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Before kick-starting your new obsession, it is worth explaining a little bit about Home Assistant’s concepts…
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Instructions for how to install Home Assistant can be found here: www.homeassistant.io/installation. For a dedicated PC installation: https://bit.ly/lxf320pc. To install and run it from within a VM: https://bit.ly/lxf320vm.
The Home Assistant operating system ties a number of different things together: the T OS itself, Supervisor and Home Assistant. Supervisor provides an environment to manage the OS, provide updates and also run containers, which can interact with Home Assistant. Once familiar with the software, it is highly likely that it will become a permanent part of your network. Follow the guide below for a Pi install or see links to the left for PC and virtual machine installations.
Given this, it is a good idea to set a static IP address. This can be achieved by using the Supervisor options. On the left-hand side menu, go to Settings > System > Network. Use the choices here to change the relevant options. Once completed, wait a minute or so and then connect to the web interface once again, but this time using the new details.