Connect, start, stop and update
To connect to your Home Assistant web interface open a browser and put the following URL:
or, if your network supports avahi / zeroconf:
If you have enabled Duck DNS and SSL encryption the Home Assistant webui is accessible from the following URL:
The default credentials are:
username: admin
password: d-diot.com
username: admin
password: d-diot.com
Remember to change the default admin password! It can be done directly in the webui.
To restart Home Assistant, use this command:
pi@d-diot:~ $ sudo systemctl restart home-assistant@homeassistant
To stop Home Assistant, use this command:
pi@d-diot:~ $ sudo systemctl stop home-assistant@homeassistant
To start Home Assistant, use this command:
pi@d-diot:~ $ sudo systemctl start home-assistant@homeassistant
To check Home Assistant stauts, use this command:
pi@d-diot:~ $ sudo systemctl status home-assistant@homeassistant
To update Home Assistant run this commands:
pi@d-diot:~ $ sudo -u homeassistant -H -s homeassistant@d-diot:/home/pi $ source /srv/homeassistant/bin/activate (homeassistant) homeassistant@d-diot:/home/pi $ pip3 install --upgrade homeassistant
When instructions tell you to activate the virtual environment, the following commands will do this:
pi@d-diot:~ $ sudo -u homeassistant -H -s homeassistant@d-diot:/home/pi $ source /srv/homeassistant/bin/activate