randomtask1155/alexaroku

control a roku device via alexa

Enable basic controls for roku via alexa

How to run

install

go get github.com/randomtask1155/rokuremote
go get github.com/randomtask1155/alexaroku

set environment variables via bash export

Variable	Description
ALEXAAPPID	App ID found in amazon developer dashboard for the given alexa skill
PORT	Listening port
ROKUIP	IP address of roku device that you want to control

export ALEXAAPPID="app123456"
export PORT="3030"
export ROKUIP="10.1.1.1"

start

nohup alexaroku > /tmp/alexaroku.log &

Recommend NGINX frontend

create file /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain.net

upstream backends {
    server 10.1.1.1:3000;
}

server {
    listen              443 ssl; # 'ssl' parameter tells NGINX to decrypt the traffic
    server_name         domain.net;
    ssl_certificate     /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.pem; # The certificate file
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/private.pem; # The private key file
    ssl on;


    location / {
        proxy_pass http://backends;
	proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

create soft link

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain.net /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/domain.net

restart nginx

sudo nginx restart

Building docker image

./build.sh

deploy in k8s

create secrets

generate base64 encoded scripts for ALEXAAPPID and ROKUIP

echo 123 | base64

populate the alexarokukeys.secret.yml with the base4 values and apply the file

kubectl apply -f alexarokukeys.secret.yml

deploy the app

kubectl apply -f alexaroku-deployment.yml

deploy ingress

kubectl apply -f alexaroku-ingress.yml