Publishing on the internet

Reach Walldash from outside your home through a reverse proxy with HTTPS.

By default Walldash is meant for your home network. If you want to reach it from the internet, put it behind a reverse proxy that provides HTTPS. Any reverse proxy works; Nginx Proxy Manager is a common, beginner-friendly choice.

  1. Point a domain name at the machine running Walldash.
  2. Create a new proxy host for that domain.
  3. Set the forward address to your Walldash server and its port (8080 by default).
  4. Turn on WebSockets support so live device updates keep flowing.
  5. Tell the proxy to pass through the original connection type, so Walldash knows the visitor arrived over HTTPS.
  6. In the SSL settings, request a certificate and turn on Force SSL.

Keep the proxy connected directly to Walldash. These steps work for both a container install and the Home Assistant add-on.

For the complete technical reference, see the repository docs .