Migration from Docker-HA to HomeAssistantOS

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hey guys,

I searched this forum and couldn’t find an appropriate answer, so here I go:

Right now, I have HA installed in Docker and I want to move this installation to a system with HomeAssistantOS. Is there any “nice” way to achieve this without reconfiguring and installing everything again?

Thanks in advance

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I am about to make the same move and have not been able to find much information on the topic in this forum. How did it go for you? Do you have any advice for someone about to do the same thing?

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Start from scratch with a new installation, then install addons, configure them and copy your yaml etc… to the new server?

I have to do something similar and not sure whats the best option.

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Basically 2 options:

  • copy your data directory over (where configuration.yaml is), including all hidden files and directories.
  • take a backup in HA and restore in HA OS
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Sorry guys, for some reason I didn’t receive any notification that someone replied to my post.
I started from scratch because my config was bloated and I decided not to spread this any further. It just took me like 4 hours (pretty complex setup) and I was surprised how many workarounds I used to implement were useless because the developers made it much easier to configure the system.

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For those finding the thread: I believe the Docker version currently has the backup functionality. Restoring a backup on another system is rather painless, even on another OS.

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