How do I move Homekit data to a new install?

I’m also trying to move HomeKit devices / pairing data.


I setup my entire aqara home app with about 15 accessories, name of the rooms, etc.  All the while, I am runing ha core 2023.11.1  at the same time.    How can I move all that configuration work I did for the new install to my normal  homekit devices?  I hate the thought of needing to recreate everything.


If you like to retain your HomeKit pairing through a move to a new Home Assistant device or installation, besides copying the configurations files you need to copy the .storage/homekit.*file inside your configurations directory. Keep in mind though that the file is usually hidden by default, depending on your operating system.
Before you copy it, make sure to stop the old and new Home Assistant instances first entirely, otherwise it won’t work.


HomeKit  device pairing data  move to a new Home Assistant

How do I move Homekit data to a new install?
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-do-i-move-homekit-data-to-a-new-install/78594

How do I move Homekit devices data to a new home assistant core instance?
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-do-i-move-homekit-devices-data-to-a-new-home-assistant-core-instance/621624

To move it, you would need to do the following:

Stop the Old and new Home Assistant instance
Copy over all your config files from the previous server

Copy the old .homekit.state file into your config folder. You might need to replace the current one if you’ve already started the new HA instance at least once.

Start the new HA instance
Your accessories should work now

Note

Before you copy it, make sure to stop the old and new Home Assistant instances first entirely, otherwise it won’t work.


An empty paired clients part usually means that the file was copied while the new Home Assistant instance was already running. Make sure to fully stop it first.

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-do-i-move-homekit-data-to-a-new-install/78594/2?u=msly

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Hassos to new Hassos

Take a snapshot
Install hassio on the new machine
Restore the snapshot

Done.

Literally that simple.

I’m using https://github.com/sabeechen/hassio-google-drive-backup 3.9k to manage my snapshots, so I installed that to get the snapshot onto the new system as well.

source:https://community.home-assistant.io/t/migrate-ha-to-new-system/166737/2?u=msly

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move dashboard data
http://localhost:4999/boards/topic/14497/default-dashboard-changed/page/2

step 1: homekit_controller-entity-map


m1s

https://github.com/mslycn/Home-AssistantConfig20221103/commit/135a83b0070cb0fed18a4375fc84f22e157a3f98

add m1s with homekit controller

https://github.com/mslycn/Home-AssistantConfig20221103/commit/743e2309096e3c178f43385c0336c09015375528

First, do a full backup of your Home Assistant. If you screw something in the files, you will loose state.

Then, stop Home Assistant Core. If you’re running haos, you can do that by calling the homeassistant.stop service.