I’m going to install Home Assistant on Windows using VirtualBox. It may sound complicated, but it is not and I will show you everything step-by-step.

I decided to move my Home Assistant installation from raspberry to a desktop PC to test is it going to be faster and more stable. It doesn’t matter If you are getting started with a fresh Home Assistant installation or just like me you want to migrate to a more powerful machine. This guide is tailored for you!

I will use VirtualBox on Windows 10, but you can use Linux or MacOS as your VirtualBox host and all of the steps that you will see in this video will be pretty much the same.

So let’s go:

► TIME TABLE
00:00 Intro
00:57 Download VirtualBox install package
01:49 Configure and Install Home Assistant
02:49 Performing one of the most important task :)
04:27 Setting a static IP from Home Assistant
07:13 Using Home Assistant Snapshot for migration (Optional Step)
09:51 Auto Start VirtualBox and Home Assistant after Windows restart
10:52 Set your Windows Power…

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