Setting up SSL without duckDNS

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Hi all,

I’m just getting started with HA so my yaml / rpi knowledge is extremely limited, but i’m looking to setup a secure remote connection to my HA system.

i set it up using duckdns because apparently every video available online in the last 2 years shows how to do it with duckdns ( probably because it free ) and it worked.

but i already own a domain, and so i was hoping i would be able to setup a secure connection my ha to a sub domain. is this possible?

can someone please point me in the direction on how to set it up?

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You can use the Let’s Encrypt addon for that

Let’s Encrypt provides 2 ways of challenging ownership.

  1. The HTTP challenge.
  2. The DNS challenge

The http challenge should work always, but it requires a http (port 80) to be open on your side.
I prefer the DNS challenge, as it doesn’t require anything….but….not all dns provider support it :thinking:

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thanks for the quick reply, sadly the domain i have wasn’t on the list of supported providers, but i started a domain transfer to a supported provider so just need to wait until its finished to try it out :slight_smile:

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I did the same; went to TranIP (it was also a few €’s cheaper :grin:), works like a charm!
Before that I had quite a complex system using apache, certbot and a copy process to generate certificates.

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i managed to get it working but i used godaddy dns plugin instead

thanks again for the assist :slight_smile: