Remote Access
- First thing we have to do is access the web user interface and go to paper ui.
- Then go to the addons tab in the left column. In the top navigation bar go to misc.
- Find the openHAB cloud connector and press install.
- Once it is installed in the left column navigation go to configuration and then the services sub tab. In the openHAB...
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How can I have remote access to my openHAB instance?
Clearly, having remote access to your openHAB instance is something most users would not want to miss. There are different options to do so. The most secure option is probably to create a VPN connection to your home network. Doing so will allow you to access your openHAB instance in the same way as if you were at home.
What ports does openHAB use?
The HTTP port to use to communicate with the remote openHAB server. Default is 8080. Set to true if you want to use HTTPS even without a valid SSL certificate provided by your remote server. The subpath of the REST API on the remote openHAB server.
What are the default settings for the openHAB server?
Default is false. The HTTP port to use to communicate with the remote openHAB server. Default is 8080. Set to true if you want to use HTTPS even without a valid SSL certificate provided by your remote server. The subpath of the REST API on the remote openHAB server.
How do I Find my openHAB server in the inbox?
All openHAB servers in the local network are automatically discovered (through mDNS) by the binding. You will find in the inbox one discovery thing per remote server interface. So if your remote server has one IPv4 address and one IPv6 address, you will discover two things in the inbox. Just choose one of the two things.
How do I access openHAB?
When started as a service (i.e. when openHAB is running as a background process), access to the console is given by running the $OPENHAB_RUNTIME/bin/client ( client. bat for Windows) script or by connecting via SSH. Linux package based installations can also use the command openhab-cli console .
Is openHAB secure?
If you're achieving A or A+ here, then your client-openHAB communication is very secure.
Is openHAB cloud free?
myopenHAB is an instance of the openHAB Cloud service, which is hosted by the openHAB Foundation e.V. We are offering this service completely for free. It is meant to allow users to quickly check out its features without having to set up and host a personal instance.
Where is openHAB UUID and secret?
Try /var/lib/openhab2 to find uuid and /var/lib/openhab2/openhabcloud for secret. Be aware you habe to install the binding first.
Who owns openHAB?
openHAB is based on Eclipse SmartHome and remains the project for the development of bindings. According to Black Duck Open Hub, it is developed by one of the largest open-source teams in the world. It also has an active user community.
What language does openHAB use?
Add-ons and the openHAB core itself are written in Java. Java is not hard to learn, but it helps if you have a general technical understanding of programming languages.
Which is better OpenHab or home assistant?
Recommendation: Home Assistant vs OpenHab What Is Best At the end of the day, it's an individual choice, you can either choose the no-fuss and easy to integrate UI that comes with Home Assistant or lean towards the more flexible style of coding backed by more advanced goals in the case of OpenHab.
How do I install OpenHab cloud connector?
0:485:28Complete Guide Setup openHAB Cloud Connector and myopenhab ...YouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipThen go to the add-ons tab in the left column in the top navigation bar go to miscellaneous. FindMoreThen go to the add-ons tab in the left column in the top navigation bar go to miscellaneous. Find the open house cloud connector. And press install once it is installed in the left column navigation.
What is openhab2?
Welcome! The open Home Automation Bus (openHAB, pronounced ˈəʊpənˈhæb) is an open source, technology agnostic home automation platform which runs as the center of your smart home!
How do I find my Openhab UUID?
You will then have to reconfigure UUID and secret in the openHAB Cloud service under the My account section....UUID and Secret.FileRegular InstallationAPT InstallationUUIDuserdata/uuid/var/lib/openhab/uuidSecretuserdata/openhabcloud/secret/var/lib/openhab/openhabcloud/secret
Which is better OpenHab or home assistant?
Recommendation: Home Assistant vs OpenHab What Is Best At the end of the day, it's an individual choice, you can either choose the no-fuss and easy to integrate UI that comes with Home Assistant or lean towards the more flexible style of coding backed by more advanced goals in the case of OpenHab.
What is OpenHab UUID?
UUID and Secret To authenticate with the openHAB Cloud service the add-on generates two values when the add-on is installed. These values need to be entered in your account settings of the openHAB Cloud service. The first one is a unique identifier, which allows to identify your runtime.
What is Z Wave?
Z-Wave is a wireless communication protocol used primarily in smart home networks, allowing smart devices to connect and exchange control commands and data with each other.
What is an openhub cloud connector?
The openHAB Cloud Connector allows connecting the local openHAB runtime to a remote openHAB Cloud instance , such as myopenHAB.org, which is an instance of the
Is myopenhab.org lag?
It’s just a proxy so if the connection is established, any command given through myopenhab.org is nearly instantaneous and in my experience has no noticeable lag compared to commands sent locally.
Can you tunnel OH through OpenVPN?
Of course, once you have SSH, it’s easy enough to tunnel OH through such a connection. and if you have OpenVPN your remote device is virtually on your LAN anyway.
How to find OpenHAB server?
You will find in the inbox one discovery thing per remote server interface. So if your remote server has one IPv4 address and one IPv6 address, you will discover two things in the inbox. Just choose one of the two things.
What port to use for OpenHAB?
yes. The HTTP port to use to communicate with the remote openHAB server. Default is 8080. trustedCertificate. no. Set to true if you want to use HTTPS even without a valid SSL certificate provided by your remote server. restPath. yes. The subpath of the REST API on the remote openHAB server.
What is remote openhub binding?
The Remote openHAB binding allows to communicate with remote openHAB servers. The communication is bidirectional. The binding on the local server listens to any item state updates on the remote server and updates accordingly the linked channel on the local server. It transfers any item command from the local server to the remote server. It can map any remote thing to a local thing. Through this mapping, in your rules (local server), you can take actions based upon status updates or status changes generated by remote things and you can take actions based upon trigger events generated by the trigger channels defined in the remote thing.
What is the status of a remote thing?
The status of any thing thing is a mapping of the remote thing status . A mapping is done only when the server bridge is ONLINE (meaning the local server is connected to the remote server). Please note that every remote status other than UNKNOWN, ONLINE and OFFLINE will then be considered as OFFLINE on the local server.
Can you use OpenHAB v1 with OpenHAB v3?
Another use is for users to interact with older versions of openHAB that may support old openHAB v1 bindings that were not migrated to openHAB v2 or openHAB v3. They can keep an openHAB v2 server to run their old openHAB v1 bindings and setup a new openHAB v3 server for everything else. The Remote openHAB binding installed on the openHAB v3 server will then allow to use the openHAB v1 bindings through communication with the openHAB v2 server.
Can you map a remote thing to a local thing?
It can map any remote thing to a local thing. Through this mapping, in your rules (local server), you can take actions based upon status updates or status changes generated by remote things and you can take actions based upon trigger events generated by the trigger channels defined in the remote thing.
Does the binding try to communicate with OpenHAB?
The binding will not try to communicate with an openHAB v1 server.
What port does OpenHAB use?
openHAB has a built-in webserver, which listens on port 8080 for HTTP and 8443 for HTTPS requests. In general, it is advised to use HTTPS in perefence to HTTP. The default ports 8080 and 8443 can be changed by setting the environment variables OPENHAB_HTTP_PORT resp. OPENHAB_HTTPS_PORT .
How long does it take for OpenHAB to generate a certificate?
Note that on slow hardware, this certificate generation can take up to several minutes, so be patient on a first start - it is all for your own security.
How to secure openhub?
The most secure option is probably to create a VPN connection to your home network. Doing so will allow you to access your openHAB instance in the same way as if you were at home. There are many different solutions for VPN, so we cannot give any specific advice here, what to use and how to set in up.
How many ways can openhub be accessed?
openHAB has mainly two ways to be accessed:
Do you need a username and password for openhub?
For further security, you may wish to ask for a username and password before users have access to openHAB. This is fairly simple in NGINX once you have the reverse proxy setup, you just need to provide the server with a basic authentication user file.
Can you run reverse proxy on OpenHAB?
If this doesn't fit for you, you just have to replace pro xy_pass http://localhost:8080/ by your open HAB runtime hostname (such as http://youropenhabhostname:8080/ ).
Why use OpenHAB reverse proxy?
By default, the web server that comes with openHAB is not password protected. Using a reverse proxy gives you the possibility to implement authentication. The other security concern is that the openHAB remote access by default ...
Does OpenHAB use encryption?
The other security concern is that the openHAB remote access by default doesn’t use any type of encryption. A reverse proxy won’t only add password protection it can also add SSL encryption. Now that we know why let’s get to the how.
Enable Remote Access to a Local openHAB Instance
The openHAB Cloud solution offers the possibility to make your openHAB based smart home environment accessible over the internet. Besides offering proxy access directly to your local instance, it enables e.g. remote app access, push notifications, and integration with other cloud based services like IFTTT, Amazon Alexa and others.
Set up openHAB Cloud Connector
The communication with the openHAB Cloud instance requires the openHAB Cloud Connector being installed on your local instance. There is a separate chapter available in the documentation, which helps during setup. Besides that, we will have a closer look at the necessary steps here.
Create a new account on myopenhab.org
As already mentioned, the openHAB foundation offers a free and public instance of the openHAB Cloud service reachable via myopenhab.org. We will connect our local instance to this service by using the previously installed openHAB Cloud Connector. Therefore we need to create a new account on myopenhab.org first.
Configuring openHAB Cloud
Once your account was created and you logged in, you can browse the different pages offered there. We won’t cover them all, but the users section is worth a look. You are able to access your local instance via openHAB Cloud with your personal credentials.
Remotely accessing the local instance
After the steps described so far are done, you can access your local instance by logging in to myopenhab.org, opening the “Home” tab and clicking on the link labeled “Click here to access your openHAB’s dashboard”. As an alternative, you can directly access your dashboard via https://home.myopenhab.org/start/index.
Conclusion
With openHAB Cloud and the free and public instance myopenhab.org, the openHAB ecosystem offers a solution for enabling remote access to your local instance. In addition to the web access, you can use already available apps for monitoring your local smart home environment.
