Been trying to figure out how to use a WireGuard VPN to access my #HomeAssistant from outside my home network, and, well, it's beaten me. For now.

I can ping it from other machines connected to the VPN, but I'm damned if I can actually connect to it.

Ultimately the trouble is that I don't know what I'm doing.

TURNS OUT that just using Tailscale works fine for this. Took five minutes to set up.

I will continue trying to figure out WireGuard though, because I like the idea of not having to rely on external services, but for now, and for how often I actually need to access Home Assistant from outside my home network, Tailscale is ok.