hap-server Remote Access

This repository contains:

• The tunnel server library,
• The plugin for hap-server and Homebridge Config UI to connect to the tunnel server and
• A command line program to register with the tunnel server.

See docs/protocol.md for more information about the tunnel protocol.

Installing with hap-server

npm install --global @hap-server/remote-access

Installing with Homebridge

As Homebridge doesn’t support loading scoped packages as plugins you need to install an additional package to load it.

npm install --global @hap-server/remote-access homebridge-remote-access

Registration

TODO

1. Create an account on the tunnel server

   You will be asked to enter an email address when registering. You may need to prove you have access to emails
   sent to this address.

    hapserver-tunnel-setup register > cert-key.pem

   If you are using a different tunnel server add it’s address.

   
   
   hapserver-tunnel-setup register hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk#pk=... > cert-key.pem
   
   

   This will generate a CSR and wait for the server to generate a certificate. At this point the server may ask for
   additional verification (e.g. validating an email address).

   Once the server has generated a certificate it will be saved to cert-key.pem with the private key. Move this
   somewhere that hap-server/Homebridge will be able to read. The registration command will also generate a URL with
   the certificate.

   When configuring hap-server/Homebridge or registering a hostname you can use either:

   • A URL with cert and key parameters:

       hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk#pk={hex encoded server record signing key}&cert={base64 encoded PEM encoded client certificate}&key={base64 encoded PEM encoded client private key}

   • Or, a URL with cf (and optional pkf) parameters:

       hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk#pk={hex encoded server record signing key}&cf={path to PEM encoded client certificate and private key (cert-key.pem)}

2. Register a hostname

   Replace $URL with the URL from the previous command.

    hapserver-tunnel-setup "$URL" add-hostname example.hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk

   hap-server or your Homebridge server will be accessible at https://example.hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk
   once hap-server/Homebridge is configured.

   The domains you can use depends on the tunnel server you’re using. To list the domains you can use run the list-domains command:

    hapserver-tunnel-setup "$URL" list-domains

hap-server configuration

Add this to your configuration file with the tunnel server address and hostname from registration.
The tunnel server address includes authentication data.

plugins:
    @hap-server/remote-access:
        server: hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk#pk=...&cf=.../path/to/cert-key.pem
        hostname: example.hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk
        # All certbot options are optional except `certbot_agree_tos` which must be set to `true`
        # If `certbot` can't be found with the PATH environment variable `certbot_path` must be set
        # certbot_path: /usr/local/bin/certbot
        # certbot_data_path: /path/to/store/certbot/data
        # certbot_acme_server: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
        certbot_agree_tos: true
        # certbot_email_address: letsencrypt@example.com

Homebridge configuration

Add this to your configuration file with the tunnel server address and hostname from registration.
The tunnel server address includes authentication data.

Replace 8080 with the web interface port if you have changed this or aren’t using Homebridge Config UI X.

{
    "platforms": [
        {
            "platform": "remote-access.TunnelServiceConfiguration",
            "server": "hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk#pk=...&cf=.../path/to/cert-key.pem",
            "hostname": "example.hapserver-tunnel.fancy.org.uk",
            "proxy": {
                "port": 8080
            },
            "certbot_agree_tos": true
        }
    ]
}