A setup like this is never finished. Since the first posts went online, a few things changed that do not need a post of their own, but would make the old ones wrong if I kept quiet about them. More data from the inverters In the post about the balcony… Continue reading
After moving from Portainer to git, every Compose file and every piece of configuration was in git. But a git repository is only a description. Getting it onto the server was still a list of manual steps that I would have to remember after a disk failure. Probably at the… Continue reading
openHAB, Mosquitto and Grafana run as Docker containers on my OpenMediaVault server, next to a few other services (reverse proxy, VPN, file sync, backups). For a long time they were stacks in Portainer. Paste a Compose file into a text box, press deploy, forget about it. The problem with clicking… Continue reading
The balcony PV system gave me two numbers: what the panels produce and what flows through the grid meter. Next, I wanted both in one place, stored and drawn as nice graphs. The setup Three containers and one service run on my home server: openHAB I keep the whole openHAB… Continue reading
Two small solar inverters on the balcony, and one question: how much of this do we actually use? The inverters Nothing special here. I bought two Hoymiles micro inverters (HM-300 (ad) and HM-400 (ad), 700 W together), simply because they were cheap. The interesting part is getting the numbers out… Continue reading
This guide will lead thought the process of creating a encrypted container and automatically mount it as home partition. This was tested with Ubuntu 20.04. Preparation Encrypted Container This guide will utilize cryptsetup to create a LUKS header on a given device. ⚠️ All data of the used partition or… Continue reading
Tested with OpenSSL 3.0.8 7 Feb 2023 (Library: OpenSSL 3.0.8 7 Feb 2023) on (K)Ubuntu 23.04. Certificate Revocation Status Verify Status with CRL OpenSSL does offer the option to connect to a server and verify its certificate against the published CRL via the s_client sub-command [1]. The following example does… Continue reading
I was recently confronted with the “problem” that I wanted to add a reminder for me on every last day in the month. Google Calendar does not have such an option, but Google Tasks has! So just add a reoccurring task, that will then automatically show up in you calendar. Continue reading
If you have the same problem like me, that the mouse wheel of you beloved Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 8000 is not working in some applications and games, you need the Microsoft drivers for it. Unfortunately, the new Mouse and Keyboard Center, from Microsoft does not support some older Hardware… Continue reading
One week ago, my Linux NAS decided to spam me with mails, while I was sitting in a bar. Nothing is more disturbing, while having a nice chat and drink a beer, than your home server screaming about a failed RAID. I have to admit, I knew the RAID will fail soon,… Continue reading