Use openHAB on an external server

[MDAR (Stuart Hanlon, UK importer of Velbus hardware)]

I’m sure you’re not doing anything that hasn’t been tried / done before

Try taking a look at these forum topics I’ve just found

myopenHAB linking multiple openHAB instances

Now that myopenHAB has been open sourced, we are planning to use it to allow remote access of multiple instances of openHAB2 running on devices in various homes for our clients. A few questions: Does it support our own “flavour” of Eclipse Smarthome or is it openHAB2 specific? Does it support multiple registrations/logins like http://www.myopenhab.org/ or is it one-to-one (one openHAB to one myopenHAB cloud instance)? Are there features for managing registrations? eg. an administration dashbo…

Connecting 2 OH2 Instances on separate Hosts

Hi everyone. I have a Raspi running openhabian 2.3 for my house. I want to install some devices in my basement that is too far from home to be reached by wifi or ethernet, so I’m thinking of using a 4G router with dedicated sim card, with another Raspi with openhabian acting as slave connected over the internet. I know it might seem confusing, but I really need someone to point me in the right direction knowing that: I need to install some devices like door sensors, lights, temperature sens…

And never forget that you ‘could’ run NodeRed alongside your central openHAB2 instance, as NodeRed can easily pull / push events (via the Rest API) between multiple openHAB2 instances, simply by adding multiple openHAB2 bridges / controllers.

Feel free to ask, I’m happy to create a NodeRed flow to demonstrate