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Creating a Secure Tunnel for Home Assistant Smart Home Ecosystem

Creating a Secure Tunnel for Home Assistant

In this post, I'm documenting step by step on how I created a secure tunnel for my Home Assistant installation. By creating the tunnel, now I can connect to my Home Assistant website from anywhere via the internet. The benefit of being able to connect my Home Assistant from anywhere in the world is that now I can control all smart devices in my home not just while I'm home, but also while I'm away. So that if I forget turning off a switch or an appliance while away from home, I can turn it off using my smart phone.
Installing and Configuring Home Assistant Stack on Docker Ubuntu Server 22.04 Smart Home Ecosystem

Installing and Configuring Home Assistant Stack on Docker Ubuntu Server 22.04

In this post, I'm documenting how I installed and configured Home Assistant stack on Docker running on Ubuntu Server 22.04.02 LTS. Along with Home Assistant, I installed and configured mosquitto (mqtt) broker, zigbee2mqtt, hass configurator, and nodered. The objective is to establish a fundamental infrastructure, system, and applications supporting a smart home environment that I am now currently building.