SSL certificate needed? about haaska HOT 5 CLOSED

I didn't want to expose a home assistant endpoint so I used an SSH tunnel instead. If anyone else is interested, I can parameterize this a bit and kick off a PR.

def event_handler(event, context):
    config = Configuration('config.json')
    if config.debug:
        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
    ssh_key_pass = boto3.client('kms').decrypt(CiphertextBlob=b64decode(os.environ['ssh_key_pass']))['Plaintext']
    with SSHTunnelForwarder(
        ("myhomeassistantserver.com", 8124),
        ssh_username="homeassistant",
        ssh_pkey="./hass.key",
        ssh_private_key_password=ssh_key_pass,
        remote_bind_address=("0.0.0.0", 8123),
        local_bind_address=('0.0.0.0', 8123)
    ) as tunnel:
        ha = HomeAssistant(config)
        return ha.post('alexa/smart_home', event, wait=True).json() 

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@fotiDim Hi there, thanks for checking out Haaska.

It doesn’t require an SSL certificate, but it does require your Home Assistant install is reachable from the internet. For that reason, it’s best that you take every step possible to secure your Home Assistant install.

With HA Cloud, it opens its own secure connection outbound to the Alexa Voice Service.

Haaska goes the other direction, where when a command is sent from Alexa, it must go out and contact your local HA install.

Does that make sense?
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

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@puppetcoder Wow! Anything is on the table, so if you want to make a PR, I’ll definitely review/merge.

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Thanks to @puppetcoder, better security is now an option. Will update the docs soon.

@fotiDim Are we good to close this out?

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@anthonylavado sure closing it and happy to test it out!

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