HousePanel Dashboard App for Hubitat

[r.p.ulivella]

I am very excited about what I have been able to achieve with HousePanel. Coming back to the main thread now from here…

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HP now has a password protect feature so you can more safely install it on a public web server or you can expose your rPi to the outside via a port redirect. Either works. Be sure to include a robots file so search engines won’t find it and be sure to disable directory listings on your web server. There are still risks involved but they are manageable - and not worse than handing your data over to a third party to protect.

With regards to remote access, I discovered a service called Dataplicity.

How it works

This nicely solves the remote access problem by delivering an experience not unlike other commercial solutions (ie — Synology's QuickConnect) that enable an HTTPS tunnel that is maintained opportunistically. It's a lot easier to setup and it seems much more secure than opening/forwarding ports on your home network's router. The free tier of the service seems sufficient for HousePanel use. Anyone else testing this? Any gotchas? Anyone try an alternative similar service?

Thanks!