Final step missing in setting up dev environment

cactusvienna · February 22, 2024, 3:15pm

aloha,
I followed the instructions on Set up Development Environment | Home Assistant Developer Docs for setting up a dev environment (windows 11 with wsl and latest docker desktop runtime …

all looks good: HA core containter is up and running
i can access localhost:8123
BUT it shows me the “HA unable to connect …retryingg in x seconds…” screen

is it an issue with missing portmappings ?

or any other advice ?

thanx in advance
cheerz from vienna

msp1974 · February 22, 2024, 3:48pm

Have you started the HomeAssiatant task? Commands → run taak → Homeassistant

petro · February 22, 2024, 3:52pm

Run it.

cactusvienna · February 23, 2024, 6:51am

ok … just did the “Run” and it shows lots of log output and finishes with “done” in terminal of vs studio code BUT with still the same effect that localhost:8123 shows the HA logo with “unable to connect”

there must be still something small be missing
will try on another machine to see whether this is an issue of my instance here
cheerz

cactusvienna · February 23, 2024, 7:40am

ok … just some information here

started a HA debug session with following results:

seems to be some access issues…
complains that there is no config/ folder found (see exception output in terminal screenshot)
and I tried to manually create a config folder in homeassistant workspace
BUT there I also get “…Error EACCESS, permission denied…”

can anyone point me to some clearance and sorry for my noob questions
cheerz

petro · February 23, 2024, 11:46am

it seems like you didn’t set it up properly.
When you run HA, it will automatically create these folders in the dev container. Are you 100% sure you followed this correctly? What operating system are you running on?

cactusvienna · February 23, 2024, 1:12pm

hmmm I am quite sure that I did what was written in the setup doc

windows11 with wsl
docker desktop
vs code

shall I try to delete all containers / images ?

what else could be missing …

petro · February 23, 2024, 1:21pm

You should be using wsl2 not wsl, though that will not be the cause of your problems. I use this development method, so I’mnot sure what you can be doing wrong

when pressing play on the debug tab, what launch are you using?

cactusvienna · February 23, 2024, 2:30pm

using the plain “Home Assistant” launch
and on WSL2

petro · February 23, 2024, 2:34pm

Then I’m not sure why it’s not working. It’s a very simple setup.

Did you follow the wsl section in the developement docs?

cactusvienna · February 23, 2024, 3:04pm

ohaaa …

i now just stopped and deleted all containers / images
restarted the vs code environment
and voila this time it fully built all instances
and the HA core is online and responding as expecting

again “… have you tried to turn it off and on again…” worked

thanx to all for your support