For questions, make sure to go through the docs first, they're very well put together. http://docs.frigate.video/guides/getting_started
What do you use to access frigate outside LAN?
I have setup frigate. I am yet to go through the home assistant setup.
My ISP doesn't provide public IPv4 address, and provides dynamic IPv6 address, although I am not sure if ports are exposed on the WAN.
Currently frigate access is restricted to LAN, and I assume home assistant notifications would also be restricted to LAN. I want to be able to at least get notified when not at home, and even better if I can access frigate itself.
I am thinking of two solutions,
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Use IPv6 based dynamic dns. This will allow access for IPv6 based hosts. Not ideal, but should be mostly fine. IPv6 is very common here in India.
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Use reverse proxy tunnel. Maybe tailscale supports it? Need to investigate this.
What are you using to get notified outside LAN?
Cloudflare tunnels and access
WireGuard
I use tailscale. I'm routing my whole Subnet but you could install tailscale on the box as well and do it thay way. I've got tailscale for access to every single one of my services including home assistant.
I put mine right on the internet with port 5000 exposed. Raw dog it boys.
Home assistant
Just home assistant via the clips. I don't want my cameras to be publicly accessible. They're on their own vlan isolated from everything else.
Having a Nabu Casa subscription I can view my Frigate proxy dashboard through home assistant when I'm away.
I use a Wireguard VPN set up on my router.
I use ZeroTier.
OpenVPN.