How to Install HomeAssistant on a PC (Easy!)

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.

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 : https://etcher.balena.io/
Link to Ubuntu OS Image: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Link to HomeAssistant installation section: https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/generic-x86-64

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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