How to edit configuration.yaml via CLI?

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I upgraded HA to the latest 2021.7 release that had a breaking reverse proxy-related change. Now I can’t get into HA . I got myself into this mess by not enabling SSH or Samba, so I cant easily edit the config file to fix my reverse proxy settings. However, since this is in a VM, I can access HA via CLI and see the error log with the following rows:

“Error: A request from reverse proxy was received from 192.168.1.29, but your HTTP integration is not set-up for reverse proxies”

Since I have access to CLI, is there any way to edit the config file there? If I can’t edit it, is there a way to restore the default config.yaml file?

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Try changing to the config directory and running the nano text editor.

cd config
nano configuration.yaml
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Unfortunately, that does not work. it says command not found:

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It may be that Home Assistant CLI is pretty limiting, so not sure if I can do anything with that.

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Type login to get to a real shell.

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Sweet - that worked! Thanks!

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Ah nutz, I thought you were already at the command prompt and not still in the initial ha command.

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No worries, I think this is because I’m connecting directly via a virtual environment idk. Anyhow, got it to work, except had to use the vi command to edit the file because it said nano command was not found.

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vi is superior to nano in every way, anyway :slight_smile: .

(stops watching topic)

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I can’t access my configuration.yaml file on the raspberry pi . only get the ha > prompt
if I type login , it gives me the # prompt , but can’t navigate thru directories.
Any help appreciate it.

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I guess you have to study Bash commands (ls, cd, etc.) and the editor vi.

This could be a good start (don’t type the leading #):
# find . -name "configuration.yaml"

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TLDR
Use the vi basic nix editor via ssh or command line.

I got to this thread by trying to work out why I couldn’t edit the configuration.yml file when I was trying to play around and setup Spotify.

For me, I was running an instance in docker on Windows 10.

I couldn’t find a way to edit the configuration file via the interface, and couldn’t find any way to add a file or visual editor (maybe I missed something but I can’t find a way to add any file editor add-ons).
Eventually got ssh then tried:

> yum
/bin/sh: yum: not found

> apt install nano
/bin/sh: apt: not found

> vi ./configuration.yml
(editor starts, hooray)
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Hi there,

Looks like I have a similar issue. I only have access to the command line and need to delete some YAML line that I added. When I enter > vi ./configuration.yml I don’t see any lines to edit. Am I missing a step?

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Thank you. I’m really new at this!

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i have the same view, did you manage to solve it?

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This worked for me

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