Wifi Camera's to work with Home Assistant.

[georgelza]

hi hi guys.

I want to add some indoor wifi camera's.

Any good brands to look at?
I have a pretty strong NAS (TrueNAS), lots of space, to which I can stream the media.
I'd also like to integrate it with HA, allowing me to view the "camera" remotely via HA

Any guidance appreciated.
Might eventually extend to same brand/external camera's.

PS: don't want anything that MUST have "internet" access to work, aka any foreign talk home.

G

 

[rustypup]

HA is a popular attack vector and exposing the service on the internet without taking appropriate steps is not a great idea.

As is any NAT/port forward.

Imagining VPN is magically secure is also a problem. Your device is being exposed to an aggregation service over which you have no control, makes your device visible to the aggregation service and possibly any clients connected to it.

What you actually need is an outbound-only service. Sadly no vendors out there provide it. Because security is not the first consideration.

 

[Heisenborg]

hi hi guys.

I want to add some indoor wifi camera's.

Any good brands to look at?
I have a pretty strong NAS (TrueNAS), lots of space, to which I can stream the media.
I'd also like to integrate it with HA, allowing me to view the "camera" remotely via HA

Any guidance appreciated.
Might eventually extend to same brand/external camera's.

PS: don't want anything that MUST have "internet" access to work, aka any foreign talk home.

G

Sounds like camera's are the least of your concerns. Why do you need to monitor the inside and why would you risk the exposure?

 

[georgelza]

... appreciate the warning... but that was not the question.

looking for a indoor camera that i can point to something like frigate running locally, that I can integrate with HA... that my question.

G

 

[georgelza]

honestly... dont want to explain the why's... I have valid reasons...

I'm looking for the simple question of what are others using, have found work in similar setup.

G