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## Automatic setup via Home Assistant Cloud
With [Home Assistant Cloud](/cloud/), you can connect your Home Assistant instance in a few simple clicks to Amazon Alexa. With Home Assistant Cloud you don't have to deal with dynamic DNS, SSL certificates or opening ports on your router. Just log in via the user interface and a secure connection with the cloud will be established. Home Assistant Cloud requires a paid subscription after a 30-day free trial.
With [Home Assistant Cloud](/cloud/), you can connect your Home Assistant instance in a few simple clicks to Amazon Alexa. With Home Assistant Cloud, you don't have to deal with dynamic DNS, SSL certificates, or opening ports on your router. Just log in via the user interface and a secure connection with the cloud will be established. Home Assistant Cloud requires a paid subscription after a 30-day free trial.
For Home Assistant Cloud Users, documentation can be found [here](https://www.nabucasa.com/config/amazon_alexa/).
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There are a few ways that you can use Amazon Alexa and Home Assistant together.
- [Build custom commands to use](/integrations/alexa.intent/)
- [Build custom commands](/integrations/alexa.intent/)
- [Create a new Flash Briefing source](/integrations/alexa.flash_briefings/)
- [Use the Smart Home API to control lights, etc](/integrations/alexa.smart_home/)
- Alternative: use the [Emulated Hue integration][emulated-hue-component] to trick Alexa to thinking Home Assistant is a Philips Hue hub.
- [Use the Smart Home API to control lights, etc.](/integrations/alexa.smart_home/)
- Alternative: use the [Emulated Hue integration][emulated-hue-component] to trick Alexa into thinking Home Assistant is a Philips Hue hub.
### Requirements
Manual setup the integration with Amazon Alexa needs several requirements
Manual setup of the integration with Amazon Alexa has several requirements:
- Amazon Developer Account. You can sign up [here][amazon-dev-console].
- Building custom commands and Flash Briefing requires your Home Assistant instance to be accessible from the Internet with HTTPS on port 443.
- An [AWS account](https://aws.amazon.com/free/) is needed if you want to use the Smart Home Skill API. A part of your Smart Home Skill will be hosted on [AWS Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/). However, you don't need to worry about costs, AWS Lambda allows free to use up to 1 million requests and 1GB outbound data transfer per month.
- Smart Home API also needs your Home Assistant instance accessible from the Internet.
- Building custom commands and Flash Briefing require your Home Assistant instance to be accessible from the Internet with HTTPS on port 443.
- An [AWS account](https://aws.amazon.com/free/) is needed if you want to use the Smart Home Skill API. A part of your Smart Home Skill will be hosted on [AWS Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/). However, you don't need to worry about costs; AWS Lambda is free for up to 1 million requests and 1GB of outbound data transfer per month.
- Smart Home API also needs your Home Assistant instance to be accessible from the Internet.
[amazon-dev-console]: https://developer.amazon.com
[emulated-hue-component]: /integrations/emulated_hue/