How to Install HomeAssistant on a PC (Easy!)

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A Micro-PC or unused Computer is a great choice for hosting your local Home Assistant server. In this video I explain why this Dell Optiplex 3050 beats out a Raspberry Pi 4, for a fraction of the cost and with much more performance, before walking you through the installation process, step-by-step! Follow along to repurpose that old machine gathering dust in the corner or to set-up your purpose bought Micro PC.
EDIT 10/5/23: It seems that balena etcher might be having some issues inside of Ubuntu. The Ubuntu step is intended to save time and money by not having to remove your drive and connect it to another PC. If you are able, and have the additional adapter, feel free to skip the ubuntu step and install HAOS straight to your SSD on the PC. If you do NOT have the adapter, continue with the Ubuntu installation. If you have issues with Balena Etcher, please try the built in Ubuntu Disk Imaging tool or download the Raspberry Pi Image tool. Both of which should allow you to choose the HAOS file and target your SSD for install. If you need help, please reach out to the support channel on the Chuck Builds Discord!
Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Why to choose a Micro-PC
02:56 Preparing BIOS Settings
04:37 Download Balena Etcher and Ubuntu Image
05:30 Creating the Bootable USB
06:17 Booting into Ubuntu OS
09:35 Flashing Home Assistant onto the PC
10:38 First Boot into Home Assistant OS
11:30 (Optional) Wifi Setup from Command Line
Link to Balena Etcher : etcher.balena.io/
Link to Ubuntu OS Image: ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Link to HomeAssistant installation section: www.home-assistant.io/install...
Commands to Setup Wifi via Command Line:
network info
network update wlan0 --ipv4-method auto --ipv6-method auto --wifi-auth wpa-psk --wifi-mode infrastructure --wifi-ssid WIFI-NAME --wifi-psk WIFI-PASSWORD
Replace WIFI-NAME and WIFI-PASSWORD with your network information, use quotes if there's spaces
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Amazon Link:
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@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

Hey Y'all! Thanks for checking my video out. Unfortunately, it is already a bit outdated. The portion about using Balena Etcher inside of Ubuntu no longer is feasible, and in this (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pMWbp5Sont-dopc.html) video I walk you through a quick alternative. (Spoiler, double click the .iso file!) Thanks and let me know if I can help! Check out my website or profile to join my discord, the best way to get in touch with me!

@roor20 3 ай бұрын

This is my 3rd attempt at installing the OS directly on the machine instead of on a VM and it's the 3rd time the video was outdated just before I got to the install so I end up back on a VM. I haven't really seen it before but I think it would be great. Instead of uploading a single 15 minute video, upload each step as it's own and set it up as a playlist. That way when one of the pieces inevitably is broken you can just fix the one step. Just a thought to save you some time down the road. I know it's tough and time consuming to make quality content. We appreciate it!

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

@@roor20 Hey, sorry you are having issues. What other part is outdated? Happy to help if I can. Maybe this needs to be included in my next version!

@myscho 3 ай бұрын

very useful, please pin this comment for future users

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

@@myscho thank you!

@GH-ic4ll 8 ай бұрын

I've seen a few other videos on initial HA setup, but yours is by far the best for lay individuals. Get explanations and clean instructions.

@scttgrimm 8 ай бұрын

Agreed, fantastically clean how to videos.

@JimKirkby 7 ай бұрын

By far the best walk through of installing HomeAssistant on to a PC. I had tried a couple of different methods but following this was the most simple and worked in minutes. Thank you!

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@BTLLGR 6 ай бұрын

agree , simple yet detailed.

@BalajiChandran1 8 ай бұрын

I have been searching for a video tutorial for installing Home, yours is the best.

@alkhashtee 4 ай бұрын

Man you are such a talented person I been looking for. I wish everyone can explain things the way you do it. Sure appreciate you..

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Let me know if I can help with anything!

@DeepakKalha 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Finally some clarity. Please do more on next steps in Home Assistant. Cheers.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

I've got a high level overview and some how to's on installing various functionality. More on the way!

@michaelallen1359 7 ай бұрын

F-ing A Man. I followed your directions step by step and it worked the first time. Thank you very much. You're a fantastic teacher for people like me who are as green as grass with Home Assistant. Thanks.

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear it! I was getting worried BalenaEtcher was going to force me to re-make this. Check out the rest of my channel if you need assistance or ideas within HA!

@FarrukhFiaz 8 ай бұрын

i watched many videos, and read the official documentation, but was not much clear about it. However, your one video made everything clear to me. Thanks

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@MarkGhali Ай бұрын

This is a really good concise well-explained video! Thank you for taking the time to create it

@the1ben 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I had my old PC sitting on my desk running a HA as a VM in Virtualbox on Windows 11 so I much prefer this method!

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Glad to help! You can likely restore from that backup if you don’t want to reconfigure everything

@bubaks2 10 ай бұрын

Just found the channel. I really wanna learn this stuff so thanks a-lot mann. Your videos are clear and easy to follow.

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Hoping to make this stuff easy for others to do. Let me know if there is anything I can help you with!

@billh6019 9 ай бұрын

Very clear looking forward to more

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Let me know if there is anything specific you want to see me cover!

@markshaz8691 5 ай бұрын

Thanks really good tutorial on how to do this.

@Lezcarr 6 ай бұрын

best walk through I have found well done and thank you for this much appreciated

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! It's slowly becoming outdated, I think I might have to make an updated version soon. Was there anything that was missing for you?

@Lezcarr 6 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds no worked a dream top man

@jeryz 8 ай бұрын

Man, literal lifesaver! I couldn't run balena etcher, had to install fuse, but found a solution for that too. Now HA is running nicely!

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Nice work! Let me know if I can help!

@jeryz 8 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds will do! I'm new to the whole smarthome thing, slowly seeing the infinite possibilities. For now I've added my energy consumption, and when my solar panels get placed I'll add that too. Now I'm in the process of adding the garden lights.

@ishmobile 5 ай бұрын

Awesome walkthrough!

@ChuckBuilds 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I hope it worked for you!

@victor2410 3 ай бұрын

lol I use proxmox so didn’t need this now but glad I watched cause I’m going to use this method when I need to flash bare metal. So smart, just boot into usb trial mode and flash directly to storage. Love it!

@BillOstrowski 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video. It worked perfectly for me.

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

Great! Check out the rest of my channel if you need some ideas on what to do next!

@louaymobaied2 10 ай бұрын

nice and clear instructions, thanks

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Hope everything went smoothly for you!

@ImTheShepard 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Chuck!

@justarandomdude52 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your work. Liked, subscribed and commented :)

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Let me know what else you want me to cover!

@bendunaway8296 2 ай бұрын

A great guide. Tansk for the verbose explanations.

@readyb1711 8 ай бұрын

PERFECT video! awesome :)

@JBugel. 10 ай бұрын

underrated channel

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Let me know if there is anything I can help you with!

@l0gic23 10 ай бұрын

Overused comment, often... Your use, 100% accurate. Thumbs up

@JBugel. 10 ай бұрын

@@l0gic23 ty :)

@MechTronMan 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Thanks

@jebbennett6270 8 ай бұрын

Thank so you much! I’ve been be on the fence for over two years about tackling the project of getting a raspberry pi and so happy I don’t have to now. I am HUGE into Halloween and Christmas animations. So getting home assistants was a must. This was perfect and so simple to follow. The only issue I can into was in the bios, I didn’t have usb click to run first. It took me a an hour or so of staring at it before I noticed🤦🏼‍♂️. Anyways thanks for the great video!

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

I bet you've seen him but @TheHookUp has lots of great stuff on that! Glad to have you here

@manabouthome 10 ай бұрын

Great presentation. Thank you.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Let me know if I can be of help!

@sarigaus 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree with @JimKirkby, best walk through I have come across to date...easy. Thanks

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad it worked!

@andreasyiassemis 9 ай бұрын

Very clean tutorial. Thanks! So, I have home assistant on a raspberry Pi4 with SD card. After I bought a Dell 3050, I followed exactly your steps and now I have a basic home assistant to my new hardware. Now the question... 🙂 How do I transfer my old set up which is fairly advanced with lots of add ons and settings and many many hours of configuration? I have the google backup in my current (old) set up.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

You can restore from that and it should all move over easily! Download that same google backup addon and choose restore or you can manually move the files and go to home assistant settings to restore your backup

@donn3389 8 ай бұрын

don't forget to disable the sleep mode in BIOS. Don't ask me how I know.

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Woah, was that an issue for you? This specific model? I don’t think mines gone to sleep despite sitting idle on my desk most of the week

@donn3389 8 ай бұрын

drove me a little crazy for a while. Guess the BIOS was config'd for an office or something like that. its a 9020m @@ChuckBuilds

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

@@donn3389 good call out!

@dickcox2250 6 ай бұрын

Mind blown. For a year, I was trying to figure out why mine kept going down in the middle of the night

@mchhazel 10 ай бұрын

Great Video!

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Let me know if I can help you with anything

@mycheallhamlet1603 3 ай бұрын

Chuck thank you so much for this video. You are the man! I have subscribed to your channel. I am a HA newbie and you took me farther than any other video I watched (and I watched and followed a bunch). I am now able to access my HA from another browser. Question: I plan on running HA on my bus conversion on a wireless network not attached to the internet. I realize that I will have to run the network set up command with my bus wireless (w/o internet) network information and connect to that different IP address. Any suggestions or things to watch out for?

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

Just be sure that your devices are all local! It’ll be apparent if it relies on an internet connection, because it won’t work.

@markusheitmann 5 ай бұрын

So im new to the smart home community, i have bought sonoff nspanel pro that i use as my hub.. it works if you want to have a simple solution.. I have had my setup for about 3 days and realised its to simple for me 😂 I was little scared of making a "HA" computer but this video made me want to try it. Do i feel i have wasted 150$? Not at all the nspanel pro can sync to "HA", im gonna have it as a desktop screen First time watching you and im in love 😊😉 You just earned a suppscriber, looking forward what comes next from you Happy new year and cheers from Sweden!

@ChuckBuilds 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I think that panel should work fine with some tinkering. community.home-assistant.io/t/nspanel-pro-configuring-as-a-dashboard/630716

@computerlabs 10 ай бұрын

good info!

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions!

@hafey80 5 ай бұрын

Good video

@Vedett7450 6 ай бұрын

thanks

@rogerkant3696 7 ай бұрын

Great Video, other videos have advised to install Ubuntu to the Nuc (mini PC) then use Balena Etcher to overwrite the system drive. This is in fact the recommendation for setting up an Intel Nuc on Homeassistant’s own site. This no longer works as Balena have locked out for Etcher to overwrite the system drive it resides on as apparently many people overwrote the system drive unintentionally this way. This means the method describes on the HA site no longer works and your method of loading Ubuntu from the USB flash drive is better. I ended up leaving Ubuntu on the PC and instead created a flash drive with HA on it and booted this, works as well. Likely I will add an SSD external drive and clone the flash drive onto this, same way I booted HA on my Pi. Last step is, if you have an existing Pi HA instance you need to create a back up, export it to you PC and then log into the Home Assistant as you demonstrated and select restore from backup to transfer the current HA setup to the new machine. Worked OK apart from the Skyconnect Zigbee and Thread USB I was using and had to rebuild the Zigbee stack using my old ConBee II.

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

I've had quite a few folks reach out saying they had issues with Balena. I am tempted to remake it without using Balena but am not sure how needed it is.

@eruisiwang 6 ай бұрын

You can also boot ubuntu from CD, then download generic image, install etcher and write the image directly to VM's HDD. It saves you a USB dongle.

@user-nh5ot5ou8b 10 ай бұрын

Good video, i follow it step by step and success creating HA in mini pc. Any tips for beginner to complete voice assistant (local) as tutorial for Home Assistant Official ?

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Hi, I hope to make a video covering that soon. This year, (2023), is the Year of the Voice for HomeAssistant and there has been tons of progress made each month. www.home-assistant.io/blog/2022/12/20/year-of-voice/

@DEUCES56 2 ай бұрын

Hey great video i saw you have an updated video for it i have not tried it yet because i wasn't sure what all i would need to do it. If i were to buy the PC in your video would there be anything else financially i would have to pay for like monthly cost for home assistant?

@ChuckBuilds 2 ай бұрын

You can pay for an optional service called Nabu Casa that supports HomeAssistant development and allows easy remote access but you can do your own free alternatives too. HomeAssistant doesn’t have any cost to use.

@Dr.AshishVerma 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great video. Will HA be able detect USB sky connect automatically or will that need special code to enable USB detection?

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

It'll recognize it! You just need to point your Zigbee2MQTT to that device

@adamprince3400 8 ай бұрын

Hi, great video which i am planning to use. My optiplex came with Windows pre installed. What happens to the existing operating system when HAOS is flashed to the SD? Is there any need and/or benefit of formatting the SD before flashing across HAOS?

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Old operating system will be over written / deleted. Write down the key before you do so! Never know when you’ll want the key. No benefit to formatting, it’ll be formatted when HAOS is written

@tempdemp1622 9 ай бұрын

Great Video.. any guidance on how to run Plex Server and HA Ubuntu on a mini PC ? I would like to have my media libraries for Plex on two USB drives of the Mini PC.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

The easiest way would probably be to run it as an addon inside home assistant OS

@StephenCanzano 6 ай бұрын

had soome trouble doing this but llikely me or my setup and wanted to share what I found.. I had a heck of a time using an HDMI cable to connect to the PC when using Try Ubuntu.. the screen would flash on each mouse event and basically made it impossible to configure wifi, download HAOS and balena etcher. I removed the HDMI cable and went old school and used a VGA cable and everything worked fine. This was on an sligthly old HP I3 computer I had laying around the house, so maybe this could be an issue with the Dell devices or maybe this was HP specific.

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

I'm glad you figured it out! That is a bit weird of an issue, hopefully just a quirk with that specific model! Let me know if you need help with anything else!

@philipnordeck9492 9 ай бұрын

Hi Chuck. Thanks for such an easy to follow tutorial. I was able to successfully follow your video. After the fact, I'm trying to locate add-ons within the add-on store. Nothing shows when I'm in store, nore can I search for anything. I've enabled Advanced Mode yet I'm still not seeing anything. I understand that there's one type of installation for which the store is not available; however, I thought this installation allows for that. Thanks in advance for your help.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

That’s a new one! Have you restarted the system since you installed? Checked for updates? I’ll look around for a solution but that’s the first I’ve heard of that. As long as you can see the add on store you’re on the right installation type (OS)

@philipnordeck9492 9 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds I had updated and restarted the system (at least, I've very sure I did both) but nothing occurred. Then, after taking a break and returning to my installation later (while also rebooting because I had to relocate my PC to a better spot), the store appeared! I was so excited about such a smooth installation process that I may have been too impatient. Again, thanks for the easy setup guide and then the quick response. I'll be looking for future videos.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Glad it worked itself out! Thanks for the kind words, let me know if there is anything you want to see me cover

@docolemnsx 9 ай бұрын

That is a crazy t-shirt!

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Haha, I didn’t know the stripes would have that effect on camera. Hope it wasn’t too distracting!

@SchoolforHackers 8 ай бұрын

Moire patterns.

@rmf1981 8 ай бұрын

Chuck - great video. However when I go to install HAOS on the machine with Balena (in Ubuntu) I'm getting an error "Attention - something went wrong. If it is a compressed image, please check that they archive is not corrupter. The elevated process died unexpectedly." Google hasn't been able to point me in the right direction here. The archive seems fine and downloads without incident - I get the same error trying to install from a local file as well as trying to Flash from URL. Any thoughts?

@rmf1981 8 ай бұрын

You can disregard. Not sure why this wouldn't work, but I ended up taking the SSD out of the machine and using a USB dock to do it and it worked fine.

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Sorry about the delay! You're the second person to say that. I am worried there might be something broken with Balena Etcher on Ubuntu. I'll see if I can duplicate it. If someone else has this same issue, try to use the built in Ubuntu Imaging tool or download the Raspberry Pi Imager. Any image writer will work. I'm glad @rmf1981 had a dock to skip the ubuntu step but if you don't, try another imager!

@genarosoria8894 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Is it possible to do everything on the Mini pc itself ? Meaning, the downloading of the two programs on the mini pc itself. Not sure why it has to be done on a separate machine as you did in this video Thanks

@ChuckBuilds 2 ай бұрын

It could be! If the machine you have has an OS to use to write the Ubuntu Image onto a USB Drive. My Mini-PC was cheaper because it didn't have an operating system.

@ChuckBuilds 2 ай бұрын

Rereading this, I think I missed the point of your question the first time. The reason we need to use the live usb is to overwrite the hard drive. If we tried to write HAOS to the drive from windows it would fail because it’s in use. By booting to a usb we can then turn around and format and install to the hard drive

@genarosoria 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your response, however the process scared me, plus’s I discovered the “home assistant green” and ordered one.

@mine0002 8 ай бұрын

Chuck is there a guide or utube for installing HA on the HP elitedesk 800 g2 I just bought?

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

It should be the same instructions as this video! if there's something not working, let me know!

@broadcast665 8 ай бұрын

Hello. Great video thanks for making it! Ive gotten as far as ubuntu on my pc but the actual Ubuntu doesnt run the balena and im not sure why. Ive also got a weird blue tint that i cant change lol. Any thoughts on why Balena Etcher doesnt "run" after being downloaded?

@broadcast665 8 ай бұрын

Also my ubuntu keeps logging me out and I don't know what my username and password is supposed to be?

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

This is all very strange! Balena might not run if its not the right version for your PC. You can probably skip it and try to use the Built In Ubuntu Image Writer. I think it is called Start up disk creator! If that doesn't work, try to download and use the Raspberry Pi Imager tool

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Default login is "Ubuntu" and the password should be blank

@ronzoot602 10 ай бұрын

nice video👍, maybe something for me because my raspberry broke. am just thinking that the dell uses a lot more power , is that correct ?

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

I just checked both my RPi4 with ssd vs this Dell Optiplex 3050 on a kill-a-watt. The RPI4 (with no Zigbee Adapter) was pulling about 5 watts at idle with HomeAssistant running. The Dell OptiPlex 3050 (with Zigbee Adapter) was pulling about 8.5 watts at idle with HomeAssistant Running. Minimal power difference ! I doubt you'd notice it on your power bill but your HomeAssistant would have a lot more processing power with the intel processor! Sorry to hear your Pi broke!

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Hi! I made a video answering this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZsqmgdeXzJyZfGQ.html

@ronzoot602 10 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds I live in the Netherlands and there the price is now € 0.41 per kWh, that's why I'm asking this. Thank you for your quick response and keep up the good work of your movie like this

@euzon 3 ай бұрын

HI. I have the same Dell optiplex PC that I no longer used, the same as yours, and I installed HA following your video. But I didn't have a wifi card inside then. Today I inserted an M.2 Bluetooth wifi card. Bluetooth is visible for HA but I don't know how to show wifi. Do I have to enter the same string with Terminal? I tried but it doesn't work. do I need to disconnect the ethernet cable? do I have to use a monitor to give the command inside the Dell optiplex without using my PC's browser? Or do I have to install everything from scratch again? Thank you

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

Overall, I think you should try to keep it plugged in with ethernet if possible. But, if you're set on using wifi, the first place I'd check is the BIOS to make sure it is enabled. I think there's a checkbox under "wireless" in the BIOS. Once that's confirmed, with your ethernet still attached I'd go to Homeassistant > Settings> System> Network and check if the interface is showing there. If it is, you should be able to select your Wifi Network from there.

@RiaanEloff Ай бұрын

This video is excellent!! Thank you! Yes, a small change with Balena, now, apparently, one can do it with Linux Disks and just restore the image.||That worked great too. One MAJOR issue with mine, though: Upone booting, I get the message: WARN Home Assistant CLI not starting! Jump into emergency console. No idea how to get out of or away from that. If anyone has a suggestion, it would be appreciated. The HA community says: "type LOGIN", which I do, over and over and over again - still no joy. Fresh install as this video instructs on an x86 laptop.

@ChuckBuilds Ай бұрын

Thanks, does that error persist after restarting? Might not be preferred but my easy answer would be to try to reinstall it and see if it works better the second time. If you still have an error you’ll need to dive into your logs to find out why

@RiaanEloff Ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds Hey there, it does persist, yes. Gonna try a restart. If no joy, will have to look at logs, as you say. :-) Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. Still, a very clear, very simple and straight-forward video. Great job!

@ChuckBuilds Ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Happy to help troubleshoot in discord if you want! Good luck!

@musasoyyo 8 ай бұрын

Hello, great tutorial, I was installing HAOS in an old pc I had laying around but when I try to flash the HAOS image (using BalenaEtcher) I get an error: "Something went wrong. If it is a compressed image, please check that the archive is not corrupted. The leveated process died unexpectedly". Do you know what this means?

@musasoyyo 8 ай бұрын

Never got it to work wo i opted to take out the drive mount it on my othe pc with an adapter I had laying around and flashed it there

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear this! I don't know what that means about the process dying unexpectedly. I'm glad to hear you had an adapter laying around to flash it there. If someone else comes across this comment: try the built in Ubuntu Imager!

@2502sss 3 ай бұрын

Did your optiplex come with an OS, assuming not since you installed Ubuntu but just checking. Am trying to buy on off eBay, have finalized one 7040 with intel core i5, 8GB RAM and 500GB HDD but it says no OS. Am thinking it’s fine since we install Ubuntu according to your tutorial.

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

Correct! The one I purchased also had no OS. I think its better that way because you save a few dollars. That looks like a great choice!

@ryangarcia1886 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial. I have a question and hope you can help. whenever I flash ubuntu on my 1TB flash drive I always get a failure message. So when I plug it into my Dell optiplex 5040 it's not seeing a bootable device. Just wanted to ask if you have experience this or is my flash drive to big for this?

@ryangarcia1886 8 ай бұрын

Update: 1TB flash drive is maybe to big to use. i used an 8gb flash drive and it worked. thank you!

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Glad you figured it out! My first guess would be it is too large for the BIOS or tool to see. Let me know if anything else comes up!

@missdee212 4 ай бұрын

I've been going back and forth on if I should use a PC or use raspberry pi. Or even if I will use raspberry pi to start and later upgrade to a nice PC to run everything that I want for my expanding smart home

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

Hi there, I have a video kind of explaining more but for me it would come down to cost. If you can find a cheap mini-PC on ebay or locally used, with an SSD, 4GB or more of RAM, and a

@missdee212 4 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds went to that video after this comment and watched

@runeonaquest9347 2 ай бұрын

Has there been changes? I downloaded Ubuntu but it was couldn’t boot up properly at the stage where it ask me to select try or install. When I click try my screen turns black. So I gave up and in Windows, used the etcher to install the HA img to the ssd directly and I booted it up on the laptop I am using as the server and it works. Am I missing something? Will there be problems in the future?

@ChuckBuilds 2 ай бұрын

That’s fine. I’ve got an updated video on my channel that covers that method

@user-be1ix3zh2d 8 ай бұрын

Hey Chuck. Nice vid - thanks! I got all the way to turning off the mini pc after a successful flash. When it turns back on I get: >>checking media presence…. >>media present….. >>start PCR over IPv6 And that’s it. It just stops. Feel sure a setting in bios is wrong but I’m not savvy enough to know what. After a minute or so another error flashes up (error 1962: non operating system found). But this disappears. Any help very much appreciated!

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Hey there, I think PCR was meant to be PXE? Let me know if not. That means the PC is looking for a network device to boot off of. I would suggest making sure your boot devices are correct with USB and Hard Drive selected as Options. If that still does not work, I'd reset the BIOS settings. If you need any more help or if that doesn't work, let me know! I can respond faster in Discord support channel too.

@user-be1ix3zh2d 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Chuck. I’ll try and find you on discord 👍

@jstreifel 6 ай бұрын

I am stuck... I am at the point where I am running Unbuntu, downloaded Etcher and HA. I opened permission of Ethcer and checked the box to run as executable. Close that window and then right click Etcher and select run, but nothing happens.

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

A few folks have said similar things. Not entirely sure why that is. First I’d check if you’re using the right kind of balena etcher for your cpu but otherwise you can use the raspberry pi imager, you -might- have the built in Ubuntu imager (called startup disk creator), or you can try just double clicking the iso. Let me know if you still have issues. I might need to remake this with an alternative option

@michelespagnuolo3335 7 ай бұрын

Hi, I wanted to know if I do the procedure with a Mac for a Windows mini PC, do I have to download Balena Etcher for Macs? Thanks in advance

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

Yep! They have a version for MacOS

@MontanaTom1965 4 ай бұрын

Great video, and suggestions! I'm following your guide, but how would I give this Dell computer running HA a static IP? Can you point me to a link for information on that or ?? I heard a static IP is better for Alexa integration w/ HA or am I confused? LOl! Thanks so much!

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

Alright, there are 2 ways to do this. The "more correct" way would be to go into your router settings and assign a static IP in the DHCP lease to the MAC address of the HA Host. This could be really easy or really hard depending on your router. The "still works, isn't wrong, but with one caveat" way is to go into your HA settings(gear Icon on the left bar on dashboard)>System>Network. Click IPV4 under "Configure Network interfaces" and change it to Static. You will then type the IP address desired there (with netmask - commonly /24 but depends on your network). The caveat to this is that your HA Host (Dell PC) is saying "I AM 192.168.X.X" to the network but if the IP you assign it is already taken - it'll just drop off the network. So I'd double check before you change it and be aware if your router ever assigns an IP to the same one your HA is asking for, it might drop off - it shouldn't if it has an active connection. In the real world, it's not a problem and will be totally fine but just double check before you save if you are changing the IP.

@MontanaTom1965 4 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds That is the quickest response I've ever gotten on a KZfaq question, thank you! I did watch vids on Reserving and IP and assigning one as well, and I see there are other ways to secure a remote connection into it, so I think I have a plan now! Thanks so much, your video was very helpful and well done!

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

@@MontanaTom1965 Happy to help! I've got loose plans to cover setting up a VPN. Tailscale is super easy and free. Wireguard is similar but requires slightly more setup. NabuCasa is great but costs money, however that money directly supports HomeAssistant Development, so if you enjoy HA, consider it!

@MontanaTom1965 3 ай бұрын

@ChuckBuilds Sorry to bug you, but at 8:28 you mention installing dependencies to run Etcher, to install HA on the SSD but that command is no longer there to copy unless it moved. So, I'm unable to install or run Etcher. Any ideas of where that is or if something changed since your video? Should I enter it manually or ?

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

@@MontanaTom1965 You can probably skip using etcher. try to double click the iso and see if the Ubuntu Disk tool pops up.

@tmazjr33 9 ай бұрын

great video, can you do a video on how to install on VM Virtual Box

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

I was thinking I might try to tackle a docker video next. I don’t think anyone should be running a virtual box vm long term for HA. Might make one if there’s enough interest

@LordCornwallis30 8 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds How about a proxmox install?

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

@@LordCornwallis30 I don’t have any proxmox machines. I feel like if you’re on something that advanced a VM should be easy to spin up. I use unraid and it was like 3 clicks. Maybe ill look into it

@JoshuaBrown-zw6se 2 ай бұрын

When I am "trying ubuntu" and using balena etcher to write home assistant to the hard drive it keeps freezing at 26%. Help?

@ChuckBuilds 2 ай бұрын

Checkout my pinned comment and don’t use balena inside Ubuntu. Just double click the image file and write it with the Ubuntu disk tool

@mikeallen6317 6 ай бұрын

I am unable to get "Get Home Assistant for x86-64 machine on the Home Assistant Documentation, Installation page. It offers to download Home Assistant Yellow or Rasberry Pi, but not HA for X86-64. Any suggestions?

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

Good catch! It looks like they've updated their documentation. Halfway down the page here in step 5: www.home-assistant.io/installation/generic-x86-64 Direct Link to Github Download: github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/download/11.2/haos_generic-x86-64-11.2.img.xz

@tgsparkyoriginal 3 ай бұрын

I was going so well too. I have the exact PC as yours but its a i5. After having issues getting Etcher to load I try to Flash it to the internal SSD and it can't see it. I don't have that HIDDEN message that you show. It only shows the USB drive. When I go the Drives in Ubunto is only show the USB and a 2.9GB Loop Device....I thought it was going to be easy...oh well...more Googleing....FIXED IS ChatGPT fixed it *In the BIOS settings, check if the SATA controller mode is set to AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). AHCI mode is necessary for proper detection of SSDs*

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

Good info!

@STMONDEO1 8 ай бұрын

Hi Please can you tell me why my Second Flash Drive keeps saying it needs format after i have loaded ubuntu software. Then it says cannot format Flash Drive as it is corrupt.

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Ubuntu is linux based. By changing the file system to be usable on Linux, Windows can't use it. If you cannot format the drive after you've use the ubuntu image, sometimes balenaetcher makes the drive hard to format in Windows. I have a video on my channel on how to fix it : kzfaq.infotKFBWBqSmh0

@ricobass0253 5 ай бұрын

How much power does the OptiPlex consume compared to a Raspberry Pi or the Home Assistant Green?

@ChuckBuilds 5 ай бұрын

About 4 watts - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZsqmgdeXzJyZfGQ.htmlsi=IcHqWkTXIRDgB6FI

@chrisvanoost3514 7 ай бұрын

Hi, I want to format the USB flash drive back in Windows after setting up Home Assistant to use it again in Windows, but I get error messages during formatting. Cannot access drive and unknown content. And thanks for de super nice video.

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, please check my channel there is another video under the "shorts" section on how to re-format it using diskpart on windows! Sorry about that! kzfaq.infotKFBWBqSmh0

@chrisvanoost3514 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, format successful@@ChuckBuilds

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

@@chrisvanoost3514 Great! Sorry I didn't include it in this video. Didn't notice till after it was uploaded that Balena had messed with 1 of my 2 flash drives used

@140donaldstewart 4 ай бұрын

This maybe a silly question , but I assume I dont need an operation system installed to run this. Like windows and run and install ubuntu correct?

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

You don't need an OS on your target host computer. You do need an OS on some device to make the boot disk for Ubuntu. Great way to save some cash if you're buying one used, opt for a version without an OS - it'll work fine.

@Niocowboy 3 ай бұрын

"I need some help finding the updated Ubuntu dependencies for Etcher. I'm looking to paste it in the next step, but I can't seem to find it on the website. I'm following your instructions step by step, but I'm super nervous as I've never done anything like this before in my life. Could you please guide me?"

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

You can just skip using etcher! Try to double click the iso file and see if it'll run. I need to make an update to this video to show that.

@anthonymaffei9259 9 ай бұрын

awesome video but I'm running into issues with Ubuntu opening the etcher. Even after I give it the permissions you called our for in the video.. does anyone have a work around?

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Have you tried the x86 and x64? If so and still no dice, try the built into Ubuntu imaging tool!

@broadcast665 8 ай бұрын

I'm having the same problems and no solutions yet.

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

@@broadcast665 Hey there, you can try the Raspberry Pi Imager or the built-in Ubuntu Imager

@raythompson2936 Ай бұрын

Are you saying that you need 2 computers to run Home Assistant? One computer with Home Assistant OS and the other computer to log into it? I've been trying to put Home Assistant on a Odroid N2+ but it doesn't seem to what to finish loading everything. Was hoping to have a security system with Home Assistant on the Odroid N2+ with all the cameras connected to a monitor. I really don't want my system to be connected to the internet but wifi cameras are ok for outside. Any ideas, thank you.

@ChuckBuilds Ай бұрын

I think the most common approach would be to run it “headless” with out a screen attached and that’s how I do it in this video. For your purpose, I’d look into maybe running it as a VM and then use a second VM to run a kiosk mode browser that would output to your screen. You’ll likely want a second computer to do the initial configurations and setup as it can be clunky on the HA app

@raythompson2936 Ай бұрын

Problem I'm running into is the Odroid N2+ has a ARM64 architecture and will not load VirtualBox as it runs on AMD64. I have not found a ARM64 VM software. If you know of any please let me know how I can do it. Thank you.

@StephenCanzano 6 ай бұрын

Simple question.. Do i need a pc with Wi-Fi if i can plug an Ethernet cable into the PC?

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

Nope! Ethernet is preferred! You are good to go

@robertvanderheide1467 5 ай бұрын

Is this the best way to install HA? I also read about Linux install or Proxmox. I don't know what I should pick. Can you give me advise?

@ChuckBuilds 5 ай бұрын

The "Best" depends on what your requirements are. I think HA OS on a PC (baremetal) as shown in this video is a great easy way for most people, especially those new to this sort of thing. If you are a power user and will install other things, Proxmox is a good way to do it too. If the words Docker, Hypervisor, or Virtual Machine are new to you - you can just follow this video. If you want to do Proxmox, I've got another video on that. No right or wrong answer and it's super easy to switch between them with a backup and restore if you change your mind!

@robertvanderheide1467 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the fast response. I installed my HA on windows via a VM. But because windows automatically updates once a month (or so) it stops my HA from running because I need to manually click somewhere. I installed the way in the video on my other pc and it works perfectly! I’m still curious why you would use proxmox because I think this way is the best way. I have a HP T620. Not for some users: you can’t find UEFI boot in the bios. If you disable legacy boot it works too!

@ChuckBuilds 5 ай бұрын

Proxmox would give you some extra settings and features around the VM. I don’t find windows VM’s to be very reliable. If you are hosting HAOS on some less powerful hardware it wouldn’t matter as much but if you had a beefy home server, proxmox would allow multiple VM’s and docker containers to share the system and help with backups for multiple things. I think most people should keep it simple and straight forward but proxmox is a great option if you need it

@bialy100k 9 ай бұрын

What can cause problem with executing Balena under x64 Ubuntu (live)? Of course I have marked sign by the "Allow executing files as programs". I have thin client from ASUS ( 2 Cores, 2 Threads @1.6 GHz, x64 cpu N3050). Is a not "live" Ubuntu version 22.04.3 restricted from executing programs? Screen is "pinkish" when Ubuntu is running (but normal when on Bios).

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Did you run the command for the dependencies? Have you tried the other balena version (x86 I believe) ?

@bialy100k 9 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuildsYes for both. No success. Maybe is caused by micro SD card (non protected) - not pure "USB memory stick", not sure. I will remove SSD and do the job on other desktop PC. Anyway, thanks for help, appreciate.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

@@bialy100k another viewer commented about needing to install fuse first. Maybe check that!

@bialy100k 9 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds Thanks Chuck. I just remove SSD and connect to desktop PC (have SATA wiring and power out, so was not too complicated). Flawless burn HAOS iso image, switch off and put into mentioned ASUS K20CE. Starts flawlessly, connected without problems from remote PC, create account. All is OK. But small notice for other viewers - I do NOT recommend (too much) this machine due extremely poor BIOS / UEFI configuration. There is a no visible option to "start after power down", so can be not easy use it with power outage. I just go use LFP home battery, so it will be not huge problem. Power consumption at DC is in range 8.8W, not bad. Thank you again, Chuck.

@vladbujoreanu 10 ай бұрын

I know nothing about HomeAssistant, but can't it run in a docker container? Seems like a bit of a waste to run it on the whole machine. Good tutorial for beginners nonetheless!

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Yes it can be run in docker! This is specifically targeting beginners and incorporating addons later. Docker is a great choice as well!

@hatzisn 10 ай бұрын

Another option is to take advantage of VirtualBox and run HASS operating system in a virtual machine taking advantage of all extra candies of the operating system but being able to run also other services in docker and of course under Ubuntu or Debian.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

@hatzisn that is an option but it isn’t recommended by HomeAssistant and I wouldn’t want my regular pc running 24/7 from a power consumption perspective. It’s definitely possible though!

@philippe4963 7 ай бұрын

Good video, I tried about everything installing it on a mele 3Q but it's impossible to get it installed. The installation always blocks at 32%. I have 112GB available for the installation. Or the etcher closes or ubuntu goes to the lockscreen. Any help is apreciated or experiences from other users with a mele device. Thanks

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. Can you try doing it with RUFUS or the Raspberry Pi Imager? Sounds like you might have an issue with Balena on that device

@philippe4963 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply. I finally got it working. With even an easier method. Booting up the PC in ubuntu with usb stick, downloading the image, in properties of the image allow to run as program, double click it and it opens a dialog to set the image back to a disk, selecting the disk and you're done. It doesn't even take 10 minutes in total. @@ChuckBuilds

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

@@philippe4963 woah, I'll need to check that! Might be updating this video!

@klaczkamatthew1346 7 ай бұрын

I see your I3 is 7 gen do you think a second or 3rd gen would make a difference

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

It would probably make some difference. Those are pretty old by now. I think it would probably still work but I wouldn’t buy a gen 2 or 3 just because you can find something a few years newer for probably the same price. If you have it laying around it should work fine

@darknessblades 8 ай бұрын

Do you need to do the last step for LAN as well?

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Nope just plug it in!

@tomaszmiekina801 4 ай бұрын

Hi, why needed HDMI for home assistant?

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

it's not, just convenient for troubleshooting

@mfkhometheater7742 9 ай бұрын

"... device has no carrier" Does that mean it needs a driver for the wifi? It had it before windows was replaced by the home assistant operating system.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Where does it say that? Can you join the discord and I’ll try to help you out

@mfkhometheater7742 9 ай бұрын

@ChuckBuilds I think that was when I was trying to make it work with wifi. Anyway, it's connected via Lan now and seems to be working fine. Next step will be to start connecting devices to it. Thanks for the response though, I'm sure I will have lots of stupid questions when I start connecting stuff to it.

@MigPerTech 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! But I have a question and it is the following: I managed to install Home Assistant on a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and I can't get the name of the network adapter How can I solve that? Thanks in advance

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

Seems like the Surface Pro 4 uses a combo WiFi network interface card by Marvell. If it didn’t come up then HomeAssistant might not have drivers for it. You’d need to try to install drivers for it if it exists. Otherwise you might have to plug it in or use a usb alternative

@MigPerTech 6 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking. Thanks for answering

@MigPerTech 6 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds Only the command line thing worked for me. But when I try to access HA it tells me that the page does not work. Do you have any solution?

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

@@MigPerTech Does it have an address showing in the Console? Don't forget the :8123 port. If you have any specific errors that would help

@MigPerTech 6 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds I was already able to solve it. Thank you!

@kevinpriester7478 21 күн бұрын

secure boot is not on my NUC. Is that a problem?

@ChuckBuilds 21 күн бұрын

Nope, we would disable it anyways!

@antonmevan 6 ай бұрын

Hi Should i install Windows first then go to BOIS ?

@ChuckBuilds 6 ай бұрын

Nope! No need to install Windows. You can get to BIOS without an Operating System installed

@guyaldrich5878 4 ай бұрын

Does Home Assistant offer anything that I can't do with a $3000 gaming computer using window 10 pro ?

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

A bit of an apples to oranges comparison. First, Home Assistant does exist outside of HomeAssistant OS, you can totally run it on that PC at the same time you are running Windows 10 Pro with a docker container or VM. But, Do you mind leaving that computer running 24/7 to manage things around your home? Do you worry about your power bill? Do you want to worry about processing power running your security cameras possibly interfere with a higher demand workload? I like that I've got separate devices for separate needs - I can game or do video editing without worrying about my facial recognition on my doorbell slowing something down, and then I turn off my pc before bed but leave my server running for a smaller amount of power while I'm asleep or away. It's also a lot easier to backup, sips power, and really not that expensive to host. Taking your question at face value, "What is Home Assistant offering more than a high-end PC running Windows 10 Pro?", specific to smart homes - it's so much. I can't imagine trying to source all the integrations, automations, and dashboards with independent Windows programs or scripts. Nonetheless getting them to work together. It's a great way to manage your smart devices in one place and bring in templates, blueprints, or integrations that someone else has already gotten figured out. I'd suggest trying it out on your PC currently with VirtualBox or Docker to get a taste for it but know that I've seen lots of folks have issues with VirtualBox (or Hyper-V) long term. If you decide it's right for you, I'd recommend a cheap separate PC to run the OS full-time.

@guyaldrich5878 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question ! I am currently running blue iris to monitor,record and control my 8 camera's would there be any advantage to installing HA and using Frigate instead ? Is Frigate as good or better than blue iris ? What is the attraction to HA ? I notice it comes up on my youtube feed a lot ! Is it better to run HA on Ubuntu or is HA it's own OS ? I have a few computers just doing nothing around here I could put that on one of them.@@ChuckBuilds

@ChuckBuilds 3 ай бұрын

@@guyaldrich5878 Wow I'm sorry I missed this comment! I haven't used Blue Iris myself, I've heard great things though. I'm currently working on a frigate video on how to install and setup so maybe you can try both and see which you like. If you've got multiple computers, give it a shot! You sound like a good candidate for Proxmox though. Run a separate VM for HAOS, one for Windows for Blue Iris, and whatever else you want. HAOS is simple for newcomers but the sky is the limit! I don't really use Ubuntu, Just don't see the benefit to running HA on Ubunutu vs by itself

@Pegaroo_ Ай бұрын

Although the pc is cheaper to purchase a Pi uses way less power so will be cheaper to run 24/7 so depends on how expensive energy is where you live what will be cheaper in long run

@ChuckBuilds Ай бұрын

I wouldn't say "way less" I have addressed this in several comments and even have a video on it - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZsqmgdeXzJyZfGQ.html , It's less than a $2 difference per year for me

@dannylongeville8712 4 ай бұрын

Hi all, I'm very new to Ubuntu and HAOS, and tried to follow these instructions step by step, but cannot get it operational. Trying to install on a Dell 3080 (mini form factor) and only operating system needed is Ubuntu (no virtual environment with windows needed). With balena etcher, issue in Ubuntu to complete the flash to the SSD drive (at 83% stuck). I understand there is already a different version of HAOS and Balena etcher, but I used the most recent ones... I also tried initially with different instruction to install via Ubuntu disk tool but no luck, as getting the famous error "Home Assistant CLI to be ready", for which multiple comments can be found on the web (but none helpful to me unfortunately). Is anyone able to assist further, or for you Chuck, to create a similar instruction video with the newest versions, and raise potential solutions to above mentioned issues ? If there is anything further for me to clarify, pls let me know, again, I'm very new into all of this. 😛

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

I am thinking about doing a refresh on this video. You just convinced me! Please join my discord on my channel and I'll try to help you! We will need more back and forth than the comments allows

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

Have you given this a try: github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/issues/2272#issuecomment-1600300443

@dannylongeville8712 4 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds Hi, after running the GPARTED function to format my SSD, I was able to follow your instructions, and everything is operational now. Grateful for your help. Rgds

@user-fz5cl1cz7k 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I followed the steps as you mentioned, I connected HA to my wifi network but unfortunately HA didn't detect all the devices as I have multiple wifi networks at home (main network + 2.4 + two wifi for the extender). What should I do to get all the devices on my HA? just connected ethernet few hours ago but still nothing.

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Add them manually by ip address if they’re on the same wifi network

@smartsynciot19 9 ай бұрын

How can I add HA instance(HA OS PC) to tailscale?

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

You should be able to download it from the add on store and just log in

@smartsynciot19 9 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds How? PC server is all HA OS on it. I can't even open browser to write home assistant ip. I'm using another computer and it's all ok. But to get remote access, I have to log in tailscale from HA instance ( Home Assistant Server Computer). I can't write ubuntu command. :(

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Yeah so you’ll need to log into the home assistant from another device in your browser. Then go to addons and add Tailscale from the add on store

@smartsynciot19 9 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds Without HA OS on server PC logging in, I can't get remote access from other pc. Could you make it tutorial video pls? Thanks.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

@@smartsynciot19 you’ll have to have access at least once. If you currently can’t access haos without Tailscale you won’t be able to install Tailscale remotely

@n2ocharged 8 ай бұрын

So I don't understand why you need to download Ubuntu and run that to install HA to a flash drive... I installed directly from Windows to an NVME drive and then installed it, it booted right into HA on the PC. Can you, or anyone else, explain that? Also, the Raspberry Pi installer (same thing as BalenaEtcher) has a gear icon that allows you to specify the SSID/passwd for WiFi.

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Hey there, the reason I download and install Ubuntu in order to install HomeAssistant is that I didn't remove the hard drive and don't require any additional hardware (adapters) or know how (installing NVME drive). This is targeted at folks that aren't very tech savvy, so I wanted everything to be easy and low cost. If you installed straight onto the NVME that is great, you don't need Ubuntu then. By using ubuntu, I can boot from a flash drive or Sd card (that most people already have) and install HA on any device from there.

@n2ocharged 8 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds ahhh, I got it now, I didn't put it together that you were installing to the already installed drive as I watched this, I thought you were installing the HAOS to a flash drive. Much appreciate you clearing that up. You are correct, this is a very easy way to install the HAOS onto a Micro PC. I've been looking for one on ebay as well but haven't been able to find one at a reasonable price. I've dealt with these machines quite a bit at work, which is why I wanted to get one for HA. Thanks.

@comp20B 9 ай бұрын

I had to install fuse on Ubuntu before running etcher.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

Interesting, I’m not super familiar with fuse. Do you know why you had to install that? I didn’t have to both times I ran Ubuntu on a flash drive while filming this

@comp20B 9 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds I'm not sure why. Today I simply downloaded the latest Ubuntu Desktop. Booted from USB. Downloaded the appimage. It failed to run so I tried from a command prompt and saw the fuse requirement.

@ChuckBuilds 9 ай бұрын

@@comp20B Did you install the dependencies first? I wonder if fuse was bundled in there. I'll look into it. Thank you!

@ankz360 8 ай бұрын

Isnt this overkill for home assistant? How would this compare to a intel n100 for just running home assistant, also considering running cost?

@ChuckBuilds 8 ай бұрын

It might be a bit over-powered for Home Assistant until you get video streams involved or object detection with something like Frigate or DoubleTake. It is half the cost of the cheapest N100 I could find. Some Optiplexs on Ebay are 1/3rd the cost of one of those machines. I clocked power draw in another video on my channel and calculated my cost to be about $7 a year with 24/7 uptime. It would be 10 years of use to break even on the N100 compared to the optiplex for me.

@gordonhill8164 10 ай бұрын

Maybe electricity is free in the US. Currently electricity is very expensive where I live. The Pi is very small and runs on 5 volts at 5.1 amps. That is why, living in the UK, I don't run always on systems on a PC. Nevertheless good luck with your channel. Solid advice if you don't mind the electricity costs.

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Hi Gordon, using a Kill-a-watt meter I’ve measured the power draw of both systems. The micro-PC only draws about 4 more watts. My power is $0.09/kWh which would cost me about $7 per year to run this PC 24/7. I’ve uploaded another video on my channel clocking the power usage. I hope you’ll consider recycling a device such as this for future projects!

@ernestgalvan9037 10 ай бұрын

Electricity is not free here in the US, but the extra cost of one of these MicroFormFactor (1L) PCs is about $3-$6 a YEAR.

@njpme 10 ай бұрын

How dramatic! Electricity is free nowhere it is provided as a utility 😂

@gordonhill8164 10 ай бұрын

@@njpme Ever heard of dramatic hyperbole? Of course you haven't. I wasn't suggesting that it really was free just that it is really expensive in the UK. I have no interest in what you pay in the US.

@mine0002 8 ай бұрын

get an small inverter, battery and solar panel ...free electricity

@alwia61 7 ай бұрын

What if there's no interface wifi, but my laptop actually have a wifi

@ChuckBuilds 7 ай бұрын

You might need to confirm that linux has drivers for your laptop's network interface card

@luisrobertogarridoramirez3912 4 ай бұрын

Este metodo no me funciono para pcs sin uefi..😢

@ChuckBuilds 4 ай бұрын

¿Puedes habilitar Uefi en tu BIOS? (google translated, sorry if wrong)

@luisrobertogarridoramirez3912 4 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds la bios no tiene uefi.. equipo antiguo... pero suficiente para correr HAOS..

@janetmorris6792 10 ай бұрын

Why can't I buy a ready made system in a box, too much phafing about that setting up is doing my head in

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

You can order one from www.home-assistant.io/yellow/ if you live in the correct area and if there is stock

@occamraiser Ай бұрын

I watched this because I am installing HA on a micro PC - BUT the 'cost advantage' claims at the start of the video are frankly completely biased, and not true. I am currently running Openhab on a Raspberry pi 3 which are quite powerful enough and available VERY cheaply on an 8gb SD card - which are basically free.... you can't even buy them anymore. I considered running HA on an RPi 4 - at about £50 - but decided to buy another micro PC because frankly I am impressed by their value for money but they are still nearly TWICE as expensive as a RPi4 at £120+ from Amazon or £90 from Ali Express. I will concede that an RPi4 power supply can cost a lot more than it should, at ~£12. But, please don't lie about the prices just to make a point.

@ChuckBuilds Ай бұрын

HomeAssistant chews through SD cards within a year if you're running more than a few devices. An RPI5 by itself is $80, without power supply, ssd, or case. Cana-kit has a starter kit at $170. I think $65 all in for more performance to handle multiple video streams, hundreds of devices, and host tons of addons isn't much of a stretch. I have the exact screenshot with the prices of items I bought at 0:36 so I'm not really sure why you are saying I am lying about prices. I love Raspberry Pi's and have many of them, I just don't think they are the best choice for HomeAssistant. Their usb 3.0 ports interfere with Zigbee dongles, they are underpowered, and for a long time they were completely unavailable. Can a Raspberry Pi run HomeAssistant? Yeah, of course. It's a great way to try it out with hardware you have laying around and see if it is something you want to use. If you have a bunch of cameras, zigbee devices, media server, file server, DNS and adblock, etc. all running at once - you might find there are times you want more power. I've killed several SD cards with HomeAssistant on a Pi4 - The $65 mini-pc from eBay with a 250gb ssd in a small form factor case, active cooling, and requiring zero assembly or part-sourcing - is a no-brainer in my book. I see mini-pc's all day long on eBay and Facebook Marketplace. Look for Enterprise Technology Recyclers too. I'll admit that living in DFW also helps my local selection a ton but I think you could find something online.

@tempdemp1622 10 ай бұрын

Good and Clear ... I am a bit confused. I saw another video "kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oq9mq9mYsa25e6M.html" where he avoids Unbutu and directly flashes HAOS . Your comments would be welcome.

@PandurangKamath 10 ай бұрын

In that video they used a M2 SATA to USB connector, so they can take the SSD out of the machine and write the HAOS image directly to it. Essentially that allows you to skip the Ubuntu live image step.

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

In that video, he used an adapter that allowed him to connect the SSD directly to a different PC to write HAOS onto the drive. In my method, no additional hardware (such as the M.2 SSD to USB adapter) is needed but this comes as the extra step of installing Ubuntu. I cover this a bit in my Raspberry Pi 4 installation video as "Option 2". I hope that is clear, if not let me know!

@tempdemp1622 10 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuilds Absolutely Clear . Thanks.

@l0gic23 10 ай бұрын

@@ChuckBuildsthanks, i had the same wonder, why Ubuntu in the mix. Now i know. Thanks

@ChuckBuilds 10 ай бұрын

Yep! I guess I need to make that clearer. Not sure if I can add a popup but I'll try. I'm trying to make this whole journey as cost effective as possible. I think people would be averse to handling NVME drives and adapters.@@l0gic23

@caper58 28 күн бұрын

I followed this guys instructions just to find the instructions are outdated. If it doesn't work take it down. I now have a new computer that doesn't work and HA is not running. What a waste of time! THIS VIDEO NEEDS TO BE REMOVED !!!!

@ChuckBuilds 28 күн бұрын

did you read my pinned comment about what has changed? I've made updated videos to incorporate the change but am leaving this one up because it is a minor step. check out the pinned comment or let me know what your problem is and I'll help.