---
layout: page
title: "Cloud"
description: "Enable the Home Assistant Cloud integration."
date: 2017-11-17 20:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
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logo: home-assistant.png
ha_release: 0.57
---

The Home Assistant Cloud allows you to quickly integrate your local instance with various cloud services. Any processing of services from other cloud services is handled by your local instance.

To get started, create an account and log in via the configuration panel in your Home Assistant instance. There is no need to configure your router or expose your instance to the internet in any other way.

### {% linkable_title Amazon Alexa %}

The Alexa integration allows users to control the entities via the [Home Assistant Smart Home skill for Alexa][alexa skill]. This means that you can say things like "Alexa, turn on the kitchen light" to control your local instance.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry configuring Alexa
cloud:
  alexa:
    filter:
      include_entities:
        - light.kitchen
      include_domains:
        - switch
      exclude_entities:
        - light.living_room
      exclude_domains:
        - script
```

{% configuration %}
alexa:
  description: Configuration options for the Amazon Alexa integration.
  required: false
  type: map
  keys:
    filter:
      description: Filters for entities to include/exclude from Alexa.
      required: false
      type: map
      keys:
        include_entities:
          description: Entity IDs to include.
          required: false
          type: list
        include_domains:
          description: Domains to include.
          required: false
          type: list
        exclude_entities:
          description: Entity IDs to exclude.
          required: false
          type: list
        exclude_domains:
          description: Domains to exclude.
          required: false
          type: list
{% endconfiguration %}

[alexa skill]: https://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B0772J1QKB/?ref=skill_dsk_skb_sr_2