Edit configuration.yaml with Hass.io CLI

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Hello there.
I installed Home Assistant on my Asustor Nas using Docker-ce. I can see the configuration.yaml file in the Home Assistant folder in the Docker folder in Nas.
But when I open the Home assistant application and write config / configuratin.yaml in the address line, the script does not open.
How can I open this in the application?

Thank you for your help.

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You can’t edit configuration.yaml by going to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8123/config/configuration.yaml

You have to check where you mapped /config when creating the docker container.

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Thank you very much for your reply.

But I couldn’t find how to open the file. With the pictures I show you the location of the file in the NAS.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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You just have Home Assistant container. You can’t open it in the application.

Just use Windows Explorer to navigate to path (I guess \192.168.1.24\docker\homeassistant\config) and use a texteditor (notepad, but better notepad++ or vscode) to edit configuration.yaml.

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\\192.168.1.24\docker\homeassistant\config

Two backslashes at the start of the address.

PS bloody forum software!

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very helpful. Thank you!

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A bit late, but check this vscode: Home Assistant Config Helper

Includes completion for Entity IDs, Services, Scenes and Triggers :grinning:

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John, thanks for those instructions, as a real newbie, it took some searching to figure out the steps prior to your step 1.

Attach keyboard & monitor to Pi
After boot, hit enter to get to :
homeassistant login: root

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This is amazing, was getting Server unexpectedly disconnected. After reading you entry figured out it was an extra tab when adding duck dns. Double check your file before restarting!!

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How to identify which is the right one? I have there

  • homeassistant/armv7-hassio-multicast:3
  • homeassistant/armv7-hassio-cli_2020.11.1
  • homeassistant/armv7-hassio-audio:17
  • homeassistant/armv7-hassio-dns:2020.12.0
  • homeassistant/armv7-hassio-supervisor:latest
  • homeassistant/armv7-hassio-observer:2020.10.1
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finally someone who doesn’t reply with “read the f… manual” :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:
THANK YOU!!!

may I just add that the command “login” wouldn’t normally work with the ssh access you get via “Terminal & SSH” plugin: you need to follow these instructions to setup ssh to port 22222 at the operating system level

(I know… this is essentially me adding informations by saying “read the f manual” what a contraddiction :rofl:)

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I have been searching and searching how to fix this exact issue. Thanks so much for posting!
Sorry for all the caps and exclamation points, but I am so excited!!! :grinning:

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Great answer! Thank you so much!

(one question: why when typing help in ha cli the option “login” is not listed???)

S

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Thank you for posting this! I was looking for “how do I get to the dang shell from the keyboard” because that HA shell is useless. :slight_smile: after typing login, it was a few seconds and one find command to locate the file I needed to edit, add a couple of hashes to the configuration.yaml, and reboot. 5 mins tops to resolve a fat finger issue.

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Awesome also helped me to clear the IP of my router from ip_bans.yaml… 1000x thanks for your clear description

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  1. login to get out of hassio cli and into bash
  2. docker ps to get a list of containers
  3. note the first 3 characters or so of the container for homeassistant - for me it was 51a
  4. docker exec -it 51a /bin/bash
  5. ls to make sure configuration.yaml is there
  6. vi configuration.yaml to edit the file
  7. edit your mistake
    then - write here default_config:
  8. press esc +
    then
    :wq to save and exit
  9. exit then login to get back to hassio CLI
  10. homeassistant check to make sure the conf is right this time
  11. homeassistant restart
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Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.

default_config:

Load frontend themes from the themes folder

frontend:
themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes

Text to speech

tts:

  • platform: google_translate
    automation: !include automations.yaml
    script: !include scripts.yaml
    scene: !include scenes.yaml
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This saved me, but to be more clear:

To save file, hit esc, then type “:wq”. you should see this text at the bottom. then hit enter

Total noob here. Many thanks