SSH access should be reserved for emergency situations, such as to reboot HA remotely or edit a config file if you’ve made a syntax error and need to edit something to get Home Assistant to launch.Ī much better method of editing config files is by creating a Samba file share and accessing Home Assistant through Visual Studio Code editor, or by installing the Visual Studio Code add-in within Home Assistant so you can get the full power of VSCode in a browser. After all, for security purposes, SSH is disabled by default in Home Assistant. I don’t necessarily recommend editing your config files from SSH as there are much better ways of doing it. That’s all there is to it to access Home Assistant from an SSH client! If you don’t use Putty, or want a cleaner way to SSH into Home Assistant, there are some VSCode extensions for SSH (Remote-SSH being my favorite). Then, edit your configuration.yaml file by typing: This would be the same as if you clicked File Editor from within Home Assistant.

To start editing some of your files, such as configuration.yaml, use the following commands: Step 4: Navigate & Edit Configuration Files Now, you should be connected to HA via SSH! Login credentials: Root / the password you created in Terminal & SSH addon. The first time you connect to it, a box will popup asking if you trust the host. For the Host Name, type the hostname or IP of Home Assistant and enter 22 for the port. Launch the SSH tool of your choice (I’m using Putty). Step 3: Connect to Home Assistant via Putty Once installed and a password has been set, click the Info tab to start the addon. It will prompt you to restart your addon afterwards. Under Network, set the port to 22, and then click Save. If Terminal & SSH isn’t already installed, click the Add-on Store tab to install it.Įnter a password into the Password field and save. Next, go back to Home Assistant > Supervisor > Dashboard. Toggle Advanced Mode on if it isn’t already.

So, this tutorial I will walk you through the process.

While I’ve personally never had the need for this, there are some instances where remote SSH access may be needed. In this guide, I’ll show you how to access Home Assistant via SSH.

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