Invalid config: History, recorder, and logbook could not be set up

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I manually installed HA on raspbian and keep getting this. I already uninstalled and reinstalled homeassistant and python, but no change.

plz halp

EDIT: I installed pip3 install colorlog and changed permissions of /srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/ to 0770 and now it works. thanks!

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Please post you configuration.yaml file. Don’t forget to format with the </> button above.

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Here’s the content of my configuration.yaml:

  # Name of the location where Home Assistant is running
  name: Home
  # Location required to calculate the time the sun rises and sets
  latitude: 52.5416
  longitude: 13.3904
  # Impacts weather/sunrise data (altitude above sea level in meters)
  elevation: 0
  # metric for Metric, imperial for Imperial
  unit_system: metric
  # Pick yours from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
  time_zone: Europe/Berlin
  # Customization file
  customize: !include customize.yaml

# Show links to resources in log and frontend
introduction:

# Enables the frontend
frontend:

# Enables configuration UI
config:

http:
  # Secrets are defined in the file secrets.yaml
  # api_password: !secret http_password
  # Uncomment this if you are using SSL/TLS, running in Docker container, etc.
  # base_url: example.duckdns.org:8123

# Checks for available updates
# Note: This component will send some information about your system to
# the developers to assist with development of Home Assistant.
# For more information, please see:
# https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/10/25/explaining-the-updater/
updater:
  # Optional, allows Home Assistant developers to focus on popular components.
  # include_used_components: true

# Discover some devices automatically
discovery:

# Allows you to issue voice commands from the frontend in enabled browsers
conversation:

# Enables support for tracking state changes over time
history:

# View all events in a logbook
logbook:

# Enables a map showing the location of tracked devices
map:

# Track the sun
sun:

# Weather prediction
sensor:
  - platform: yr

# Text to speech
tts:
  - platform: google

# Cloud
cloud:

group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
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I’m pretty sure that without recorder: the other 2 won’t work :stuck_out_tongue:

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^^^ This. recorder: is required in the configuration if you also call logbook: or history:. Unlike some other components, recorder is not automatically loaded as a dependency.

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thanks guys, I added recorder: to the file, but unfortunately, the problem persists (also after rebooting).

this is what I get when I “Check Config” in the HA backend:

Configuration invalid.CHECK CONFIG
INFO:homeassistant.util.package:Attempting install of colorlog==3.0.1
ERROR:homeassistant.util.package:Unable to install package colorlog==3.0.1: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 360, in run
    prefix=options.prefix_path,
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 784, in install
    **kwargs
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 851, in install
    self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
    isolated=self.isolated,
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
    clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 316, in clobber
    ensure_dir(destdir)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
    os.makedirs(path)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/os.py", line 241, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/colorlog-3.0.1.dist-info'
Aborting script, could not install dependency colorlog==3.0.1
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And there is your issue. It failed to install a dependency. I’m not too familiar with installs that aren’t in a Docker container as that’s what I run, but you can try installing the dependency yourself that it lists in the error and see if it launches HA with your automations file then.

EDIT: I just noticed a permissions issue is called out in the error log. Unfortunately I will be of little help there as well but double check the user running HA has proper permissions to run python and access the automation file.

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I installed pip3 install colorlog and changed permissions of /srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/ to 0770 and now it works. thanks!

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From a security standpoint, just changing permissions on a folder for python packages in a production environment can be a bad thing… but 770 isn’t as bad as 777. glad it’s working for you now

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I am having the same issue. how can this be resolved for someone that isnt very comfortable getting into the os?