In this thread we can discuss running Homey Self-Hosted Server on Windows. Installation Learn how to Install Homey Self-Hosted Server on Windows . Known Limitations None at this moment.

Using VMWare 25H2 on Windows 11 and Network = Bridged mode worked out of the box for me. A couple of points to consider: Ensure that your PC Power plan is set to Never go to sleep or power off. If you are Remote Desktop-ing in to your PC, then don’t sign out becuase VMWare will shutdowm. VMWare …

I’ve installed SHS on a W11 PC. From an iPad I can access the SHS via the app, add device, run flows. I can not access the same SHS from an android device. Tried via an S24 and Tab S9. Also tried installing SHS on a different PC, now running W10… but same issue. Any ideas?

have you tried using a browser to get to Homey from the Android? I just recently installed Homey App (version 9.6.7) on a Tab A7, A9 and A56 (phone). Running Homey on a Win 11 PC in VMWare 25H2. Network set to Bridged. After installing the app on those devices, I logged into my Homey account and t…

Does anyone know how to make a backup in Homey SHS? I’m running it in Oracle VirtualBox. This is how it’s explained on How to install Homey Self-Hosted Server on Windows – Homey Support ; To create a backup, copy the files & folders in /root/.homey-shs inside the VM to a safe location. You might nee…

cd /root (= Change directory to /root) ls (= list contents)

Thanks! Where can I do that? I can’t find it.

Thank Peter, never thought of pressing return on the manager output window in the VM :slight_smile: Just to add some clarification for Ralph in case he is not linux person: Go to the VM screen where Homeymanager is outputting it’s log. Press return, then cd /root ls -a will show the files (-a to…

Got it, thanks! Now I have to find out about that Shared Folder or how I can copy the map to a USB Stick. UPDATE: I managed to make a shared folder. But it doesn’t show up on my network. I found I have to do something with Guest Additions, but I can’t install it from within VB.

Hi Gerrit, thanks for the tips. Tried with BT on and BT off. No change. Quickly tested SHS on a RaspBerry Pi 5 that was laying around. Now SHS works on all mobile devices. Given up on SHS on W11.

Strange, but now you have something running so can move on.

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It did work! Thank you so much!!!

I just posted a question on the Zigbee routing topic about ZigBee existing routers. If you could please help me on that one as well, I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

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