Shut down HA

Configuration
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From with in the HA dashboard, is there a way to shut down the HA server?

Sorry if off topic, but there seems to be no topic that covers this type of question.

Thanks

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I’m not sure what version you are on so I don’t know if it has been removed or just relocated but it used to be in the server controls section of the configuration menu. it is labeled “stop”.

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HI,

I found the page where is says we can stop or restart. But, there is only a restart button. No stop button.

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Do you mean from the actual Lovelace dashboard or just via the user interface generally? In the UI it’s Configuration → Add-ons, Backups & Supervisor → System → Shutdown Host.

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Yup just checked, that is still there.
You can speed up getting there by doing this:

  1. Click on the dashboard and press c
  2. type hass and hit enter
    Then just click on the system tab and then hit shutdown host
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Thanks to all you!

I was able to shut down.

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I it’s an old post but usefull, do you know how to add a button in overview page that shutdown host?
best regards

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There’s several ways you can do this on a button. One would be to use the hassio services to shut down, restart, etc. Another would be to write shell scripts and add command-line entities that you can link to a button.

Restart Via Script:

shutdown -r now

Shutdown Via Script

shutdown -h now

Built-In Methods:

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Thanks! Calling service HASSIO.HOST_SHUTDOWN from Developer tools was the only way I could find to shutdown my Host running 2022.6.x

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Settings → System → Hardware → 3 dots upper right → Shutdown Host.

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Boy, did they hide these buttons!

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“Boy, did they hide these buttons!”

Reminds me of Windows 8, where to shut down or log off either you had to try to access the almost inaccessible Charms bar (RIP), or regress back to Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up a menu. Or open a command line, or pull the plug of course.

With 40 years working professionally in the IT industry under my belt, I was only briefly a UI guy, back in the early 90s, Windows 286, Windows 3 and OS/2 Presentation Manager, well before UI was renamed “UX” instead, and when we had pretty solid UI design guides to follow.

Today’s UX design decisions, particularly the frequency of the changes and the associated deprecations and regressions (either by design or by accident) continue to remain a mystery to me: it’s almost as if UX designers want end users to have to hunt around in the hope you’ll stumble across some random new features.

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The “reason” they are buried is because the developers don’t trust the “target audience” to not screw up their installs by having advanced stuff easily accessible leading to increased support requests.

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Advanced stuff like “shut down”? Get a grip. It’s bad UI design.

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No reason to be mad at me. I’m just the messenger.

I put the word “reason” in quotes for a reason…I think it’s silly too.

It’s “Apple-izing” things because the devs don’t trust the very users that they are trying so hard to attract.

Sorry if you didn’t get that from the post.

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Yeh, that came out a bit harsh :slight_smile:

…but seriously, you shouldn’t have to search that hard for a shutdown/reboot option.

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Point at lovelace interface and then press c. Roll down and there you can restart or shutdown the HA at proper way.

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So, since I’m very new at this,
I was able to run Home Assistant on my Raspberry Pi.

The RPI shows a nice welcome screen, and I could start using my HA application.

→ 2 questions,
Can I still use my raspberry pi as a computer?
And if so: how do I get out of that login screen on my Raspberry Pi;
at the moment it shows me:

ha > _

but I have no clue how to go further.

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You might want to create a brand new thread. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

But to answer your question:

Can I still use my raspberry pi as a computer?

I wouldn’t recommend it. You can but even for an advanced linux user like myself, I am not touching the supervisor/OS.

And if so: how do I get out of that login screen on my Raspberry Pi

You can drop to a shell, but again, I wouldn’t recommend it.

To start configuring your Home Assistant, use your browser to go to the IP address it shows on the screen.

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I think it is the way arround: host shutdown