03.04.2019 · I started exploring Home Assistant Hass.io on a Raspberry Pi. After several SD card crashes I decided to installed Hass.io as Virtual Machine (VM) on VMware ESXi. There is a VMDK version available (link) that can attached (this involves manual steps) but I prefer a clean installation. VMware ESXi is installed on my Shuttle SH370R6 plus home lab server (link).
25.11.2019 · Monitoring VMware ESXi in Home-Assistant with PowerShell. Post published: November 25, 2019; Even if Home-Assistant primarily is a home-automation platform, it can have many other use cases. One is to use Home-Assistant to monitor servers and other IT stuff in the house, it is nice to have all in one place.
23.04.2021 · Download the latest .VMDK image file: https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/latestSupport me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/omgthe...
16.06.2021 · Download the Vmware Workstation (.vmdk) image from here: Windows - Home Assistant. The file will be download as a file with a .xz extension which needs to be extracted. To extract it: Download 7zip. Right-click the hass_ova-5.12.vmdk.xz file you just downloaded > 7zip > Open Archive. Then, click Extract. It should extract to a .vmdk file.
15.01.2019 · There a multiple ways to install Home Assistant Hass.io on different platforms. The instructions for deploying Hass.io as Virtual Machine (VM) are not very clear when using VMware Workstation or VMware ESXi. In this blog post I highlight the steps needed to deploy Hass.io as VM using VMware Workstation 15 Pro. Here are the steps: Download the VMDK image of Hass.io
Home Assistant Core: Manual installation using Python virtual environment. The list below shows the installation method available based on the device and platform being used. If you are using the Home Assistant Blue, the Home Assistant Operating System is already installed.
Install Home Assistant Operating System Download the appropriate image. VirtualBox (.vdi). KVM (.qcow2). Vmware Workstation (.vmdk). Hyper-V (.vhdx). Follow this guide if you already are running a supported virtual machine hypervisor.
05.04.2021 · Prerequisites: This guide assumes you already have Home Assistant installed and running. For reference, I migrated from a raspberry pi 3B+ on an SSD and am using a Nortek GoControl zwave/zigbee dongle.. It’s important to note that VMware Workstation Player 16 will only run on Windows 10 PC, version 20H1 or higher.
28.11.2019 · One very handy thing I’ve found is the use of VMWare Snapshots, especially when upgrading or making big changes. I take these with the VM off. There is still setup within Home Assistant that should be done - most notably the Hostname under the “Hass.io” panel > …