Install SSH
Overview
SSH allows you to acces the command line interface of your Home Assistant installation.
Steps
- From your Home Assistant dashboard click on "Supervisor" -> "Add-on Store" -> search "ssh" -> click on "SSH & Web Terminal" -> click "Install" -> click on "Configuration" tab
- Type in a username and password in the config file
- Change "zsh" to "true"
- Click "Save"
- Under the "Network" section type "22" for host and click "Save"
- Go back to the "Info" tab and toggle on the "Start on Boot" and "Show in Sidebar" buttons
- Click "start"
- Click over to the "Log" tab and if all goes well you have know enabled SSH access to your server and now have a browser based GUI for the command prompt in Home Assistant
Further Reading
Troubleshooting
If the add-on does not stay in the "start" psotion then check the logs and troubleshoot why the SSH add-on cannot start.
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