What is the difference between Hass.io & a docker install

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Install docker-compose
Then I use this docker-compose file:
https://github.com/lolouk44/homeassistant/blob/master/docker-compose.yml
Note I’m also using Grafana and InfluxDB. Just ignore these if you don’t want them. If you want them,this is a great guide:

Complete guide on setting up Grafana/InfluxDB with Home assistant using official Docker images

I know there are already a few tutorials on setting up InfluxDB and Grafana with Home Assistant, but they did not meet my requirements. Specifically, I did not want to use third-party images, which may not be maintained, and not use panel iframes to display the plots. Moreover, many of the tutorials still show the InfluxDB admin GUI, which is no longer available. So, here’s my version of how to get everything set up with the official images. Run the following command to start the InfluxDB con…

then to start HA I simply write: docker-compose up -d in the terminal from the folder docker-compose.yml is located
you may want to use something like portainer to manager your docker containers.
Check this post that has loads of good resources:

My Docker Stack

A lot of folks ask how to get started on a Docker stack and what to use to manage it all, so I figured I could share my docker-compose file for everyone to dig through and modify to your liking. There are plenty of writeups on how to get Docker running on your platform, but I recommend using the official documentation from the Docker website. I assume most of you might use Ubuntu, so here are the instructions for Ubuntu A few notes about it: On my docker host (Intel NUC, 8GB RAM, 256GB Sams…