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Home assistant is software for home automation- ie smart devices. This is a quick guide on how to install it on the Raspberry Pi 4.

Install the image from here:

https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/

I used the 32 bit version for the Raspberry Pi 4. Use BalenaEtcher to write the image to your SD card.

Wifi:

It is recommended to use Ethernet for your connection but if you can't, you can set up your wifi on your SD card prior to first boot.

Create the folder path CONFIG/network/ and create a file called my-network with the following contents

[connection]
id=my-network
uuid=72111c67-4a5d-4d5c-925e-f8ee26efb3c3
type=802-11-wireless

[802-11-wireless]
mode=infrastructure
ssid=MY_SSID
# Uncomment below if your SSID is not broadcasted
#hidden=true

[802-11-wireless-security]
auth-alg=open
key-mgmt=wpa-psk
psk=MY_WLAN_SECRET_KEY

[ipv4]
method=auto

[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
method=auto

more info here: https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/blob/dev/Documentation/network.md

If you really want to verify its connected, you can login as root and type ip addr show

Once you've connected to the network you can access the dashboard using the local name

http://homeassistant.local:8123

or the IP address which in my case was:

http://192.168.1.101:8123