Homelab
I'm not surprised people prefer Tailscale over WireGuard. Did you see the WireGuard quick start guide? Did you try to connect using this guide? Anyway, I have a VPS on Hetzner I wanted to connect to my local network through a secure tunnel. Tailscale is nice, but why
Homelab
There is a UPS monitoring through NUT configured in my Home Assistant. So I decided my Home Assistant could shut down my homelab servers on a low UPS battery.
Homelab
There is a lot of automation you can do with this data, but today I want to write up a short guide on how to safely get the information from the UPS connected to your NAS via USB into the Home Assistant.
Homelab
In 2013 Intel launched a line of small-form-factor barebone computers called "Next Unit of Computing" or NUC. Now it is the most frequently internet-recommended hardware platform for setting up an amateur server at home for pretty much everything. While Intel discontinued the NUC business in 2023, there are
Homelab
Do you want to know how and where RandomPlace is hosted? Or do you just want to know how to host a Ghost blog on your Synology NAS? I'm here today to answer both questions. It's been a long way to my current home lab configuration.
Homelab
I was looking for a one-stop solution for the home lab dashboard that will show the main server starts and links to my self-hosted apps on the same page. And also will look not like a Windows 95. Also will be configurable from the UI. Also will be able to
Homelab
What do you want the most when it gets to the notifications about new images available for your containers? I think the answer is consistency. Getting notifications by email or Whatsapp doesn’t look logical when Home Assistant has its own persistent notifications and powerful actionable notifications in the companion
Smart Home
The Docker installation method becomes very popular among Home Assistant users. One of the downsides of the Docker installation method is the absence of update notifications and updates with a single button click. Today we will try to fix this with the power of Named Pipes (Whaaat??). Disclaimer. This is
Smart Home
There are many ways to backup your Home Assistant instance, but today we will review a simple script that runs on your server and does local and remote backups. Well, the core of this method is not just a script, but two very powerful and useful Linux command line utilities:
Smart Home
Visual Studio Code in a browser aka Studio Code Server is a very comfortable way to edit Home Assistant configuration files. But did you know you can use the Visual Studio Code desktop application on any PC to manage your home server remotely? Likely you have an SSH server running
Smart Home
In the current post series, I’m describing the path I took from a regular Home Assistant setup on Home Assistant Blue to a home server with Docker and various software. Assuming we already have our Home Assistant in Docker up and running, it is time to add some addons
Smart Home
In the current post series, I’m describing the path I took from a regular Home Assistant setup on Home Assistant Blue to a home server with Docker and various software. Assuming we already have ODROID-N2+ with Debian Buster and Docker setup, our next step would be bringing Home Assistant