I’m really keen to try out Home Assistant and see how it works, however I’m unable to even get past a basic install.
I’ve had 3 attempts to get this to work, and I’m hoping this great community may spot an obvious oversight on my part?
- Followed these hassio installation instructions
- using a Pi Zero W
- configuring wif-fi settings in
/system-connections/
as per instructions after flashing. - Turn on the pi and wait 20, 30, 45 mins.
- Nothing loads at
http://hassio.local:8123
- just error: can’t connect to the server.
Good news is that the pi zero w connects to the network, as seen here in list of connected devices. Found using $ arp -a
Hass.io seems to be installed ok on the SD, as seen in this image of a load screen, on a tft connected to the pi.
I know this is user error, or lack of skills, or all of the above. What I think is strange is that I was able to install the virtual environment version, and get HA running, but had issues with autostart on reboot, and loads of python library errors, and config errors from the default setup. I should be able to get the more “user friendly” hass.io installation running, right? It is easier, right?
I tried, but failed, get Hassbian working. The SD saved the wifi config file only, but was never visible on the network. The wifi config file was missing when I inspected the SD after a few trys.
The solution maybe a Pi 3 (which I’ll have to buy) with an normal ethernet cable, unless there is something blindly obvious i’m not doing right.
I do find these “hope and pray” 30 minute, blind faith, flash-and-load cycles exhausting when there is no definitive progress feedback. Just silent fail.
Other than that, I’m afraid to say it’s back to the easier to use OpenHab2 for me. I found that even with the limited documentation, I was able to get it running first go. I was shocked and pleased.