I know this probably comes up a lot and I’ve done some reading but it’s a little overwhelming so I thought I’d just post to help me get my thoughts together. I want to set up HA primarily to start using it with Frigate and give me remote access to my cameras but I might as well double down and get everything on this. I like the idea of clever houses and I’m glad there’s a good option for doing it locally with decent FOSS solution.

So in my network I have a sort of DMZ network. This network has all those dodgy IoT devices on it and it’s basically an untrusted network with internet access. I then have my normal network with everything else on it, like my laptop, phones, home server, etc. I’m planning on installing HA in a Podman container (Docker) on my server but I’d like to have some remote access so I can check out my cameras, 3D printer, and maybe a few other things, I’d also like to be able to receive notifications. However I still want to be able to run it normally without too many complications so I’d like it internal to my trusted network.

I’m thinking about the possibility of running two containers, one on my trusted network and one on my DMZ. I could sync them up or give them access to the same storage areas maybe. Is this possible? ChatGPT suggested it so I’m not sure if it’s worth pursuing. If not what are my other options? I basically want all the positives of having it on the internet with none of the negatives, how hard can that be?

  • Oisteink@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Theres a subscription for this that works kinda like that.

    Otherwise a vpn into your hone network gives you access from your devices. Maybe your router already supports this, otherwise tailscale or zerotier and similar can be a good solution.

    I dont have issues exposing my ha to the internet through caddy, but i filter traffic based on country of origin (geoip2). Used to have separate auth in front but i removed that a few months ago

    Edit: not too much use of running two containers if you expose the same storage to both. Better option would be to have two reverse proxies, one for local and one for internet, both proxyinf the same ha instance. That way you can get ha on normal https port with certs.

    Imo you are pretty safe with a reverse proxy with an extra layer of security.