If you’re trying to figure out how migrate your local users over to an external authentication provider, you’ve probably discovered that there’s no built in ability to link a local account to external account. Fortunately, there is a way to do this, but it requires making edits to the matrix-synapse database. There’s a lot that […]
I was recently tasked with creating a small deployment to host a single virtual machine at a customer site. The purpose of the virtual machine was to provide us with remote access to a specific customer resource that was otherwise unavailable to us. The deployment consisted of two physical machines running as Proxmox hypervisors (node-1
I recently built myself a portable battery pack out of 48 used 18650 cells that I got from https://batteryhookup.com.
Home Wifi: Enterprise equipment required Up until a little over 6 months ago, my home wifi network was terrible. Which is a sad, sad admission considering I’m an IT Professional. My access point needed to be rebooted almost once a week, and on top of that, reception in certain areas of my house was just
So, I’ve mentioned in a post or two that I have a home automation system running, but haven’t really talked about what it is or what it can do… Well, here’s an overview! What is it? Home-Assistant. It’s a fairly new home automation (HA) platform, that has gained a large following over the past couple
I’ve begun integrating the solar pump into the home automation system running in my house (Home-Assistant) using the MySensors platform. The goal is to be able to control the pump via Home-Assistant, and have Home-Assistant automatically water the garden when needed. So far, I’ve setup a MySensors Gateway, connected it to my Home-Assistant instance, and created a
One of my many projects this summer has been the installation of a rain barrel to collect water via the downspouts. Though the barrel portion is not entirely complete yet, I have just about wrapped up the solar powered pump that will be used to pump water out of the barrel. Parts & Components: Plano
I love my Hue lights… mostly. Sometimes they need a little persuasion when turning them off, and they could be a little brighter. My biggest issue though, is that they were designed to turn themselves on after losing power. That means that after a power outage all of your hue lights will be on, possibly
I decided that using Icinga for my Laundry Alert device was a little much… It’s an enterprise grade network and service monitoring tool and I was using it to monitor our washer and dryer. So, I rolled up my sleeves and dug into revamping the whole thing as a Python program. I’m not a programmer
I had a conundrum. I was making unnecessary trips down three and a half flights of stairs only to turn around, make the return trip, wait a while, and do it all again. I could never tell when communal laundry space was in use, nor could I tell whether or not the washer or dryer