Hi,
I’ve been given a 2011 Mac Mini with 16GB RAM and after installing an M2 SSD, I get consistent idling power consumption of 16W, so have decided to try Home Assistant on it, since I can also do other stuff with it, which I can’t with my old RPI3.
I’ve installed the Home Assistant VM image, however, the instructions say to launch a web browser and navigate to HASSIO.local:8123.
Unfortunately, I can’t find how to launch a web browser and there’s no UI!
I’m comfortable using the terminal in Linux, but the same commands don’t seem to be available in the Home Assistant image.
Can someone help me to get a browser launched/installed and explain what’s going on with this please?
I have the same setup.
I checked my router to see what new entires showed up after it was up and running.
http://192.168.1.X:8123
I accessed this from my laptop. The Mac Mini is headless, so VNC is no fun for stuff like that.
Thanks for the reply.
I’ve tried using HASSIO.local:8123 and also using the IP address of the Mac Mini, as shown on my router, but no luck.
This is from my phone’s browser.
I also tried the IPs of some other nameless devices from the router, but get the same result.
Would the Mac Mini and the HA VM show different IPs? I presume so.
Do you know the default login and password for the VM or is there none?
Not sure what to do next.
I don’t really want to try a full reinstall just yet, but don’t know what options I have for troubleshooting!
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Do you know the default login and password for the VM or is there none?
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root with no password works for HA commands but in the web interface you should get the onboarding screen that asks for you to create a username and password.
What are your network card settings? NAT, Bridge, or Host?
I think the recommended setting in the VM was bridge.
It’s working now and I can log in via a browser.
I think the issue was as basic as they come.
I didn’t realise you had to root, THEN run the login command.
Schoolboy error!
Thanks for your help.
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Strange, I didn’t have to type any commands getting things going.
Glad it’s working for you.