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Duckdns/wireguard/... Which one do you prefer and why? (jlai.lu)

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Hi everyone

So, that's a 2 in 1 post. First a more general question then looking for advice for a friend.

What is your preferred way to access HA from outside (and why)?
a friend of mine use duckdns and I often read (recently) that some people are having issue with it. Is wireguard a better way or another solution that is not too techy to deal with?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lots of good info here I'm not going to repeat, but I think if you're going to open home assistant to the public Internet, you should not use duckdns. It's better to get your own domain and set up a reverse proxy to use https. Or if it's too technical, subscribe to nabu casa and let them handle it for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nabucasa is what I do as I never managed to understand properly network rules. What your thoughts on wireguard?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Wireguard is good if you don't want easy access to notifications or location based automations. Otherwise you need to always make sure the VPN is on.