What is Home Assistant Operating System [HAOS]?
[Home Assistant Operating System is a] minimal Operating System optimized to power Home Assistant. It comes with Supervisor to manage Home Assistant Core and Add-on. -https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/
- Open a web browser and download the Home Assistant Operating System .vdi Download
- Extract the downloaded .zip file
- Launch VirtualBox
- Create a New VM by selecting Machine > New
Name: HAOS
Machine Folder: C:\VMs
Type: Linux
Version: Other Linux (64-bit)
Memory Size: 2048 MB
Hard disk: Use an existing virtual hard disk now - Click the folder icon > Browse to and select the extracted HAOS .vdi file
- Click Create
- Select the VM and Click Settings
- Select System
- Check the Enable EFI checkbox
- On the Processor tab, give the VM at least 2 processors
- Select Display
- Slide the Video Memory to 128 MB
- Select Network
- Set the attached to dropdown to Bridged Adapter
- Select Audio
- Set the Audio Controller dropdown to Intel HD Audio
- Click OK
- Make sure the HAOS VM is selected and click Start > Normal
- Welcome to Home Assistant Operating System
- Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8123
- Enter a Name, Username and Password to create a Home Assistant user account > Click Create Account
- Enter a Name for this Home Assistant installation (ie Home)
- Click Detect to set the installation geolocation
- Verify the Unit System and Currency > Click Next
- Select any anonymous data to share with the Home Assistant development team > Click Next
- Click Finish