Installation advice on Proxmox Host

Installation
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Hi all,
I’m new to Home Assistant and would like to try it out. Currently, I have a collection of scripts to control plugs, read out thermometers, a telegram bot etc. Stuff is spread over multiple devices like a Raspi and my home server running Proxmox. I would now like to clean up everything a bit and want to use Home Assistant on Proxmox for that.

I often use helper-scripts and found there are different ways to install Home Assistant. I’m wondering about potential benefits of one over the other. Typically, I would go with a LXC, but there is also the option of a full VM or a Docker install (IIUC, it’s an LXC with docker installed and HA as container running inside that, i.e. double virtualization). Why would that be a good option? And if it is beneficial for some reason, should I go for Proxmox->LXC->Docker or rather use the Docker install that exists in my OpenMediaVault VM anyways?

Thanks for your advice!

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There are huge differences and basically I can tell you that HAOS on Proxmox seems to be the “overall” easy way. (i went from a install of NUC-> HAOS to NUC-> Proxmox → NUC and its basically the same and works fine.
See the chart:

See also what is installed on the userbase what the majority has to get an idea what is more popular:

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Hi, I use the HA OS VM. Very satisfied with my setup.
See table of features on this page, indicating that HA OS support the most options.

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Thanks, such an overview was what I was looking for! That makes the decision easy :slight_smile: I guess, I’ll go for the full VM

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The good thing is: when having Proxmox just get another Skyconnect/Zigbeestick for testing and test the waters with Docker… :slight_smile: it is a pain in the butt, BUT if it works, it feels much smoother.