remote access

Cloudflare tunnels with authentication

4 minute read

I mentioned before that I was using Traefik, what I didn’t say is that I was also using Authentik for authentication. Sometimes as forward auth (providing au...

Traefik and a remote Home Assistant

2 minute read

I’ve been playing with Traefik lately, for remote access for various things in my Docker stack, and I decided to see if it was possible to also use it for Ho...

Accessing the inaccessible

4 minute read

Updated January 2022 to include details on Cloudflare’s tunnel service, and Oracle’s free VM offering.

Home Assistant, avoiding insecurity

4 minute read

So, you’re running Home Assistant, you’ve opened it up to the Internet, and you’re worried about security?  You’re not alone, so read on and see what you can...

Remote access via PiVPN

2 minute read

I’ve already talked about setting up remote access, and configuring SSL certificates for Home Assistant. What though if you’re not using cloud services, and ...

RFC1918

1 minute read

RFC 1918 defines a set of 3 IP ranges that are not routed across the Internet and can only be used on local networks. You will sometimes see these used on IS...

NGINX and Home Assistant

2 minute read

I’m going to assume that you’ve already got Let’s Encrypt or your chosen SSL provider configured, and that you’ve forwarded the port your using.

LetsEncrypt with Home Assistant

1 minute read

Many people want to have remote access to their Home Assistant system, whether for an API (eg Google Assistant), or simply to be able to check on their home ...