home-assistant.io/source/_includes/common-tasks/configuration_check.md

Configuration check

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After changing configuration or automation files, check if the configuration is valid before restarting Home Assistant Core.

Running a configuration check from the UI

1. Go to {% my profile title="your user profile" %} and enable Advanced Mode.
2. Go to {% my server_controls title="Developer tools > YAML" %} and in the Configuration validation section, select the Check configuration button.
   • This is to make sure there are no syntax errors before restarting Home Assistant.
   • It checks for valid YAML and valid config structures.
3. If you need to do a more comprehensive configuration check, run the check from the CLI.

Running a configuration check from the CLI

Use the following command to check if the configuration is valid. The command line configuration check validates the YAML files and checks for valid config structures, as well as some other elements.

ha core check

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After changing configuration files, check if the configuration is valid before restarting Home Assistant Core.

If your container name is something other than homeassistant, change that part in the examples below.

Run the full check:

docker exec homeassistant python -m homeassistant --script check_config --config /config

Listing all loaded files:

docker exec homeassistant python -m homeassistant --script check_config --files

Viewing an integration’s configuration (light in this example):

docker exec homeassistant python -m homeassistant --script check_config --info light

Or all integrations’ configuration

docker exec homeassistant python -m homeassistant --script check_config --info all

You can get help from the command line using:

docker exec homeassistant python -m homeassistant --script check_config --help

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After changing configuration files, check if the configuration is valid before restarting Home Assistant Core.

1. Switch to the user that is running Home Assistant.

   sudo -u homeassistant -H -s
   

2. Activate the virtual environment that Home Assistant is running in.

   source /srv/homeassistant/bin/activate
   

3. Run the configuration check.

   Run the full check:

   hass --script check_config
   

   Listing all loaded files:

   hass --script check_config --files
   

   Viewing a integration’s configuration (light in this example):

   hass --script check_config --info light
   

   Or all integrations’ configuration

   hass --script check_config --info all
   

   You can get help from the command line using:

   hass --script check_config --help
   

4. When that is complete, restart the service for it to use the new files.

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