Home Assistant Remote Access for FREE - DuckDNS + LetsEncrypt + Single URL

In this video I will show you step by step everything you need to know to get remote access working on your Home Assistant, from setting up a free domain name on DuckDNS to setting up a single seamless URL experience. We also discuss some other remote access solutions and other security considerations to be aware of.

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00:00 Intro
01:08 Requirements
02:33 Remote access options
03:37 Quick overview of steps
04:22 DuckDNS domain name setup
05:04 Port Forwarding
07:14 DuckDNS Home Assistant install and setup
08:46 Certificates explained
09:40 Port forward validation
10:29 Single URL's explained
11:17 NAT Loopback explained
11:55 NAT Loopback Testing
12:31 DNSMasq add-on installation and configuration
13:55 DNSMasq validation and testing
14:37 Router DNS servers
15:00 Single URL Testing
15:43 Internal/external URL configuration change
16:13 Security considerations and checks
17:32 Enabling IP Ban
17:56 Outro


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