Run without GCM

[phil535]

I tried to run openhab-cloud without GCM by commenting out the XMPP client in fcm-xmpp.js.

The UI shows that the openHAB is online. However clicking the access your openHAB's dashboard link does not do anything.

I run the following software versions:
openhab-cloud v1.0.18 (modified without GCM)
openHAB 3.4.5

My purpose of self hosting openhab-cloud is the privacy aspect. Notifications will not work on my phone as it is ungoogled. But it would be nice to have remote access.

Is there a way to get remote access to work without GCM?

Would it help to configure a different XMPP server instead of GCM?