{"id":2952,"date":"2023-01-16T12:53:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:53:37","slug":"home-assistant-initial-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/home-assistant-initial-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Assistant Initial Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>So.. you&#8217;ve just installed Home Assistant and now you need to get everything setup?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Home Assistant initial setup is actually surprisingly straightforward and really is just the case of following the instructions presented on screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where it gets a bit more complicated is adding any devices which aren&#8217;t found automatically during the initial installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662e453e78b29\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 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href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/home-assistant-initial-setup\/#Set_your_username_and_password\" title=\"Set your username and password\">Set your username and password<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/home-assistant-initial-setup\/#Name_and_locate_your_home\" title=\"Name and locate your home\">Name and locate your home<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/home-assistant-initial-setup\/#Untick_all_these_pointless_things\" title=\"Untick all these pointless things\">Untick all these pointless things<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/home-assistant-initial-setup\/#Allow_Home_Assistant_to_integrate_all_the_devices_and_services_it_can_find\" title=\"Allow Home Assistant to integrate all the devices and services it can find\">Allow Home Assistant to integrate all the devices and services it can find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/home-assistant-initial-setup\/#Complete\" title=\"Complete!\">Complete!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/home-assistant-initial-setup\/#What_next\" title=\"What next?\">What next?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_setup_Home_Assistant\"><\/span>How to setup Home Assistant<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We assume you&#8217;ve gone through the initial installation process for your device of choice, be that a raspberry pi, a docker image or (like me) hass.io in ESXI as a virtual machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Navigate_to_your_install\"><\/span>Navigate to your install<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve got Home Assistant powered up and you&#8217;ve taken note of the IP address and port number, open up your favourite web browser and navigate to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My example below is;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>https:&#47;&#47;192.168.1.11:8123<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Set_your_username_and_password\"><\/span>Set your username and password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your IP address may be different, but you should be greeted with the following screen;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.jpg?resize=1024%2C799&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.jpg?resize=1024%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.jpg?resize=768%2C599&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.jpg?w=1195&amp;ssl=1 1195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose a Name, which will also self populate as your Username by default, although you can edit this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose a password, preferably one that doesn&#8217;t suck, I personally like having chrome generate something random, or use a tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/privacycanada.net\/strong-password-generator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Name_and_locate_your_home\"><\/span>Name and locate your home<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next you want to give your home a name;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2.jpg?resize=1024%2C956&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2.jpg?resize=1024%2C956&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2.jpg?resize=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2.jpg?resize=768%2C717&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2.jpg?w=1195&amp;ssl=1 1195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I decided to call my home, Home, how original<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And set your location. If you click the DETECT button you&#8217;ll likely get an address pinpointed that is nowhere near where you live!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can fine tune your address by clicking and dragging the pinpoint icon, or you can change this later in settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s actually useful to have your Home location set within Home Assistant as you can use this later to automate certain things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Untick_all_these_pointless_things\"><\/span>Untick all these pointless things<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Home Assistant is pretty sweet and is likely much more trustworthy than some other options, so you may decide you want to share all of this information to help the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I personally turn everything off (which is the default setting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3.jpg?resize=1024%2C956&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3.jpg?resize=1024%2C956&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3.jpg?resize=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3.jpg?resize=768%2C717&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3.jpg?w=1195&amp;ssl=1 1195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Allow_Home_Assistant_to_integrate_all_the_devices_and_services_it_can_find\"><\/span>Allow Home Assistant to integrate all the devices and services it can find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Home Assistant will pick up some (probably not all) of your smart home devices automatically, some you may have even forgotten about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oh wait, I&#8217;ve got some smart plugs laying around plugged in somewhere?<\/em>&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can turn these all off and on later, I just let it add everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.jpg?resize=1024%2C956&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.jpg?resize=1024%2C956&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.jpg?resize=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.jpg?resize=768%2C717&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.jpg?w=1195&amp;ssl=1 1195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Complete\"><\/span>Complete!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it, you&#8217;ve successfully setup Home Assistant!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have seen YouTube videos, reddit posts or other blogs discussing about how Home Assistant is complicated, but you&#8217;ve just set it up in about 1 minute!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there is a little bit more to it than that..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/5.jpg?resize=1024%2C956&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/5.jpg?resize=1024%2C956&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/5.jpg?resize=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/5.jpg?resize=768%2C717&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/5.jpg?w=1195&amp;ssl=1 1195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Underwhelmed somewhat?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_next\"><\/span>What next?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see the basic Home Assistant Initial Setup really isn&#8217;t complicated, however as you can see from the above screenshot it doesn&#8217;t really do much &#8220;out of the box&#8221; and requires some additional setup to really get the most out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily we&#8217;ve got you covered, so let&#8217;s jump to some of the most popular things you&#8217;ll want to do next;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/assign-a-static-ip-to-home-assistant\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2703\">Setup Home Assistant with a static IP address<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/how-to-add-dynamic-dns-to-home-assistant-for-external-access\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2696\">Setup Home Assistant with DuckDNS for remote access<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setup Home Assistant with Phillips Hue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setup Home Assistant with HomeKit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Home Assistant Initial Setup\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/home-assistant-initial-setup\/#more-2952\" aria-label=\"More on Home Assistant Initial Setup\">Read Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Home-Assistant-Initial-Setup.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2959,"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions\/2959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapidlydigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}