What I want to achieve:

I'm subscribed to Home Assistant Cloud, and I want better location history but integrated to Home Assistant.

What I've tried:

I've tried to setup the server integration, I have traccar running successfully, but I don't know how to reach traccar without exposing it to the internet too, is that even possible? I know there's a script that feeds a HA device's location to Traccar, but I would prefer to use the official integration if possible.

Questions

Can I avoid exposing Traccar server to the internet without using a VPN?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm gonna give you my setup even if it's not what you've asked. I use Tasker to automatically start GPSlogger whenever Içm not connected to a known WiFi. GPSlogger sends data to NodeRed (it could send the directly to Traccar) that sends it to Traccar and Dawarich (if you don't know it, try it!). You could easily send the position to HA with "call service" or an HTTP request

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I actually prefer Dawarich, but I went with Traccar in hopes of an easy integration, which is not being the case for me at all. Dawarich, having real routes is much more attractive. Did you integrate Traccar or Dawarich with HA ? How ? Did you expose Traccar or Dawarich to the web?

this post was submitted on 19 May 2025

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