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Restart or shutdown your Proxmox node from Home Assistant automation
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.
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Monitor USB UPS connected to Synology NAS in Home Assistant
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.
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Intel NUC alternatives for your 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
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Hosting Ghost Blog On Synology NAS
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.
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Simple and beautiful home server dashboard with Homarr and Dashdot
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
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What's up Docker? is like Watchtower but with UI and Home Assistant integration
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
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Home Assistant in Docker #4: Add-ons. MQTT and Zigbee2MQTT
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
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Home Assistant in Docker #3: docker-compose.yml for Home Assistant and MariaDB explained
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
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Home Assistant in Docker #2: Installing Docker on ODROID-N2+ with Debian Buster
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, our next step would be Docker installation. Previous posts series: * Debian
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Home Assistant in Docker #1: Debian Buster on ODROID-N2+ aka Home Assistant Blue
I ordered Home Assistant Blue on the day it was announced at Home Assistant Conference on December 13, 2020. It was exactly what I wanted – powerful hardware without any noise. And nice-looking, of course. It was a great speed improvement compared to Raspberry Pi 3B+, but this hardware can handle
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Automatic Home Assistant backup to Google Drive
You definitely should back up your Home Assistant regularly at least to avoid losing configurations you spend a lot of time on. Home Assistant has a tool for this also with a lot of improvements added recently, like automatic addon backups before updates. But, you know it is not very