I am slowly setting up my home environment. I was looking at ways to access my services from my mobile device. I know a lot of folks set up Traefik but I have a Unifi System and that has Teleport. I have tested it on my mobile device and I can connect to local devices that are not opened to the internet. I am curious if people have used this as an alternative and how it worked out.

Since I already have the Unfi system I was hoping this could work for me so I don't need to mess with anything else.

I am rebuilding my system and I have a few questions related to network set up. I have installed a new Unifi system, set up IoT VLAN and opened port for HA. That part I THINK is right. My questions lie with setting up DuckDNS and Let's Encrypt. I plan on doing more self hosting stuff in the future. Can/Should I be doing things like Dynamic DNS and certificates via an entity outside of HA such as my router or some other container in the "system" or is it better to handle HA's requirements inside of HA itself?

Additionally, in my current config I can only reach the HA brain via the DuckDNS URL. What sort of set up is required to have the unit accessible when the internet is down? Seems with the mobile app it is the URL or nothing. What do I need to be doing for internal access when on local LAN?

I am running it on the HA Blue hardware and I plan to rebuild from scratch if that matters. I am sketchy on the network set up and making sure things are all secure. Bit paranoid lol. So if you have any good set up guides on this portion it would be appreciated. Thanks.

My Soapweed Yucca has a flower spike. I am so excited. I have 4 of these in the garden but this one is doing best as it is planted on a rock wall with very free draining soil. The others are direct in the ground and not doing as well. I am hoping they spruce up a bit as they age. I started these by cold stratifying seeds in the fridge for a month back in July of 2022. Growing them out and placing them. Out of the bunch only these 4 are left. Hoping to get seeds this year. Any other folks have this growing?? Curious some good ground cover to put around the base. I have some Small-Fame Flower (Talinum parviflorum) growing around that has been spreading.