Cyber

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How do I get phone notifications from my server while I'm not connected to my home network?

Hey guys. Im running Home Assistant in docker container for few years and I'm super happy with it. The only way I access my server when not home is wireguard VPN. I noticed that I'm still receiving notifications even when not connected to VPN. I wonder how is that possible?...

Cyber ,

Just to add... if you don't want this, the minimal version of the HA app doesn't use 3rd party systems for notifications (you'd need to setup something yourself), so if this is a problem for you, there's also that option..

Just sayin'...

Cyber ,

I'd also split #2 further:

2a: Using a domestic DSL router and Synology NAS to run everything
2b: Has a Raspberry Pi (or 6) maybe a 2nd repurposed old PC and possibly an unmanaged switch
2c: Full height 19" rack, UPS, firewalls, managed switches, full virtualisation with SAN, redundancy and 100Gb full fibre internet

I'm somewhere between 2b and 2c

Cyber ,

Maybe not a docker solution, but you could throw pfSense into a VM and do all that from there

I use it (as it's intended) as my firewall, but I used to use these as general purpose network security VMs in the past (just because I know the product well)

So for you: no firewall rules, just setup DNS with pfBlocker (for the advert blocking) and setup the VPN as required...

Just an idea...

Have you ever bough an external hardrive only to take the disk out of it?

Hiya, so am looking to buy more storage and while browsing am seeing some external harddisks, such as Western Digital My Book and Seagate Expansion Desktop for cheaper than the internal harddisks themselves. Have seen this one video from KTZ Systems where he bought up multiple of these external ones just to open them up and use...

Cyber ,

This must've changed as I've shucked WD Elements / Book drives and they were normal drives...

So, you're saying the actual harddrive has a USB chipset onboard and only a USB interface?

When did this start happening?

Cyber ,

+1 for TiddlyWiki

I've been using it for years for a similar reason.

Each section (Tiddler) that you create in each wiki can be exported as a static HTML file, so if you have tables, etc, then formatting shouldn't be lost.

I use Firefox with an addon that helps to save changes (not at the desk at the mo, so can't check the name), but it works well.

Cyber ,

Noice.

But... how much faffing did you have to do to get the tuning right?

I've recently started using this and have 3 different ESP modules and I'm having a hellofatime getting them to show near-enough results, let alone accurate.

1 of them literally has the phone on top of it and it thinks it's 4m away.

I've gone upto absorbtion factor 10 (Spock) with an RSSI adjustment of 6, and that's passible on 1 device, but not another

So... what's your secret?

Cyber ,

Ah, ok... I see. I guess you've not filtering on distance then, ok. I see all my neighbours stuff on 1 sensor, so automatically started filtering (and then attempting to tune)

Good point on the negative room sensing, I think I need to start this again... but also ditch the crap module.

Thanks

Cyber ,

Well written

Cyber ,

Clonezilla has been my goto backup / restore solution for years. I've used it on everything from RaspberryPi SD Cards to a Dell Poweredge server with PERC RAID controller (because some fool setup the wrong RAID parameters).

I didn't know about Rescuezilla though... so thanks for that.

Cyber ,

... searches for "Futa" on company laptop...

Cyber ,

It's definitely a place where gold lamé slippers and a silk smoking jacket would fit right in...

Cyber ,

+1 for just mentioning squarepusher

Cyber ,

Iddqd

Why is replacement for home device controls so complicated?

I recently learned about Home Assistant here on Lemmy. It looks like a replacement for Google Home, etc. However, it requires an entire hardware installation. Proprietary products just use a simple app to manage and control devices, so can someone explain why a pretty robust dedicated device is necessary as a replacement? The...

Cyber ,

I think others have generally caught this, but I wanted to simplify the point: the apps on your phone are not controlling your home, a computer is.
If you don't use Google's, then you'll need to provide one.

Cyber OP ,

Of course, but IMHO it's worth checking the alternatives first before requesting an "obvious" (but only to me) feature that someone spends hours of their free time working on...

I was orignally hoping that the built-in mute could be scheduled, so that might be a suggestion.

So far DnD appears to be the option for me, now that I've thought about it more (after reading these comments) rather than trying to pause ntfy, gotify, etc...

Cyber ,

I am in no way even slightly an "expert" here, but Incus could be considered a lightweight Proxmox..

They're both going to run some VMs and / or containers, but with Proxmox you get the overhead of the fancy GUI.

So if your host(s) aren't running guests at >90% load, then there won't be any difference in performance.

I've recently installed Proxmox because everyone else uses it (and VMware's free ESXi is now dead)... but after pulling my hair out trying to get some things done, I'm seriously looking to move to Incus.

There's another post here somewhere (the one about free ESXi being killed off) with someone explaining more about Incus, which seems like it's the way to go... maybe worth a search.

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