Homelabbing & privacy vpn

I personally installed IVPN on the router and Tailscale on the machine. However, it’s only now that I’m using Home Assistant, which has Tailscale installed on it. It feels almost foolish how simply I ultimately resolved this, especially after wrestling with insane solutions for two weeks straight. I’m being transparent about the project primarily so that others might spot my errors, allowing me to rectify them before final implementation. edit. So, this project involves a House Assistant situated in a different city.