Can't Port Forward HA, Help?

[Zach]

I’ve been able to set up HA on my Raspberry Pi 3 and am now trying to integrate it with my Amazon Echo. However, in order to do so, I need to port forward or get some sort of HTTPS connection with AWS servers.

Living on a college campus, I have no control over port forwarding. How can I still access my Raspberry Pi from within the network and integrate it with my Echo?

Thanks!

[rpitera (Robert Pitera)]

You could try this as an alternative:

AWS Lambda Proxy Custom Alexa Skill when you don't have https

Create an account on “https://aws.amazon.com/lambda” Under AWS Service in the Compute category select Lambda Then Create a new Lambda function Select a blueprint In filter search for “alexa-skills-kit-color-expert” nodejs It should then bring you to configure triggers Click the box outlined with dashes and from the drop down select Alexa Skills Kit Than name your function and enter a description For the runtime select NodeJS (do not select node.js4.3) Edit inline code and delete everyth…

[Zach]

This does solve the Alexa problem, but I won’t be able to access the mobile interface from outside my network. Any ideas?

[rpitera (Robert Pitera)]

Not knowing how your campus network is set up, can you request a static IP? Perhaps you could setup with a DDNS provider like no-ip.org.

[AlucardZero]

Tor hidden service? Reverse SSH tunnel?
Just don’t go too far trying to get around your network admins. Alternately, ask them for help.