HA on Intel NUC - which way?

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@AdmiralRaccoon, This has been covered in a number of other similar threads recently. I will post the same info I have in other threads, plus some extra steps and info, hopefully it will help you.

This, in my experience, is the fastest and simplest way to deploy Hass.io on a NUC (or other PC, RPi, etc) running Ubuntu Desktop or Server as the OS in this case (or using Raspbian on an RPi3). I have used this method myself on a NUC, an RPi3 and recently an old Dell Optiplex 990. The method is repeatable and simply, it just works.

1.) Get ubuntu form Here. Use the torrent link - either 16.04 LTS, or 18.04 LTS. Server or desktop won’t really matter. I have recently changed to using Server 18.04.03 LTS myself.

2.) Make a bootable Ubuntu USB using Rufus. Available Here

3.) Install Ubuntu to the NUC using the bootable USB you have just made, once the install and setup is complete, update the OS via a terminal window with;

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

4.) If you have a current HA install on another machine, backup all your yaml files, lovelace config, etc to your PC, USB or HDD. A handy way to do that is using WinSCP, available Here. Connect to your current install and copy/paste all your config to a PC.

5.) Follow this guide , specifically from the line " To prepare your machine for the Hass.io installation, run the following commands:"

Copy each line of the below commands and paste them into a terminal window, and execute them one at a time.

sudo -i
apt-get install software-properties-common
add-apt-repository universe
apt-get update
apt-get install -y apparmor-utils apt-transport-https avahi-daemon ca-certificates curl dbus jq network-manager socat
curl -fsSL get.docker.com | sh

curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/home-assistant/hassio-installer/master/hassio_install.sh" | bash -s

6.) Copy your yaml files to the NUC, normally in the location /usr/share/hassio/homeassistant

7.) Install Portainer to manage your Docker containers for anything that you might want to run that isn’t available through Hass.io or HACS.

sudo docker run -d -p 9000:9000 --name portainer --restart always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer

I followed this myself just this week to do a fresh install on a Dell Optiplex SFF 990, and the entire process took me 19mins. I timed it just to see. This included making the bootable USB, Ubuntu install, updates, installing and having HA up and running. Very easy.

The time it takes will change depending on the speed of the CPU of the NUC/PC/RPi you use, but this should give you a good indication of just how fast and easy it is.

EDIT
Follow this guide

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