Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video is a quick tutorial on how to run Home Assistant on Proxmox as a VM.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:40 Preparations
01:10 The official Home Assistant VM image
01:39 Preparing the VM image
03:14 Creating our VM
05:59 Importing the VM image
07:44 Boot settings
09:53 Closing thoughts

Home Assistant VM image: home-assistant.io/installation/alternative

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- WinSCP: winscp.net/eng/index.php

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