeroconf', 'api', 'http', 'dhcp', 'bluetooth', 'webhook', 'usb', 'network', 'cloud', 'websocket_api'}
2023-01-04 13:50:04.342 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up webhook
2023-01-04 13:50:04.346 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain webhook took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.598 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up dhcp
2023-01-04 13:50:04.599 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain dhcp took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.659 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up usb
2023-01-04 13:50:04.664 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain usb took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.682 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up network
2023-01-04 13:50:04.690 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain network took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:04.732 INFO (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded alexa from homeassistant.components.alexa
2023-01-04 13:50:04.745 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded google_assistant from homeassistant.components.google_assistant
2023-01-04 13:50:04.748 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded camera from homeassistant.components.camera
2023-01-04 13:50:05.045 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up bluetooth
2023-01-04 13:50:05.400 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up zeroconf
2023-01-04 13:50:05.529 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up ssdp
2023-01-04 13:50:05.538 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain zeroconf took 0.1 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:05.590 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded media_player from homeassistant.components.media_player
2023-01-04 13:50:05.676 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain bluetooth took 0.6 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:05.691 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.zeroconf] Starting Zeroconf broadcast
2023-01-04 13:50:07.518 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up cloud
2023-01-04 13:50:07.639 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain cloud took 0.1 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:07.645 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain ssdp took 2.1 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:07.650 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setting up stage 2: {'diagnostics', 'application_credentials', 'tag', 'automation', 'script', 'logbook', 'config', 'counter', 'repairs', 'search', 'hardware', 'analytics', 'map', 'sun', 'my', 'mobile_app', 'input_boolean', 'onboarding', 'file_upload', 'image', 'input_button', 'input_select', 'trace', 'scene', 'lovelace', 'zone', 'input_number', 'blueprint', 'default_config', 'media_source', 'history', 'auth', 'energy', 'homeassistant_alerts', 'input_text', 'system_health', 'input_datetime', 'person', 'timer', 'tts', 'device_automation', 'schedule'}
2023-01-04 13:50:07.670 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up tag
2023-01-04 13:50:07.682 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up counter
2023-01-04 13:50:07.700 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sun
2023-01-04 13:50:07.701 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sun took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:07.708 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_boolean
2023-01-04 13:50:07.713 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_button
2023-01-04 13:50:07.718 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_select
2023-01-04 13:50:07.721 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up trace
2023-01-04 13:50:07.723 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain trace took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:07.728 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up scene
2023-01-04 13:50:07.731 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.scene] Setting up scene.homeassistant
2023-01-04 13:50:07.734 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up zone
2023-01-04 13:50:07.739 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_number
2023-01-04 13:50:07.742 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up blueprint
2023-01-04 13:50:07.743 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain blueprint took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:07.764 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up history
2023-01-04 13:50:07.768 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain history took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:07.782 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up homeassistant_alerts
2023-01-04 13:50:07.784 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain homeassistant_alerts took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:07.794 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_text
2023-01-04 13:50:07.805 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up input_datetime
2023-01-04 13:50:07.810 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up timer
2023-01-04 13:50:07.834 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up schedule
2023-01-04 13:50:07.893 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up hardware
2023-01-04 13:50:07.925 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up application_credentials
2023-01-04 13:50:08.087 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up logbook
2023-01-04 13:50:08.100 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up map
2023-01-04 13:50:08.101 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain map took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.114 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up my
2023-01-04 13:50:08.115 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain my took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.122 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain scene took 0.4 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.150 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up media_source
2023-01-04 13:50:08.161 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up energy
2023-01-04 13:50:08.162 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain energy took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.169 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up system_health
2023-01-04 13:50:08.202 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain tag took 0.5 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.206 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up automation
2023-01-04 13:50:08.210 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up script
2023-01-04 13:50:08.264 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain hardware took 0.4 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.286 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain logbook took 0.2 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.292 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded sensor from homeassistant.components.sensor
2023-01-04 13:50:08.306 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain media_source took 0.2 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.312 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain system_health took 0.1 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.316 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain application_credentials took 0.4 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.337 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain counter took 0.7 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.372 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain timer took 0.6 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.500 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain automation took 0.3 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.502 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain script took 0.3 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.518 INFO (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded google_translate from homeassistant.components.google_translate
2023-01-04 13:50:08.522 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain zone took 0.8 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.532 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_boolean took 0.8 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.547 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_select took 0.8 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.555 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_button took 0.8 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.564 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sensor
2023-01-04 13:50:08.569 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sensor took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.607 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_number took 0.9 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.614 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded notify from homeassistant.components.notify
2023-01-04 13:50:08.627 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_text took 0.8 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.636 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain input_datetime took 0.8 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.646 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain schedule took 0.8 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.669 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.sensor] Setting up sensor.energy
2023-01-04 13:50:08.717 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up tts
2023-01-04 13:50:08.822 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up mobile_app
2023-01-04 13:50:08.836 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain mobile_app took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.841 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up notify
2023-01-04 13:50:08.843 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain notify took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:08.887 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.notify] Setting up notify.mobile_app
2023-01-04 13:50:09.178 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up default_config
2023-01-04 13:50:09.180 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain tts took 0.5 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:09.195 INFO (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded backup from homeassistant.components.backup
2023-01-04 13:50:09.238 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up backup
2023-01-04 13:50:09.243 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain backup took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:09.255 INFO (SyncWorker_1) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded stream from homeassistant.components.stream
2023-01-04 13:50:09.272 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up stream
2023-01-04 13:50:09.299 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain stream took 0.0 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:09.301 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain default_config took 0.1 seconds
2023-01-04 13:50:09.322 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Home Assistant initialized in 10.00s
2023-01-04 13:50:09.326 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Starting Home Assistant

No port issues now, apparently. So I guess that starting Home Assistant over a previous session is probably a bad idea.
Still, it hangs on “Starting Home Assistant” and it is not accessible on port 8123 via web browser.

Later edit: The interface is accessible on the browser on the device, but not outside of it.

I stumbled upon the same “issue” - its not really an issue, because its still liestening. But systems like UnRaid use the exposed ports to display some information and offer some things like Web-GUI access links

Is there any reason to explicit not having EXPOSE 8123 in the Dockerfile?