Request for remote access suggestions

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So I currently plan to install home assistant on a old laptop I have (4th gen i7 2c4t 16g ram 1tb hdd). I plan to use it as a NVR for a couple of nest cam 1st generations that I can get pretty cheap second hand.

Is there a secure way to remotely access the home assistant server without connecting to my home network via a VPN? I’m comfortable setting up reserse proxies with valid ssl certs with dynamic dns. This is for my parents so I want this to be as frictionless as possible.

I see that in the docs that port forwarding and all the certificates are all supported but I just want to know whether this is widely used or not.

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These are different uses.
It’s home assistant or it’s NVR.
Maybe look at blakeblackshear/frigate · Discussions · GitHub as the official Frigate support hub.

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Does home assistant not support NVR?

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An NVR saves and stores the files for future playback. HA mostly shows camera feeds, not made for storage.

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Would HA work with the motion detection from the camera?

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yes, a “motion detection” (in the right integration) you can use to “trigger” anything

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Might be a good idea to stick a sign on your HA

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