Having Home Assistant running on Docker Hypervisor adds a layer of complexity to the installation. The install creates two separate docker containers: hassio_supervisor and homeassistant. They need to be managed through docker. In addition, there are three services created: hassio-supevisor, hassio-apparmor, and docker. This post contains useful commands for controlling the Home Assistant with Docker.

Docker command:

• List running containers:

    sudo docker ps

• Stop running container:

    sudo docker stop <container_name>

• Start/stop Docker service:

    sudo service docker start
    sudo service docker stop

• Location of configuration file:

    /usr/share/hassio/homeassistant

Hass.io command:

• Stop service:

    sudo systemctl stop hassio-supervisor.service
    sudo systemctl stop hassio-apparmor.service

• Disable service:

    sudo systemctl disable hassio-supervisor.service
    sudo systemctl disable hassio-apparmor.service

• If there is a need to re-install Hass.io, the following services and folders need to be removed before re-installation. Remove service:

    sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/hassio-supervisor.service
    sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/hassio-apparmor.service

• Remove Hass.io folders:

    sudo rm -rf /usr/sbin/hassio-supervisor
    sudo rm -rf /usr/sbin/hassio-apparmor