How to start HA, won't restart

[jonesy]

Hi All,
I’m running 2021.1.5, and I can’t get HA to restart. I have a Pi with a few other services going. Is there a way to run a command to start HA without having to power cycle the device? It’s not in a docker.

[nickrout]

What OS are you using?

[jonesy]

I’m using Raspbian 10, “Buster”

[Burningstone]

@jonesy

It’s not in a docker.

Are you sure? Do you have supervisor in your install?

If you really run Home Assistant Core (in a python virtual environment), create a service for it so that it will be managed by systemd and then you can start/restart/stop it from the cmd line like every other systemd service. Or in the UI go to Configuration → Server Controls → Restart

[jonesy]

Yes, I followed the manual install procedure. There is no docker in my install. In hindsight, maybe I should have installed it in Docker. But currently, that’s not my problem. How do I fix my current problem?

[nickrout]

Autostart using systemd

Newer Linux distributions are trending towards using systemd for managing daemons. Typically, systems based on Fedora, ArchLinux, or Debian (8 or later) use systemd. This includes Ubuntu releases including and after 15.04, CentOS, and Red Hat. If you are unsure if your system is using systemd, you may check with the following command: ps -p 1 -o comm= If the preceding command returns the string systemd, continue with the instructions below. A service file is needed to control Home Assistant …

[Burningstone]

@jonesy

But currently, that’s not my problem. How do I fix my current problem?

I told you already, create a systemd service. To be honest if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you definitely should not be running Home Assistant Core (in a virtual environment) and rather choose one of the other install methods..

[nickrout]

The manual install procedure actually has specific instructions on a systemd startup script IIRC.

[jonesy]

@nickrout

IIRC

Thanks for the link. Based on Burningstone’s advice, I deleted my home assistant folder and then installed docker, and then installed HA in a container. Now, when I check docker to see what is running in containers, I see that HA is running, but I still can’t get the gui to load at the IP address:8123. My pihole service is running on the same machine with no issues. I’m brand new to docker, and it seems to be running correctly, and HA seems to be running in a container in docker. However, it won’t load. This is really strange. Can you point me to some more troubleshooting?

[petro]

Is there a reason why you aren’t installing the hassos version?

[jonesy]

No there isn’t. I don’t understand when to use the different options shown here: Home Assistant Installation Methods

I don’t want to have to reinstall the OS, and I want to keep my pihole server running on the same machine. Those are my 2 constraints.

[nickrout]

What command line did you use to run home assistant in docker?

[jonesy]

I believe I used the Container option from the link I posted since I didn’t need the OS. It’s been so long that I don’t remember though.