# Node-Red and Home Assistant Core

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-and-home-assistant-core/37534>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [15 December 2020 14:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-and-home-assistant-core/37534 "2020-12-15T14:02:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Topolynx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/topolynx/32/32597_2.png) [@Topolynx](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Topolynx)\
**Post date:** [15 December 2020 14:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-and-home-assistant-core/37534/1 "2020-12-15T14:02:35Z")

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Hi! I would like to know if I've correctly set Node-Red to communicate with Home Assistant _ **Core** _.  
I have seen that almost all the tutorials refer to hassio, while I've installed Home Assistant Core and Node-Red in a full raspbian environment.  
I set up Home Assistant with duckdns and ssl.  
First, I've installed both [node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket](https://github.com/zachowj/node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket) in NR and [hass-node-red](https://github.com/zachowj/hass-node-red) in HA via HACS.  
Then, I tried to follow the instructions to configure my first node, an "events: state" node.  
As first try I set the server properties clicking on "I use the Home Assistant Add-on", but nothing happens (a yellow indicator under the node indefinitely shows "connecting").  
So, I set up the server to point the local address (https), and I had to check the option to accept unauthorized ssl certificates, and the node seems to correctly get data from HA, I've created a test flow which pick the status of an entity and notifies its status to the HA mobile app.  
Did I do things right?  
I don't know if the Node-Red addon for HA is involved in the way NR interacts with HA, since when I checked the "use HA Add-on" it didn't worked for me.  
By the way... what should be my next step? Should I now for example secure NR? I don't expose it over the internet, I do everything remotely with VNC.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2021 14:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-and-home-assistant-core/37534/2 "2021-02-13T14:02:37Z")

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