Philips Hue - but I want it via the Cloud

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Hi,

I know we are all focused on a HA-setup that does not rely on the cloud. So do I.

But I have a second home nearby, with various Hue lights. I want to control it through my HA server.

I don’t want to install/operate a second HA instance for this. It’s too much overhead. I also don’t want to have a dedicated VPN tunnel.

The only way to setup my Hue-integration is to specify the IP address of the Hue bridge. But I have a Hue Cloud-account. Should that not be sufficient?

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No, because that IP is internal to that other network. You have no way of reaching it without VPN.

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Ok, thanks for the feedback. Too bad it can’t be done via the Cloud.

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It’s the “no VPN” that stops you. A SLZB-06 with the internal Wireguard VPN would solve this easily.

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This is something I was looking for too for the same reason. I’m surprised there’s no addon available using the Hue developer API,