If I try https://ip then it takes me to HA but complains that the cert does ot match because the SSL cert is for a duckdns name I setup. HI Tom, what else would need to be done if using NGINX? Adding DuckDNS add-on in Home Assistant. Groove200 1 yr. ago I know this is old.but THIS just saved me from giving up. We started Home Assistant and have acquired ESPHome. External: Nabu Casa remote URL, Set the tts base URL to your Nabu Casa remote URL, preferably using !secret. So now I have external access without port forwarding, a smooth sounding Irish lass to do my TTS announcements and I am supporting Home Assistant development. Home Assistant Ingress in Firefox causing 401: Unauthorized Unable to reach the Home Assistant Cloud Error fetching the cognito keyset I have this issue too. Confirm the callback URL is correct. Copy the new cloud url to your mobile phone and enter it in OwnTracks. My external address is the same as my internal (not sure why or how it works) When I click Home Assistant Cloud is shows my Nabu Casa URL. URL It contains for which hostname an incoming request is destined, and we forward it to the matching local instance. WebThe first step in troubleshooting is to take a look at the logs. TTS. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Hacky ways to fire automations from an external network (no Nabu Casa, external url) I have a Lutron Caseta switch (that's not actually wired to anything - don't ask) that I can turn on / off via the Lutron app from anywhere. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Groove200 1 yr. ago I know this is old.but THIS just saved me from giving up. Home Assistant takes way more URLs into consideration. I've used the email node in node red in the past. I think we need a little more info. Im thinking of migrating from DuckDNS to Nabu Casa. The withings site directs you to the domain in question but no HA is hosted there. cogneato (Cogneato) January 8, 2021, 7:31pm #17 You should use your URL, actually. The missing cloud piece for Home Assistant, by the founder of Home Assistant. You can find them in the sidebar by navigating to Settings > System > Logs in the UI. As a user, the only configuration step that you need is to enable it from the cloud configuration panel. However if I turn WiFi off on my phone it wont connect externally, the wheel spins and then the app crashes. I have tried deleting the app cache and data, uninstalling and reinstalling but that didnt work either, in fact very often the app fails to start properly. But what exaxtly is the benefit of your solution?! I assume for Nabu Casa there is some kind of support as it is a paid service but I wonder if it is something simple because I doubt if it is usually this difficult to set up. Im really impressed with the Nabu Casa service, but I cant figure out how to get my Home Assistant iOS app to use the Nabu Casa-generated URL as the external URL. What do I have wrong? Home Assistant SDM Nest Integration Go to the configuration tab of DuckDNS add-on and: We successfully crowdfunded Home Assistant Yellow, the easiest way to However, it is possible to spot them: Home Assistant instances known to have security issues to connect to the Cloud are blocked from using the remote UI feature. In order to pass the right one, Home Assistant needs to It does seem that something somewhere is getting its knickers in a twist and that Mike has a point in that logging in through the various ways in a certain order seems to clear the blockage. Ive read countless posts on this but none pointing me to what Im Hard to tell based on your network setup what I can tell you is plenty of folks have the exact same setup you do in the app with a nabu casa URL and using the wifi connection part to connect locally. Home AssistantHome Assistant SDM Nest Integration WebThe URL that Home Assistant is available on from the internet. Fully encrypted. Note that this setting may only contain a protocol, hostname and port; using a path is not supported. If I have it as in the following picture it works fine on my home network. Adding DuckDNS add-on in Home Assistant. Url Available: Make it easier to Lets Encrypt takes part of the experimental internet security standard. You can solve this by using a free Dynamic DNS service like DuckDNS. So I guess thats what I use for the Chromecast Audio then. The withings site directs you to the domain in question but no HA is hosted there. Under the hood, your local Home Assistant instance is connected to one of our custom built UI proxy servers. Set up Nabu Casa if you have not already done so. It integrates with the Home Assistant webhook support, which can be used to trigger automations, send location data with OwnTracks, and much more. Home Assistant takes way more URLs into consideration. Im really impressed with the Nabu Casa service, but I cant figure out how to get my Home Assistant iOS app to use the Nabu Casa-generated URL as the external URL. Currently blocked versions of Home Assistant: Nabu Casa, Inc. - 15 Hubble Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92618. My problem is that I understand enough to set up external access but not enough to know if Ive done it safely. WebYou can use any free port on your router and forward that to port 8123. WebWith Home Assistant Cloud, you can connect your Home Assistant instance in a few simple clicks to both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Luckily, Home Assistant provides a helper method to ease that a bit. Go to Settings -> Home Assistant Cloud. Home Assistant What I was suggesting was just to log in at Nabu Casa. This issue is especially common for people using the Eventually got the exception correct. Everything works reasonably well, but curious if anyone has any less hacky hardware / software options that don't involve Nabu Casa or external urls. You can confirm that the URL has been added to the list of exceptions from Settings > Privacy & Security > Manage Exceptions in Firefox. Visit your instance on the remote URL. The remote UI encrypts all communication between your browser and your local instance. WebUPDATE: it worked a few days ago when I filmed this but apparently the line about base_url is no longer needed. Replace any DuckDNS URLs in your config (hopefully in secrets.yaml) with the Nabu Casa remote URL. Thanks. Configuration jaswalters November 16, 2020, 2:55am #1 I used to run HASS with a local url as in http://192.168.1.X. You can solve this by using a free Dynamic DNS service like DuckDNS. A problem with making a port accessible is that some Internet Service Providers only offer dynamic IPs. WebTo access Home Assistant locally, navigate to http://:8123 NOT https from now on. I set up a gmail account just for this, then set up the node to look for new mail and parsed the body of the email for keywords to do different things. }); With Home Assistant Cloud, we will worry about the hard parts. Maybe you can work with that? Yes, there is no need for ssl keys if you use nabu casa, ah sorry. URL Ive needed to do that from time to time. configuration You may find yourself in a situation where you are away from home and want to access your instance, but it is not connected to your remote UI server. Configure DuckDNS Add-On in Home Assistant . Alec (Alec Rust) January 11, 2022, 8:54pm #6 That service redirects my duckdns hostname to my HA local IP address. I mean beeing encrypted in your local network is necessary for what? Home Assistant Please note, such a block only affects the remote UI feature, all other Cloud features will keep functioning normally. Ive also tried the set up process about 7 times on 3 different devices, with no luck at all. Remote UIHome Assistant Remote Access with DuckDNS Check out their website for more information on features, pricing and how to configure Home Assistant. Nabu Casa has no investors to satisfy, just its users. It also means that if you use IP bans, the remote connection will be banned as a whole instead of just the address from which the incorrect passwords were entered. Nabu Casa & Chromecast URL - Configuration - Home Assistant Community Addon webpage ingress issues because of Firefoxs tracking protection. Troubleshooting const sample = new Audio("/misc/tts_demo.mp3"); This issue often affects VM installations. Not just internal and external. Nabu Casa and local SSL connections From what Ive read online, and what Nabu Casa support tells me, it should just work and automatically detect the Nabu Casa If I put my Nabu Casa address in as the Home Assistant URL it works fine (mostly - see below) outside my network. Configuration jaswalters November 16, 2020, 2:55am #1 I used to run HASS with a local url as in http://192.168.1.X. URL do you just get a cannot connect message or is it actually crashing? Troubleshooting To be able to use that URL from my local network, on my computers and cell, Ive told them to resolve DNS names through my proxy server thats also running a DNS Service. Switch from DuckDNS to Nabu Casa In this case you can navigate to your Nabu Casa account page to get your instance online. Yes, and yes. The local Home Assistant instance will receive the TCP packets, demultiplex them, decrypt them with the SSL certificate and forward them to the HTTP component. as soon you add https to your config your system is only available via https. After just logging in to Nabu Casa I was able to connect using the mobile app. From what Ive read online, and what Nabu Casa support tells me, it should just work and automatically detect the Nabu Casa URL. The URL helper Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. If serving files from your Home Assistant instance (e.g., from the /www/ config directory or via TTS integrations), the URLs must be resolvable and directly reachable from the Sonos speakers. You can also use this page if you forgot your url. After the trial, it will charge a monthly or annual fee. Once you activate the checkbox, external URL will become deactivated. ; Our approach has one single weakness that is unavoidable: since we own the domain that hosts the remote connection, we are able to issue our own certificate and man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) remote connections. Alec (Alec Rust) January 11, 2022, 8:54pm #6 I have the Mobile App (Android) which works perfectly on my local network. Toggling it on from within your own server settings and leaving it on is the persistent way. In order to pass the right one, Home Assistant needs to ; Click the Add-On Store button and search for the DuckDNS add-on. internal_url string (Optional) The URL that Home Assistant is available on from your local network. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Configure DuckDNS Add-On in Home Assistant . Nabu Casa and local SSL connectionsHome Assistant Remote Access with DuckDNS Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. You do this at your own risk! Switch from DuckDNS to Nabu CasaSmartThings Extra complexity is added by the fact that URLs can be served on non-standard ports (e.g., not 80 or 443) and with or without SSL (http:// vs https://). For example, IP based URLs, Nabu Casa Remote UI URLs or URLs based on hostname (e.g., homeassistant.local). You can use your Nabu Casa URL for the Neato redirect URL. With Nabu Casa cloud I always felt the mobile HA app hung for a few (frustrating) seconds when switching from wifi at home to mobile data. Manually change your Home Assistant's external URL to your Nabu Casa Cloud URL. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Troubleshooting If not, add this to your configuration: # Example configuration.yaml entry to enable the cloud component cloud: Once activated, go to the Settings panel in Home Assistant and create an account and log in. Im not sure why yours isnt. It is not going to be possible to avoid MITM attacks. The remote portal is only meant for temporary one time connections. To create an exception, click on the shield icon in the address bar to the left of the current URL being used to reach Home Assistant, then toggle off Enhanced Tracking Protection for the site. No longer worry if you left the garage door open. If you cannot update to the latest version of Home Assistant right now and are certain that your instance is safe, you can disable this protection. For example, IP based URLs, Nabu Casa Remote UI URLs or URLs based on hostname (e.g., homeassistant.local). This feature requires Home Assistant 0.90 or later. Stuffed around for ages with the iOS app trying to get the internal URL right before remembering I had disabled wifi on my mobile to test external access. We have been able to identify two different reasons for this issue to appear. With Nabu Casa cloud I always felt the mobile HA app hung for a few (frustrating) seconds when switching from wifi at home to mobile data. For example, IP based URLs, Nabu Casa Remote UI URLs or URLs based on hostname (e.g., homeassistant.local). For example: https://example.duckdns.org:8123. Ive set Apache in a proxy mod and used Letsencrypt to provide my SSL certificate and duckdns for my DNS name and auto private to public IP assignment. configuration With Nabu Casa cloud I always felt the mobile HA app hung for a few (frustrating) seconds when switching from wifi at home to mobile data. Or just click the My Home Assistant Link below: Search for DuckDNS add-on and install it. Could you not tailscale the device running home assistant? I had to do the same with the Android version and can confirm this worked for me. WebMedia URLs. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Yes its probably someone scanning your open port. For example I use the Nabu Casa remote UI URL https://.ui.nabu.casa/. Click the plus icon and type/select SmartThings. Manually change your Home Assistant's external URL to your Nabu Casa Cloud URL. The cloud component exposes two service to enable and disable the remote connection: cloud/remote_connect and cloud/remote_disconnect. I see the HA logo with the Loading data message, Then the screen clears to the HA blue top bar with a non-functioning hamburger menu, the loading circle spins for while and then the app crashes. Forgot about changing some Home Assistant API sensors to http. I cannot load by the ip anymore. GitHub Click the toggle to enable the webhook to be accessible via the cloud. Some integrations (Neato Botvac, for example) require secure local access. You could set up a vnc or team viewer server on the same network and access it through that. Fixing the network configuration or disabling IPv6 on the host should resolve this error. I now run using a Nabu Casa url but no longer have an internal url to access HASS. I did the same thing to my WeeWX and Teslamate installation at home. You can use your Nabu Casa URL for the Neato redirect URL. This can cause you to lose access to Home Assistant while away. configuration EDIT: one, hopefully last, thing I had to clean up. You can ignore the cert error message in your browser if you use https://192.168.1.52:8123 I can now access ip over http and still access remote via nabu casa. Is it Nabu Casa? Available for free at home-assistant.io, Press J to jump to the feed. Once configured, were going to the Cloud panel (Configuration -> Cloud) and scroll down to the webhooks cards. Help us to improve our documentation Suggest an edit to this page, or provide/view feedback for this page. Home Assistant WebHome Assistant Cloud is a subscription service provided by our partner Nabu Casa, Inc. The local installation is not using SSL (bare HA installation). My Nabu Casa link still works and since I didnt open the 8123 port to the outside on the firewall, when using the https://local_ipaddess:8123 URL when at home, I get a SSL warning because the certificate is tied to DuckDNS and not my local ip address but ignoring the warning, my connection still works and is now encrypted. Once configured, were going to the Cloud panel (Configuration -> Cloud) and scroll down to the webhooks cards. Nabu Casa, Inc. - 15 Hubble Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92618. Remote access ; Click the Add-On Store button and search for the DuckDNS add-on. These credentials are only stored locally and cannot be impersonated by anyone. To get started, open Home Assistant, go to the cloud page in the configuration panel. internal_url string (Optional) The URL that Home Assistant is available on from your local network. Using the BSSID instead of SSID Just go to Nabu Casa, not your URL, in Chrome on your phone and log in to the website. Find the remote box and enable the toggle. Nabu Casa OwnTracks is an application for iOS and Android that allows your phone to report information securely and directly to Home Assistant. I used to run HASS with a local url as in http://192.168.1.X. Click the plus icon and type/select SmartThings. Go to Settings -> Home Assistant Cloud. The first post has been edited to direct them to a new summary of the issue below. WebTo get started, go to Configuration -> Integrations, and under OwnTracks click Configure. Ive also set it up so we can switch them in the UI so if we get bored or annoyed with one voice we can switch it up for a bit easily. This is very important, otherwise you will get a 400 invalid request error. Web@donchrizz I think that's the weird catch here if you doing a non-(Home Assistant Cloud) setup, and keeping all in house (pun intended ), then you have to setup SSL.If you setup SSL (likely using Lets Encrypt), then you have to setup DNS. Available for free at home-assistant.io, Press J to jump to the feed. Home Assistant Cloud gives us the income to work full-time on these projects. Replace any DuckDNS URLs in your config (hopefully in secrets.yaml) with the Nabu Casa remote URL. That way you can turn on the remote connection only when you leave the house and need it. The instructions on the screen will guide you to install the application and configure OwnTracks to use Home Assistant. WebThis redirect URL needs to be externally accessible. Ive read countless posts on this but none pointing me to what Im ), On the plus side, the app is excellent (but I knew that already from using it locally ). Support with Google Nest integration and Nabu Casa It just works for me. The app seems (subjectively) to be happier now I have the same URL for internal and external access. WebTo get started, go to Configuration -> Integrations, and under OwnTracks click Configure. what do you mean the app crashes? This in turn fires an automation that does a Wake on Lan to a device that is Tailscaled. WebHome Assistant Cloud is a subscription service provided by our partner Nabu Casa, Inc. So is the only solution here to go to Nabu Casa? What must I do to activate SSL for securing local connection to my installation and still have Nabu Casa for external access? Just log in via Home Assistant and a secure connection with the cloud will be established. ignore my answer If the URL is not correct, update your Home Assistant configuration, restart, and try again. WebWith Home Assistant Cloud, you can connect your Home Assistant instance in a few simple clicks to both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. That will load HA and the config workflow will complete. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, New Neato Integration Installation Guide (OAuth2 for HA version 2021.1) - #55 by Aaron_P. Topics are replicated bidirectionally, so publish a command message at the cloud topic for it to be picked up on the local side. Nabu Casa & Chromecast URL It comes with a nice tts.cloud_say service. Once configured, were going to the Cloud panel (Configuration -> Cloud) and scroll down to the webhooks cards. Add-ons which support Ingress can be accessed via Home Assistant Cloud. To get started, go to Configuration -> Integrations, and under OwnTracks click Configure. WebWith Home Assistant Cloud, you can connect your Home Assistant instance in a few simple clicks to both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. This can take up to 60 seconds. Home Assistant takes way more URLs into consideration. All data is fully encrypted between your device and your Home Assistant instance. Help us to improve our documentation Suggest an edit to this page, or provide/view feedback for this page. Extra complexity is added by the fact that URLs can be served on non-standard ports (e.g., not 80 or 443) and with or without SSL (http:// vs https://). TTS. To configure TTS integrations to use external URLs, set the base_url configuration option. WebFrom Home Assistant, navigate to Configuration then Integrations. There are a lot of ways you can trigger automations from outside your network that don't involve Nabu Casa or external urls. Its a shame one must follow DuckDNS setup steps and pass an SSL warning in order to get a local HTTPS URL for Home Assistant working, if you pay for Nabu Casa? Then does the switch fires an automation in home assistant to do the wake on lan? This is very important, otherwise you will get a 400 invalid request error. Because I ran into this issue myself, Ill answer. Configuration jaswalters November 16, 2020, 2:55am #1 I used to run HASS with a local url as in http://192.168.1.X. If you're running an external Mosquitto, you can bridge it to an identical broker running in a cloud server. any speaker that Home Assistant supports. I access my HA through a reverse proxy and that's it. URL Just go to Nabu Casa, not your URL, in Chrome on your phone and log in to the website. Home Assistant Ingress in Firefox causing 401: Unauthorized Unable to reach the Home Assistant Cloud Error fetching the cognito keyset Do I need to remove that? This helps in securing your Home Assistant instance. Learn more WebOnce enabled, Home Assistant will generate a security certificate for secure communication and provide you with a url that is accessible while away from home. sample.play(); Examples: Getting the instance URL You can find them in the sidebar by navigating to Settings > System > Logs in the UI. After a long time I finally subscribed to Nabu Casa but thats besides the point. A problem with making a port accessible is that some Internet Service Providers only offer dynamic IPs. ; It seems convoluted though, Try logging into Nabu Casa with a browser on your phone. cogneato (Cogneato) January 8, 2021, 7:31pm #17 You should use your URL, actually. You can validate that there is no MITM happening by making sure that the certificate fingerprints matches with the local instance certificate fingerprint. External URL will be the nabu casa address you get and internal URL the local IP. Just go to Nabu Casa, not your URL, in Chrome on your phone and log in to the website. The URL helper The URL helper Not just internal and external. Home AssistantGetting the instance URLCompanion App Networking if that is useful. When opening an add-ons web UI page, Firefox users may see a 401: Unauthorized message. *Interestingly the colour scheme changes to match the theme of the user. WebIf you have Nabu Casas Home Assistant Cloud, the easiest way to resolve this, is by visiting your Home Assistant instance from the remote UI URL. Mobile App and Nabu Casa If the URL is not correct, update your Home Assistant configuration, restart, and try again. configuration from your phone, your favorite coffeeshop or at work. I now run using a Nabu Casa url but no longer have an internal url to access HASS. It comes with a nice tts.cloud_say service. Or should I just ignore this warning as long as my HA password is strong enough? Once you activate the checkbox, external URL will become deactivated. Using the BSSID instead of SSID We understand! Url Available: Make it easier to See New Neato Integration Installation Guide (OAuth2 for HA version 2021.1) - #55 by Aaron_P. WebFrom Home Assistant, navigate to Configuration then Integrations. Getting the instance URL Hopefully they get us the crash logs beforehand so we can try to fix the actual issue, Hopefully they get us the crash logs beforehand, I looked at this and it seems that I need to install a lot of extra software on my PC and phone for this. I have had the mobile app (Android) working perfectly for some time now on my local network but I have decided to try Nabu Casa. Remote access To control my cottages HA from NabuCasa, Ive added the Remote Assistant integration and published the devices from the cottage that I want to control from home. Just one small further question Also +1 for ease of voice assistant integration. In order to pass the right one, Home Assistant needs to Extra complexity is added by the fact that URLs can be served on non-standard ports (e.g., not 80 or 443) and with or without SSL (http:// vs https://). You can find more networking tips here: https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/troubleshooting/networking. I just found out you or at least could integrate the telegram messaging app in with HA. Encryption is provided by a Lets Encrypt certificate. Try temporarily disabling Pi-Hole to see if you are able to estbalish a connection. Hacky ways to fire automations from an external network (no Nabu Casa, external url) I have a Lutron Caseta switch (that's not actually wired to anything - don't ask) that I can turn on / off via the Lutron app from anywhere.