Hi to you all!
First of all, let me summarize my current setup, in short:
- Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3+ with Raspbian Stretch with desktop.
- Configured: Node-Red with encrypted login using a self-signed certificate.
- Configured: MQTT broker, encrypted communications using self-signed certificate and using user/password authentication.
- Configured: Home Assistant 0.73.2 setup with encrypted user/password login using self signed certificates.
I don’t know anything about Home Assistant, so please be patient with me…
The reason to try this because I’m fed up with Fibaro, manufacturer of my current HC2 Z-Wave controller. In short, I do not like their closed source approach…
The best way to learn a new system, IMHO, is to set a goal and try to achieve it. That’s why I need you guys…
My first goal is to setup an working Home Assistant MQTT client <—> MQTT broker (localhost). I do not want to use the Home Assistant MQTT broker solution.
The current MQTT broker is already communicating with several other IoT devices, like an Athom Homey/Tablet/HC2-controller, managed by Node-Red.
To get the Home Assistant MQTT client to communicate with the MQTT broker it will need to accept a self-signed SSL certificate and it would need an option to use a user/password.
So, where can I start with accomplishing this?
Thank you in advance, it’s highly appreciated!