

I am restoring from a previous snapshot, so I’m going to choose Alternatively, you can restore from a previous snapshot. Once the “it may take 20 minutes to complete” screen goes away, you will see the New User Account screen like the screenshot below. The VMware VM should automatically detect it as well: Windows should detect it automatically and install all necessary drivers. While you are waiting, remove your USB dongle from your raspberry pi and plug it into your Windows 10 PC that has VM Workstation Player installed. The HA gui will state that it may take up to 20 minutes to complete, but in my experience it took less than 5. It’s not necessary to login if you can get your IP from your router.Īt this step, you should be able to navigate to in a web browser. Logging in will show you your IP address of your new HA virtual machine.

If everything is successful up until this point, you should see the Home Assistant login screen in a command window like below. I’m not entirely sure if this was necessary, but I did it anyway: Then, click Play Virtual machine or click the green triangle at the top of the window.ĭownload and install VMTools.

encoding line, add the following code and save the file. Navigate back to the C:\HomeAssistant folder. Memory and CPU can be specified to whatever you want (1gb of RAM and 1CPU is recommended), but the network adapter needs to be set to “bridged” mode. On the next screen, click Customize Hardware. Store it as a single file, and set your storage size. Give your VM a name (like homeassistant) and select the folder you created in Step 2.Ī message will pop up like below. For the version, you would use Other Linux 5.x and later kernel 64-bit. Select the free for non-commercial use option.Ĭlick I will install the operating system later. Search your computer for VMware Workstation 16 Player and open. Step 3: Launch VMware Workstation 16 Player
