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layout: page
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title: "Getting Started"
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description: "Step by step guide to get started with Home Assistant."
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date: 2014-12-18 22:57
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sidebar: false
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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---
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<div class='install-instructions-container'>
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<input name='install-instructions' type='radio' id='normal-install' checked>
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<input name='install-instructions' type='radio' id='raspberry-install'>
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<input name='install-instructions' type='radio' id='docker-install'>
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<label class='menu-selector normal' for='normal-install'>Install on local machine</label>
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<label class='menu-selector raspberry' for='raspberry-install'>Install on a Raspberry Pi</label>
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<label class='menu-selector docker' for='docker-install'>Install using Docker</label>
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<h3>Installation</h3>
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<div class='install-instructions normal'>
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Installing and running Home Assistant on your local machine is easy. Make sure you have <a href='https://www.python.org/downloads/' target="_blank">Python 3.4</a> installed and execute the following code in a console:
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<p>
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```bash
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pip3 install homeassistant
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hass \-\-open-ui
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```
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</p>
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<p>Running these commands will:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Install Home Assistant</li>
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<li>Launch Home Assistant and serve web interface on <a href='http://localhost:8123' target="_blank">http://localhost:8123</a></li>
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</ol>
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</div> <!-- INSTALL-INSTRUCTIONS NORMAL -->
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<div class='install-instructions docker'>
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<p>Installation with Docker is straightforward. Adjust the following command so that <code>/path/to/your/config/</code> points at the folder where you want to store your config and run it:</p>
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```bash
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docker run -d \-\-name="home-assistant" -v /path/to/your/config:/config -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \-\-net=host balloob/home-assistant
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```
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<p>This will launch Home Assistant and serve its web interface from port 8123 on your Docker host.</p>
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<p class='note'>
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When using boot2docker on OS X you are unable to map the local time to your Docker container. Replace <code>-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro</code> with <code>-e "TZ=America/Los_Angeles"</code> (replacing America/Los_Angeles with <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones' target="_blank">your timezone</a>)
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</p>
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</div> <!-- INSTALL-INSTRUCTIONS DOCKER -->
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<div class='install-instructions raspberry'>
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<p>Home Assistant uses Python 3.4 which is not shipped with the current Raspbian distibution for the Raspberry Pi. Before installing Home Assistant, you will have to <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=113961#p779265" target="_blank">install Python 3.4</a>.
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Once that is complete, installing and running Home Assistant on your local machine is easy. Make sure you have <a href='https://www.python.org/downloads/' target="_blank">Python 3.4</a> installed and execute the following code in a console:
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<p>
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```bash
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pip3 install homeassistant
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hass \-\-open-ui
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```
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</p>
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<p>Running these commands will:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Install Home Assistant</li>
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<li>Launch Home Assistant and serve web interface on <a href='http://localhost:8123' target="_blank">http://localhost:8123</a></li>
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</ol>
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</div> <!-- INSTALL-INSTRUCTIONS RASPBERRY -->
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### {% linkable_title Troubleshooting %}
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If you run into any issues, please see [the troubleshooting page](/getting-started/troubleshooting.html). It contains solutions to many of the more commonly encountered issues.
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For additional help, in addition to this site, there are three sources:
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- [Gitter Chatroom](https://gitter.im/balloob/home-assistant) for general Home Assistant discussions and questions.
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- [Development Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/home-assistant-dev) for development related questions and discussing new features.
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- [GitHub Page](https://github.com/balloob/home-assistant) for issue reporting.
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### {% linkable_title What's next %}
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If you want to have Home Assistant start on boot, [autostart instructions](/getting-started/autostart.html) can be found here.
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To see what Home Assistant can do, launch demo mode:
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```bash
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hass \-\-demo-mode
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```
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To update Home Assistant to the latest release:
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```bash
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pip3 install \-\-upgrade homeassistant
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```
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###[Next step: Configuring Home Assistant »](/getting-started/configuration.html)
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