Bought myself a Nuc,loaded Ubuntu, Docker and then Home Assistant. (Took me about 5 hours). Then connected my Solar Assistant through MQTT with Home Assistant.
I must say I am very dissapointed. I loaded the Sunsynk dashboard in Home Assistant and are very disappointed. It doesnt work well. It doesnt pull in all the information although it is available in the Home Assistant.
It is very complicated.
Maybe I am just negative but I struggled about 10 to 12 hours in total to get it right
Another thing, I can only connect to the Home Assistant when I am on the same network.
I loaded "Tailscale" but it doesnt work
I was told how fantastic HA is, but I dont experienced it so far
Homeassistant is a marathon not a sprint mate.
If everything would work right away - what would be the fun in that?
As for the fact that you can only access HA on the same network - well, that is by design?
I am assuming by using Tailscale, you are trying to VPN into your home network - which then should give you access to HA.
I am using Wireguard for that and it works like a swiss clock - so the problem is probably not on the HA side.
With your VPN running, can you access other elements of your home network?
Tailscale works, tell issue you having and someone can help. Nabu Casa is easier option. I use tailscale.
Docker is difficult. I expect that was you first time using? First time I use docker took 2 weeks(synology issues). HAOS is generally recommended fir first time users unless you have reasons not to use it.
First: HA is fantastic, you have just started 'the wrong way'.
Maybe you're just venting or jumping to conclusions without knowing HA at all.
Wrong because you have not chosen the installation type that would probably best for you.
Also, that Sunsynk integration is not an official one and it's functionality is what the developer makes of it.
I do understand that one can get disappointed, the time it took to get it working emphasizes my previous statements.
Regarding remote access: there are different ways to connect to HA outside of your home, so pick the one that fits your capabilities.
Nabu Casa cloud access is the easiest, you get a bonus for voice control & you are supporting the development and get a free product which is far ahead of it's competitors.
FYI: you can use Nabu Casa remote access for 1 month for free as a test but I would not do this right away because your system is barely worth it right now.
Like @Frank_Beetz noted: even though HA has become quite user friendly, it's a system with so many possibilities which make it impossible to master in a few hours, hence your struggle with tailscale.
The community is very helpful and can help you: just ask, share details and you will get help.
Haffun automating!
Is there a reason you went with the hardest installation route available? That’s likely where most of your issues are coming from because you don’t have one click installs for apps. Mqtt requires a broker, and you’ll need that and it’s not easy to set up and get communicating with HA for people unfamiliar with docker. On HAOS, you just click a button.
