How do I get phone notifications from my server while I'm not connected to my home network? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by rambos@lemm.ee to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Hey guys. Im running Home Assistant in docker container for few years and I'm super happy with it. The only way I access my server when not home is wireguard VPN. I noticed that I'm still receiving notifications even when not connected to VPN. I wonder how is that possible?

I don't have sub for HA Cloud or Nabu Casa. I also don't own a domain, using duckdns for wireguard connection and reverse proxy (npm). I thought I have 100% local setup, but I guess there is a Google or HA server in between. I don't want to disable the feature, I just want to know where is my data being sent

Thx

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[-] stepan@lemmy.cafe 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

https://ntfy.sh should do the trick

https://docs.ntfy.sh/examples/#home-assistant

[-] dan@upvote.au 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There's a few comments like this in this thread, from people that I guess didn't actually read the post :)

They weren't asking how to do it; they were asking why it works out-of-the-box with the standard Home Assistant notifications.

You don't need ntfy; the standard Home Assistant app notifications work anywhere since they route via Google Firebase.

[-] stepan@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago

Oh, you're right

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