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Move old settings from current Hassio installation

Move a current installation is not as straight forward that one might home for. This is some of the stuff i figured out that could be of help if youre doing the same thing.

Install backup from old HASSIO installation

  • Get a backup and download it
  • Login to your fresh copy of Hassio
  • IMPORTANT! Before restoring backup, add the custom add-on paths to stores. If you not do this, the restore wont restore custom add-ons
  • Make a restore of Hassio

New IP for your machine

If your new machine has a new ip address additional things need to be taken care of. I choose to keep my old installation and start fresh i.e. new ip. The upside doing a new setup is that you can keep your old until everything is up and running.

  • Do a "search in files" of all references of your old ip address and replace with new one.
  • Few add-ons needs to be reconfigured by remove/add them again. Like the samba share. Copy the settings json to a textfile and reapply them after reinstall
  • Deconz integration needs to be removed and readded (easiest path)
  • Check .storage folder and the config_entries. You will can find references to old ip there. Replace with your new one

Tip setting up your new machine

  • I converted all my separate docker-compose files to a single one. I also used the shared folder as destination when i configure my volumes in docker, i.e. /usr/share/hassio/share/docker/.... That way my docker container data is always backed up in a hassio snapshot.