Alexa integration without HA cloud with NordVPN Static IP?

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Hi All,

First of all: I’ve tried searching for a solution before posting but couldn’t find anything useful.

I also have a NordVPN account with Static IP. Is it possible to activate Alexa and remote access with this setup? I couldn’t find any guide on how to connect my HA with my NordVPN account and especially configure it to use the Static IP assigned to me.

Thank you for your help!

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I am not sure what you mean by “activate” alexa, but I am able to trigger Alexa commands and make Alexa make announcements and stay stuff from ha

i can also have alexa activate scripts and therefore control entities on ha.

is that what you mean? or something else? I’m unsure how static ip or vpn impacts anything

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Thank you for your response!

Maybe I’m missing something but I’ve read that I either must use the paid service from NabuCasa to have Alexa voice commands activated on my HA and have remote access or I need to make my HA accessible from outside with a static IP. Isn’t that true? In other words: do I need to have the paid HA cloud service from NabuCasa to use Alexa voice commands and access my HA remotely?

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nanucasa makes a lot of things like that easy and arguably more secure. you can configure remote access yourself via vpn or ddns. A static ip helps but ddns is the solution if you don’t have a static ip

invocation from and to alexa is also possible for a number of things… it has limitations and is arguably a bit hacky in spots… alexa access isn’t a simple yes or no.