COMPLETE GUIDE TO HOME ASSISTANT - 2023 Edition

In this video, Chris shows everything you need to know to setup a brand new Home Assistant hub using a Raspberry Pi or an Intel NUC. He covers installation, setup, Z-Wave and Zigbee integrations, add-ons, automations, scenes, and dashboards. Chapter timecodes are shown below.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Install on Raspberry Pi
06:15 Install on Intel NUC (generic x86-64)
07:35 Install using Ubuntu
13:58 Install using NVME to USB Adapter
16:37 Initial setup
19:20 Z-Wave setup
23:45 Zigbee setup
28:40 Automations
31:44 Scenes
34:42 Add-ons
38:35 DuckDNS
42:30 Samba backup
47:33 Remote access
50:42 Dashboards
55:32 What about Insteon?
58:17 Alexa Integration

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[CuriousB]

I’ve been a diy HA guy for >10 years. This is probably the best getting started video I’ve seen. Presenter has a terrific style to covering the material. Very well done!

[muhammedadammk]

I'm currently at 40 seconds, and I completely agree. I have already hit the like button.

[sarathsk-handle]

Wow!! This is exactly the video that needs to be shown right on top of the result by YouTube when people search for a home assistant. Thanks a ton!!!! EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

[MitchEllison]

Not many 1hr long instruction videos that I've sat through on YouTube, I often have to skip around till the presenter gets to the point!

You have a great balance of practical explanation, covering enough to get someone off to the races, but not going down and un-necessary rabbit holes! You showed the physical setup/connections of devices, and fast forwarded or skipped the boring parts! Excellent work.

[tushardas]

One of the most useful video I have ever come across for Home assistant. Actually its an honest effort by you - not like so called popular & young content creators who tries to advertise themselves more but doesn't add value. Thank you really.

[duppenthalerj]

I've been dipping my toes (more like up to my neck) into HA for a couple of weeks now, and it's a pretty steep learning curve. I've run across most of the stuff you covered in this video, but I'm struggling to put it together. Congratulations for laying it out in a meaningful way that is more easily understood. One of the things that blocked my progress was that I too soon got into sensors and ESP32 microcontrollers. I certainly want to get into that, and perhaps you could help with that (maybe you have already). Another area of interest is energy monitoring. I've watched your video on Emporia Vue 3 with great interest. Many thanks for you great work.

[rogerjenson]

I installed Home Assistant on an F210 thin client computer last night and found your video this morning. You hit it out of the park as a getting started video.

[cajinguy]

Great detail, the standard of all of Chris’s productions. Now, I need to bump up my home automation game.

[lisacollins]

Time flies by when you explain something! As always, a great video!

[thosharmon]

You can run both ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT at the same time. Comes in handy when you have a few devices that do not work in ZHA. You will, of course, need two Zigbee coordinators (dongles), but it does work...and quite well. Great job. Thanks for the well-explained processes.

[helixpyro]

This is all new to me, I bought a HA yellow and am trying to get all my stuff set up. Your video was very helpful. Thanks for going to the trouble of producing it.

[HomeAutoBuddy]

Handydad! Why are you my twin without me knowing nothing about it?

I was scrolling thru my feed with home assistant info and that was a brief moment when i just stopped, my jaw dropped and also caught a thought - "why do I appear in a video about home assistant" and "why do i don't know about that?", "Is this a joke?". Spooky but extremely accurate! Keep up the good work my new and improved "twin brother"

[Teko_Tekor]

I like your video! Thank you very much! It's help me to make a progress in my HA expierence!

[fqtigvf]

Thanks very much, great video! As a 71 year old newbie to HA this was very useful information provided at the right speed for me to absorb. Thanks from the Netherlands

[stephanenadeau]

Great Video to get you started! Was reading a lot of how to guides on the Home assistant web site but they skipped over what you need to do before that! Thanks

[mattakadanja]

Thanks for this. Nobody talks about how to setup HA after it’s installed. I’ve been searching for what to do next. This is the only explanation I’ve seen on setting up zigbee and zwave. You got a sub.

[tahaiftekhar]

This is the most awesome video for getting into Home Assistant. Thank you sir!

[SnowyPe]

I delayed and gave up many times installing HA for over 2 years due to the complexity of installing HA as the HA was changing so frequently. Eventually sat down and and looked at the latest videos not older than 3 months and I was successful.. Now a year latter Im so gl;ad to have moved my automation to HA as it automates so much more than a app off the specific brand. Google home is beyond useless to setup automation's and Alexa is a close 2nd. I also stared on a raspB however a celeron NUC is heaps better in performance. Great vid explaining for the newbies.

[obscureovertures]

I was looking for automation and ran into your video. Perfect tuts for a newbie like myself in smart home installation. Would love to know how to run the backup in the event I need to. If there’s a video for it, a link is extremely appreciated. Thanks again and immediate subscriber here! Cheers!!!

[RagnarMoller]

I think your guide was so good That I want to make a second set of commenté.
1. I see you have video's about NAS. Some users argue that the best place to install HA is on your NAS. Synology even supplies that to download and install. Could be a candidate for your intro guide.
2. The super geeks argue that HA should be installed in a container. The only one I would trust for a guide to do the HA installation as a container on a mini PC would be you.

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