Install Home Assistant on a NUC?

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peejayw

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#288513 5-Jul-2021 16:55

I have a Intel Nuc that I want to install Home Assistant on using this method. I have tried installing Ubuntu on a USB stick but it runs very slowly and frequently hangs. Is there a better way I can get HA onto the NUC? I dont need to use it for anything else, just want a clean and simple HA install. I am not a Linux user, can just copy and paste to get by :-)

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mattenz

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#2739251 5-Jul-2021 16:57

That is probably the best way.

I have it running in a container, and it's a pain in the arse often.

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#2739253 5-Jul-2021 17:01

Around 2/3 of Home Assistant installations use Home Assistant Operating System. The NUC example you've linked is one of the examples they use for this so very well supported.

Installation - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)

If you're not a Linux User Home Assistant OS is absolutely designed for you, and would be my recommendation.

(Stats from here: Home Assistant Analytics (home-assistant.io))

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#2739269 5-Jul-2021 17:44

Paging @xbmcnut. I took the easy way out and bought a NUC pre-set up from him.

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#2739277 5-Jul-2021 18:11

peejayw:

I have a Intel Nuc that I want to install Home Assistant on using this method. I have tried installing Ubuntu on a USB stick but it runs very slowly and frequently hangs. Is there a better way I can get HA onto the NUC? I dont need to use it for anything else, just want a clean and simple HA install. I am not a Linux user, can just copy and paste to get by :-)

Follow my guide here and install the HASS OS directly to your drive using Ubuntu. Runs a dream on Intel NUC.

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#2739291 5-Jul-2021 19:09

I run it in a docker container in linux and its been trouble free. I got sick of the hassles of updating HA manually and having to fix problems, but I was probably going about it the wrong way...

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#2739307 5-Jul-2021 20:27

Just saw it's also supported on the ODroid N2+ and available as a pre-configured appliance based on that, that might also be an option if you just want a turnkey solution, the N2 is a good-quality embedded device, fanless and robust.

In terms of "if you're not a Linux user", isn't HA OS just Linux with HA running on it?

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#2739313 5-Jul-2021 20:46

neb: Just saw it's also supported on the ODroid N2+ and available as a pre-configured appliance based on that, that might also be an option if you just want a turnkey solution, the N2 is a good-quality embedded device, fanless and robust.

In terms of "if you're not a Linux user", isn't HA OS just Linux with HA running on it?

Yes, but it manages commonly used Dockers for you, so you're less likely to encounter the guts of it.

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#2740374 7-Jul-2021 09:43

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. As I am a real novice at Linux I decided to do the following...............

Boot the Nuc from a linux live usb stick.

Install Balena Etcher

Use Balena Etcher to install HA image from another usb stick onto the drive of the NUC.

This proceeded until about the 23% mark at which stage the nuc froze. After rebooting to linux again I now have the following (Hoodisk is the ssd of the NUC)

File System, Hoodisk SSD268MB volume, Hoodisk SSD hasos data, HoodiskSSD hasos kernal, Hoodisk SSD hasos overlay.

Needless to say, it wont boot from this drive. When I was setting up Etcher the ssd was hidden and Etcher asked if I really wanted to write to the system disk.

How can I start afresh with a clean formated ssd that will let Etcher install the HAOS to it?

Many thanks again.

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peejayw

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#2740688 7-Jul-2021 16:35

Finally got it working.

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mattenz

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#2740693 7-Jul-2021 16:52

How's your app going? :P

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#2740745 7-Jul-2021 17:06

peejayw:
Finally got it working.

What's bigger? The sense of satisfaction from persevering and getting it done, or the sense of frustration at how much persevering was required to get it done? 😀

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#2740747 7-Jul-2021 17:20

At this stage I am just beating myself up for not following the directions properly :-(

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#2750938 27-Jul-2021 21:51

Heh - you're telling me re: following directions.

I tried for a whole evening to get an Arlec Grid Connect smart socket to connect to my Home Assistant setup via Tasmota and MQTT. Even went so far as reinstalling hass (running on a Pi3).

Turned out I hadn't updated the Tasmota OS from 'lite' to regular on the socket, having used tuya-convert to opensource it. Sigh.