This can cause you to lose access to Home Assistant while away. Click the plus icon and type/select SmartThings. The instructions on the screen will guide you to install the application and configure OwnTracks to use Home Assistant. internal_url string (Optional) The URL that Home Assistant is available on from your local network. Confirm the callback URL is correct. Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Manually change your Home Assistant's external URL to your Nabu Casa Cloud URL. 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. A problem with making a port accessible is that some Internet Service Providers only offer dynamic IPs. I had time to give it a try so to answer my own question in case somebody else might be wondering the same thing in the future, I followed the DuckDNS/Lets Encrypt Hassio plugin info to create my SSL certificate and filled in the HTTP section in the configuration.yaml file. Configuration jaswalters November 16, 2020, 2:55am #1 I used to run HASS with a local url as in http://192.168.1.X. This can take up to 60 seconds. However Im not clear on how I would specify the URL for playing media on my Chromecast Audio. I dont know if it is an issue with the app, Nabu Casa or something else. Under the hood, your local Home Assistant instance is connected to one of our custom built UI proxy servers. Dont worry, here are some common issues and how to resolve them. Pi-Hole will block the connection under certain configurations. Go to configuration -> automation and create a new automation. Ive read countless posts on this but none pointing me to what Im looking for. Just change the base in the browser url to the url you want, like http://192.168.1.12. 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. Nabu Casa has no investors to satisfy, just its users. What to put in external and internal URL in configuration.yaml under homeassistant: section ? This would allow us to see all data passing through, including authentication tokens. 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. The point is, in OAuth2, the redirect URI needs to be passed by Home Assistant. You do this at your own risk! With Home Assistant Cloud, you can connect your Home Assistant instance in a few simple clicks to both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. I briefly get the HA Logo and Loading Data followed by a blank screen* with the coloured header bar and a non functional hamburger menu. EDIT: I spoke too soon. There are a lot of ways you can trigger automations from outside your network that don't involve Nabu Casa or external urls. Eventually got the exception correct. What I was suggesting was just to log in at Nabu Casa. WebFrom Home Assistant, navigate to Configuration then Integrations. In order to pass the right one, Home Assistant needs to 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. The remote portal is only meant for temporary one time connections. Not just internal and external. This is very important, otherwise you will get a 400 invalid request error. The URL helper Ive read countless posts on this but none pointing me to what Im WebFrom Home Assistant, navigate to Configuration then Integrations. Help Adding Remote Nabu Casa URL to iOS App. 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. Note that this setting may only contain a protocol, hostname and port; using a path is not supported. If I put my Nabu Casa address in as the Home Assistant URL it works fine (mostly - see below) outside my network. HI Tom, what else would need to be done if using NGINX? Just go to Nabu Casa, not your URL, in Chrome on your phone and log in to the website. If youre on Linux or Mac, you can test it out with the following commands: Form data or JSON data sent to the webhook endpoint will be available to templates in your automation as trigger.data or trigger.json. Updating your Home Assistant instance to a secure version will allow it to be accessible via Remote UI once again. Both of these are required to get the connected SSID. For example, IP based URLs, Nabu Casa Remote UI URLs or URLs based on hostname (e.g., homeassistant.local). If you're running an external Mosquitto, you can bridge it to an identical broker running in a cloud server. Then does the switch fires an automation in home assistant to do the wake on lan? The remote UI encrypts all communication between your browser and your local instance. See New Neato Integration Installation Guide (OAuth2 for HA version 2021.1) - #55 by Aaron_P. WebYou can use any free port on your router and forward that to port 8123. I access my HA through a reverse proxy and that's it. I wish I could have all of the hours of my life I spent getting Google Assistant working reliably before Nabu Casa was a thing back. 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. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. A problem with making a port accessible is that some Internet Service Providers only offer dynamic IPs. When opening an add-ons web UI page, Firefox users may see a 401: Unauthorized message. I dont know what is going on but after several reinstalls and reconfigures of the app I can finally connect locally with these settings. It comes with a nice tts.cloud_say service. I now run using a Nabu Casa url but no longer have an internal url to access HASS. These credentials are only stored locally and cannot be impersonated by anyone. Click the plus icon and type/select SmartThings. ; No longer worry if you left the garage door open. For example: https://example.duckdns.org:8123. You can validate that there is no MITM happening by making sure that the certificate fingerprints matches with the local instance certificate fingerprint. So heres what happens. Thanks for your quick reply. ignore my answer WebThe first step in troubleshooting is to take a look at the logs. WebHome Assistant Cloud is a subscription service provided by our partner Nabu Casa, Inc. Thanks. Forgot about changing some Home Assistant API sensors to http. Dont forget the port number and update your bookmarks and apps. Im more than happy to help providing any further info (logs etc.) We will be able to trigger this automation from anywhere in the world and use the data in the trigger. WebTo access Home Assistant locally, navigate to http://:8123 NOT https from now on. maybe your ip address is not 192.168.1.52 then. Fully encrypted. Just add .ui.nabu.casa/auth/external/callback to the end (.ui.nabu.casa/auth/external/callback). To get started, go to Configuration -> Integrations, and under OwnTracks click Configure. Just add .ui.nabu.casa/auth/external/callback to the end (.ui.nabu.casa/auth/external/callback). - Configuration - Home Assistant Community Nabu Casa with local url? If you can connect it to Home Assistant, you can now control it with your voice using the Amazon Echo, Google Home or But it is not even that simple because if I navigate to the Nabu Casa URL in a browser it often doesnt work either. WebYou can use any free port on your router and forward that to port 8123. The remote portal is only meant for temporary one time connections. Help Adding Remote Nabu Casa URL to iOS App. What must I do to activate SSL for securing local connection to my installation and still have Nabu Casa for external access? Or should I just ignore this warning as long as my HA password is strong enough? Configure DuckDNS Add-On in Home Assistant . Maybe you can work with that? But what exaxtly is the benefit of your solution?! Or is it better to always go through Nabu Casa even when connecting locally to the HA instance? That service redirects my duckdns hostname to my HA local IP address. Or just click the My Home Assistant Link below: Search for DuckDNS add-on and install it. Neither can I connect from my phone in a browser using the Nabu Casa URL. The local installation is not using SSL (bare HA installation). Ive also tried the set up process about 7 times on 3 different devices, with no luck at all. For some reason that has allowed me to login with the Android app. All data is fully encrypted between your device and your Home Assistant instance. Set up Nabu Casa if you have not already done so. The withings site directs you to the domain in question but no HA is hosted there. Install and configure the DuckDNS add-on in Home Assistant by following these steps: Open Home Assistant and go to Settings > Add-ons. From what Ive read online, and what Nabu Casa support tells me, it should just work and automatically detect the Nabu Casa This is very important, otherwise you will get a 400 invalid request error. You could set up a vnc or team viewer server on the same network and access it through that. Before we talk about weaknesses, know that we will never abuse any weakness unless forced by a government entity. The URL helper That will load HA and the config workflow will complete. This assumes no reverse proxy is being used: Internal: http://:8123 Today these are the biggest open source projects that keep your home private and your data local. I have no idea what order of events did it but today after more fiddling around and trying to log in using all the various methods I seem to have finally got it working. cogneato (Cogneato) January 8, 2021, 7:31pm #17 You should use your URL, actually. ; 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. Your URL should be in the following format: Make sure you do the configuration from your external URL. WebUPDATE: it worked a few days ago when I filmed this but apparently the line about base_url is no longer needed. EDIT: one, hopefully last, thing I had to clean up. This issue is especially common for people using the Replace any DuckDNS URLs in your config (hopefully in secrets.yaml) with the Nabu Casa remote URL. You can solve this by using a free Dynamic DNS service like DuckDNS. Control your Home Assistant from anywhere. The second reason the issue can occur is if Docker is misconfigured. It helps with configuring voice assistants. WebFrom Home Assistant, navigate to Configuration then Integrations. 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. I dont really want to either but I still havent worked up the courage open a port in my router. I have a similar error constantly showing up is the problem that Im using DuckDNS?? as soon you add https to your config your system is only available via https. probot-home-assistant bot added the integration: withings label on Jun 7, 2022 #73228 nebriv mentioned this issue on Jun 14, 2022 Explicitly generate an _external_ webhook URL for Withings integration #73228 via email github-actions bot added stale and removed stale labels on Jul 15, 2022 jarvih mentioned this issue on Jul 23, 2022 Everything works reasonably well, but curious if anyone has any less hacky hardware / software options that don't involve Nabu Casa or external urls. If you still want to use the internal url in the ios App you might have to set up a proxy server like Ngnix. Once you activate the checkbox, external URL will become deactivated. Note that this setting may only contain a protocol, hostname and port; using a path is not supported. All data is encrypted between your browser and your local instance. Luckily, Home Assistant provides a helper method to ease that a bit. Do I need to remove that? It comes with a nice tts.cloud_say service. In order to pass the right one, Home Assistant needs to Groove200 1 yr. ago I know this is old.but THIS just saved me from giving up. Encryption is provided by a Lets Encrypt certificate. This in turn fires an automation that does a Wake on Lan to a device that is Tailscaled. If you use the default DNS, then you'll get your own external IP address back, which is likely going to take you to The first post has been edited to direct them to a new summary of the issue below. Find the remote box and enable the toggle. Yes its probably someone scanning your open port. from your phone, your favorite coffeeshop or at work. WebAn URL provided by Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa, in case the user has a subscription. You will now see that your newly created webhook is available. Nabu Casa & Chromecast URL - Configuration - Home Assistant Community Addon webpage ingress issues because of Firefoxs tracking protection. HOME ASSISTANT SUPERVISED installation on top of Ubuntu Bionic or another Linux installation. I had to do the same with the Android version and can confirm this worked for me. I got it working using a proxy in front of HomeAssistant. When I turn on the Remote UI it crashes as described above. You can also use this page if you forgot your url. Forgot about changing some Home Assistant API sensors to http. Nabu Casa, Inc. - 15 Hubble Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92618, Hit enter to interrupt the running log and login using, At the Home Assistant custom console, enter. Configuration jaswalters November 16, 2020, 2:55am #1 I used to run HASS with a local url as in http://192.168.1.X. I cant get to my Nabu Casa URL from my phone either. (But the latest post on this thread is interesting DuckDNS - Its not just me - its you!). To get started, open Home Assistant, go to the cloud page in the configuration panel. Is there any benefit to switch from ddns to nc? A dialog will open that will show you a unique URL that you can use to trigger your automation. WebWith Home Assistant Cloud, you can connect your Home Assistant instance in a few simple clicks to both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. I now run using a Nabu Casa url but no longer have an internal url to access HASS. The URL helper Set up Nabu Casa if you have not already done so. 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. To configure TTS integrations to use external URLs, set the base_url configuration option. After a long time I finally subscribed to Nabu Casa but thats besides the point. WebMedia URLs. For example I use the Nabu Casa remote UI URL https://.ui.nabu.casa/. Just go to Nabu Casa, not your URL, in Chrome on your phone and log in to the website. I found that I didnt need the domain at all. Topics are replicated bidirectionally, so publish a command message at the cloud topic for it to be picked up on the local side. ; Set up Nabu Casa if you have not already done so. Replace any DuckDNS URLs in your config (hopefully in secrets.yaml) with the Nabu Casa remote URL. 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. 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. 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. The instructions on the screen will guide you to install the application and configure OwnTracks to use Home Assistant. For example, IP based URLs, Nabu Casa Remote UI URLs or URLs based on hostname (e.g., homeassistant.local). You don't have to deal with dynamic DNS, SSL certificates or opening ports on your router. You can find them in the sidebar by navigating to Settings > System > Logs in the UI. WebThe Home Assistant Cloud is enabled by default. This feature alone is worth the monthly fee. Using the BSSID instead of SSID Since HTTPS is preferable I would have expected this to work without relying on DuckDNS. Alec (Alec Rust) January 11, 2022, 8:54pm #6 Note that the check for new email was on an interval (I think every 5 minutes, but it's adjustable) so the action wasn't immediate, but it worked pretty well. Then open an issue on github with the log. The first step in troubleshooting is to take a look at the logs. WebThis redirect URL needs to be externally accessible. You can find more networking tips here: https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/troubleshooting/networking. Lets Encrypt takes part of the experimental internet security standard. In this case you can navigate to your Nabu Casa account page to get your instance online. We are currently exploring a solution for this issue. With Nabu Casa we're breaking this trend. It seems convoluted though, Try logging into Nabu Casa with a browser on your phone. Make sure you do the configuration from your external URL. The app seems (subjectively) to be happier now I have the same URL for internal and external access. 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. 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. Please note, such a block only affects the remote UI feature, all other Cloud features will keep functioning normally. Note that this setting may only contain a protocol, hostname and port; using a path is not supported. WebTo get started, go to Configuration -> Integrations, and under OwnTracks click Configure. It just works for me. This helps in securing your Home Assistant instance. 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. Check out their website for more information on features, pricing and how to configure Home Assistant. You can solve this by using a free Dynamic DNS service like DuckDNS. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled. Toggling it on from within your own server settings and leaving it on is the persistent way. Go to Settings -> Home Assistant Cloud. Just add .ui.nabu.casa/auth/external/callback to the end (.ui.nabu.casa/auth/external/callback). Just add .ui.nabu.casa/auth/external/callback to the end (.ui.nabu.casa/auth/external/callback). We successfully crowdfunded Home Assistant Yellow, the easiest way to I recommend that you use Nabu Casa (Home Assistant Cloud) for this. They can use different authentication - the broker in your LAN can be open but the cloud side requires a client certificate or user/pass for security.