Installing Home Assistant Supervised using Debian 12

aceindy · May 24, 2023, 9:33am

Copy the (hidden) .storage folder from the config folder.
FYI: this .storage folder holds all devices and entities.
You might also want to include the yaml files you want to keep (configuration, automation, groups, scenes, scripts, secrets)

Paste everything back into the new setup (using the Samba addon) and reboot

alain57 · May 30, 2023, 2:57pm

thanks a lot i’ll try that

and7ey · June 26, 2023, 9:38am

@kanga_who Debian 11 installation links are not valid not - the first link goes to Debian 12 image and the full image link returns 404 (the following text found also - Unofficial non-free images including firmware packages. UPDATE 10 Jun 2023: As of Debian 12 (Bookworm), firmware is included in the normal Debian installer images. USERS NO LONGER NEED TO LOOK FOR SPECIAL VERSIONS).

What should be used now?

Tamsy · June 26, 2023, 10:29am

As for now until HA Supervised fully supports Debian 12 (“Bookworm”) you can use the following links:

and7ey · June 26, 2023, 12:25pm

As for now until HA Supervised fully supports Debian 12 (“Bookworm”)

@Tamsy, can not get it working with Debian 12.
dpkg -i homeassistant-supervised.deb fails, no dependencies are found (systemd-journal-remote, systemd-resolved). When I try to resolve it with apt-get -f install, it fails at

1. [info] Restarting NetworkManager
2. [info] Set up systemd-journal-gatewayd socket file
3. [info] Enable systemd-journal-gatewayd

see the full log at pastebin.

Tamsy · June 26, 2023, 12:31pm

As mentioned HA Supervised does not yet support Debian 12. If you get HA up and running you will get an “Unsupported Installation”.

Either install Debian 11 (“Bullseye”) for now or wait for HA 2023.7.x which as rumor says will support Debian 12.

and7ey · June 26, 2023, 12:31pm

ah, thanks. I’ve read your message incorrectly initially.

paddy0174 · June 26, 2023, 12:40pm

Are you sure about that? I just checked (for an answer in another thread), and it says Debian 12 is supported for Supervised install…???

See here:

github.com

home-assistant/architecture/blob/b85484512dd8f27338c6ae2ff28e9a7cf78abb2f/adr/0014-home-assistant-supervised.md#supported-operating-system-system-dependencies-and-versions

# 0014. Installation method: Home Assistant Supervised

Date: 2020-06-03

## Status

Accepted

## Context

Define a supported installation method as per [ADR-0012](https://github.com/home-assistant/architecture/blob/master/adr/0012-define-supported-installation-method.md).

## Decision

This installation method provides the full Home Assistant experience on a regular operating system. This means, all components from the Home Assistant method are used, except for the Home Assistant Operating System. This system will run the Home Assistant Supervisor. The Supervisor is not just an application, it is a full appliance that manages the whole system. It will clean up, repair or reset settings to default if they no longer match expected values.

By not using the Home Assistant Operating System, the user is responsible for making sure that all required components are installed and maintained. Required components and their versions will change over time. Home Assistant Supervised is provided as-is as a foundation for community supported do-it-yourself solutions. We only accept bug reports for issues that have been reproduced on a freshly installed, fully updated Debian with no additional packages.

This method is considered advanced and should only be used if one is an expert in managing a Linux operating system, Docker and networking.

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Tamsy · June 26, 2023, 2:00pm

Arcording to this writing (19h ago): “[…] for now yes unsupported OS so unsupported system […]”

paddy0174 · June 26, 2023, 2:05pm

Strange, isn’t it? But in doubt I don’t believe the documentation, I’d rather go with someone who tried it…

Tamsy · June 26, 2023, 2:07pm

Exactly my thinking too

nickrout · June 26, 2023, 10:42pm

There is no update mechanism for updating the homeassistant supervised deb or the os agent deb. You need to make sure you have the latest when trying stuff.

odhiambo · June 29, 2023, 11:46am

I have installed vanilla Debian-12 ob RPi4 and installed HA Supervised.
Does anyone know how I can overclock the PI4B when it is running vanilla Debian?
I have tried adding the overclocking params in /etc/default/raspi-firmware-custom, but they do not seem to have any effect.

nickrout · June 30, 2023, 3:53am

Usually /boot/config.txt

DavidFW1960 · June 30, 2023, 8:12am

You can just install the new version over the top. I have done os-agent multiple times to make sure I was running latest and due to a new bunch of HA instigated incompatibilities I just reinstalled the requirements and ran the deb script file again just a few days ago.

nickrout · June 30, 2023, 8:55am

Yes of course, but my point is that it is not just a one-off set-and-forget.

Chtibzh · July 13, 2023, 5:11pm

Chicken and egg :
I have HAS installed on Debian 12 but ends up with “Unhealthy system - Not privileged”.
I can not install “Advanced SSH & Web Terminal” because : “AddonManager.install’ blocked from execution, system is not healthy - privileged”
Any clue ?

BebeMischa · July 13, 2023, 5:15pm

rerun supervised installer could help

DavidFW1960 · July 13, 2023, 10:05pm

You can also set it to ignore the health check

Tamsy · July 19, 2023, 12:38am

For those who just want to upgrade from Debian 11 (bullseye) to Debian 12 (bookworm) check out my upgrade guide here. The guide is also valid for x86_64-devices.