Automating your home with Home Assistant. Initial install and config (Hyper-V).

Posted on by Phil

Installation and initial set up

Download the Hyper-V image from https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/windows/

Load the appliance image into your virtual machine hypervisor.

Minimum recommended assignments:

  • 2 GB RAM
  • 32 GB Storage
  • 2vCPU
  1. Create a new virtual machine
  2. Select “Generation 2”
  3. Select “Connection -> “Your Virtual Switch that is bridged”
  4. Select “Use an existing virtual hard disk” and select the VHDX file from above

After creation go to “Settings” -> “Security” and deselect “Enable Secure Boot”.

Adding Home Assistant Community addons

profile > enable advanced

Settings > Addons > “Terminal & SSH”

Open terminal and run – wget -q -O – https://install.hacs.xyz | bash –

settings > Devices & Services > Add Integration > HACS

setup github account and add home assistant, should give a link (https://github.com/login/device)

Installing Sonoff LAN addon by AlexxIT

HACS > search > sonoff > Sonoff LAN (AlexxIT/SonoffLAN – Integration)

modify configuration.yaml

Open terminal and go in to /config and edit configuration.yaml. append the below to the bottum of the file and reload.

sonoff:
  username: eeWelink email address (user@domain.com)
  password: eeWelink password
  force_update: [temperature, power]
  scan_interval: '00:01:00'
  sensors: [temperature, humidity, power, current, voltage]

Once reloaded you should have now devices appear.