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Links multiple home-assistant instances together
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# Remote Home-Assistant



_Component to link multiple Home-Assistant instances together._



**This component will set up the following platforms.**



Platform | Description

-- | --

`remote_homeassistant` | Link multiple Home-Assistant instances together .



The main instance connects to the Websocket APIs of the remote instances (already enabled out of box), the connection options are specified via the `host`, `port`, and `secure` configuration parameters. If the remote instance requires an access token to connect (created on the Profile page), it can be set via the `access_token` parameter. To ignore SSL warnings in secure mode, set the `verify_ssl` parameter to false.



After the connection is completed, the remote states get populated into the master instance.

The entity ids can optionally be prefixed via the `entity_prefix` parameter.



The entity friendly names can optionally be prefixed via the `entity_friendly_name_prefix` parameter.



The component keeps track which objects originate from which instance. Whenever a service is called on an object, the call gets forwarded to the particular remote instance.



When the connection to the remote instance is lost, all previously published states are removed again from the local state registry.



A possible use case for this is to be able to use different Z-Wave networks, on different Z-Wave sticks (with the second one possible running on another computer in a different location).



## Installation



This component *must* be installed on both the main and remote instance of Home Assistant



If you use HACS:



1. Click install.



Otherwise:



1. To use this plugin, copy the `remote_homeassistant` folder into your [custom_components folder](https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/creating_integration_file_structure/#where-home-assistant-looks-for-integrations).



**Remote instance**



On the remote instance you also need to add this to `configuration.yaml`:



```yaml

remote_homeassistant:

  instances:

```



This is not needed on the main instance.



## Configuration (main instance)



### Web (Config flow)



1. Add a new Remote Home-Assistant integration






2. Specify the connection details to the remote instance






You can generate an access token in the by logging into your remote instance, clicking on your user profile icon, and then selecting "Create Token" under "Long-Lived Access Tokens".



Check "Secure" if you want to connect via a secure (https/wss) connection



3. After the instance is added, you can configure additional Options by clicking the "Options" button.






4. You can configure an optional prefix that gets prepended to all remote entities (if unsure, leave this blank).






Click "Submit" to proceed to the next step.



5. You can also define filters, that include/exclude specified entities or domains from the remote instance.






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or via..



### YAML



To integrate `remote_homeassistant` into Home Assistant, add the following section to your `configuration.yaml` file:



Simple example:



```yaml

# Example configuration.yaml entry

remote_homeassistant:

  instances:

  - host: raspberrypi.local

```



Full example:



```yaml

# Example configuration.yaml entry

remote_homeassistant:

  instances:

  - host: localhost

    port: 8124

  - host: localhost

    port: 8125

    secure: true

    verify_ssl: false

    access_token: !secret access_token

    entity_prefix: "instance02_"

    entity_friendly_name_prefix: "Instance02 "

    include:

      domains:

      - sensor

      - switch

      - group

      entities:

      - zwave.controller

      - zwave.desk_light

    exclude:

      domains:

      - persistent_notification

      entities:

      - group.all_switches

    filter:

    - entity_id: sensor.faulty_pc_energy

      above: 100

    - unit_of_measurement: W

      below: 0

      above: 1000

    - entity_id: sensor.faulty_*_power

      unit_of_measurement: W

      below: 500

    subscribe_events:

    - state_changed

    - service_registered

    - zwave.network_ready

    - zwave.node_event

    load_components:

    - zwave

```



```

host:

  host: Hostname or IP address of remote instance.

  required: true

  type: string

port:

  description: Port of remote instance.

  required: false

  type: int

secure:

  description: Use TLS (wss://) to connect to the remote instance.

  required: false

  type: bool

verify_ssl:

  description: Enables / disables verification of the SSL certificate of the remote instance.

  required: false

  type: bool

  default: true

access_token:

  description: Access token of the remote instance, if set.

  required: false

  type: string

max_message_size:

  description: Maximum message size, you can expand size limit in case of an error.

  required: false

  type: int

entity_prefix:

  description: Prefix for all entities of the remote instance.

  required: false

  type: string

entity_friendly_name_prefix:

  description: Prefix for all entity friendly names of the remote instance.

  required: false

  type: string

include:

  description: Configures what should be included from the remote instance. Values set by the exclude lists will take precedence.

  required: false

  default: include everything

  type: mapping of

    entities:

      description: The list of entity ids to be included from the remote instance

      type: list

    domains:

      description: The list of domains to be included from the remote instance

      type: list

exclude:

  description: Configures what should be excluded from the remote instance

  required: false

  default: exclude nothing

  type: mapping of

    entities:

      description: The list of entity ids to be excluded from the remote instance

      type: list

    domains:

      description: The list of domains to be excluded from the remote instance

      type: list

filter:

  description: Filters out states above or below a certain threshold, e.g. outliers reported by faulty sensors

  required: false

  type: list of

    entity_id:

      description: which entities the filter should match, supports wildcards

      required: false

      type: string

    unit_of_measurement

      description: which units of measurement the filter should match

      required: false

      type: string

    above:

      description: states above this threshold will be ignored

      required: false

      type: float

    below:

      description: states below this threshold will be ignored

      required: false

      type: float

subscribe_events:

  description: Further list of events, which should be forwarded from the remote instance. If you override this, you probably will want to add state_changed!!

  required: false

  type: list

  default: 

  - state_changed

  - service_registered

load_components:

  description: Load components of specified domains only present on the remote instance, e.g. to register services that would otherwise not be available.

  required: false

  type: list

service_prefix: garage_

  description: Prefix used for proxy services. Must be unique for all instances.

  required: false

  type: str

  default: remote_

services:

  description: Name of services to set up proxy services for.

  required: false

  type: list

```



## Special notes 



### Missing Components



If you have remote domains (e.g. `switch`), that are not loaded on the main instance you need to list them under `load_components`, otherwise you'll get a `Call service failed` error.



E.g. on the master:



```yaml

remote_homeassistant:

  instances:

  - host: 10.0.0.2

    load_components:

    - zwave

```



to enable all `zwave` services. This can also be configured via options under Configuration->Integrations.



### Proxy Services



Some components do not use entities to handle service calls, but handle the

service calls themselves. One such example is `hdmi_cec`. This becomes a

problem as it is not possible to forward the service calls properly. To work

around this limitation, it's possible to set up a *proxy service*.



A proxy service is registered like a new service on the master instance, but

it mirrors a service on the remote instance. When the proxy service is called

on the master, the mirrored service is called on the remote instance. Any

error is propagated back to the master. To distinguish proxy services from

regular services, a service prefix must be provided.



Example: If a proxy service is set up for `hdmi_cec.volume` with service

prefix `remote_`, a new service called `hdmi_cec.remote_volume` will be

registered on the master instance. When called, the actual call will be forwarded

to `hdmi_cec.volume` on the remote instance. The YAML config would

look like this:



```yaml

remote_homeassistant:

  instances:

  - host: 10.0.0.

    service_prefix: remote_

    services:

      - hdmi_cec.volume

```



This can also be set up via Options for the integration under

Configuration -> Integrations.



---



See also the discussion on https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/13876 and https://github.com/home-assistant/architecture/issues/246 for this component



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