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Basics

Stopping the annoying flood of errors from InfluxDB

InfluxDB (1.8) is a great database but it logs every web access as an error by default. This creates a lot of error entries in a log aggregation tool like Loki. There is a simple fix though. Loki & log aggregation Loki is a great tool to aggregate logs from Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years27.06.2022 ago
Basics

Taming Loki’s hunger – reclaiming disk space used by limiting the Loki log size (for the docker plugin)

The Grafana Loki logging aggregator is a great tool to collect logs from lots of places (Docker containers) in one place. Loki log size can unfortunately grow quite big though with the default settings. When my Raspberry Pis SD card was nearly full I looked for some ways to combat Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years15.06.2022 ago
HomeAssistant

Migrating ZHA to the Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle plus without annoying data loss

Migrating ZHA to a new coordinator can be easy once you figure out how. I have been running my smart home Zigbee network with Home Assistant, ZHA and a Sonoff Zigbee wifi bridge flashed with Tasmota for a couple of years now. With the release of the new cheap and Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years25.04.2022 ago
Software

My 10 favorite & most useful smart home tools – for your DIY smart home

Building a DIY smart home needs a good set of software tools to write code, monitor your devices and update data. Here are my favorite smart home tools. Over the years I have used quite a lot and those turned out to be the best for the job so far. Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years08.03.2022 ago
Software

Renewing Let’s encrypt certificates with Traefik

Let’s encrypt, the biggest free provider of TLS certificates recently issued a warning to renew all TLS based certificates. Here is how to force a certificate renewal if you are using Traefik as a reverse proxy. Traefik and let’s encrypt I already wrote about my home server setup using Traefik Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years26.01.2022 ago
Basics

Roborock S50 – simple fix for error 2

My Roborock S50 robot vacuum has maybe been my best smart home purchase so far but recently an error 2 message stopped it from working properly. Here is how to fix the error 2 and how to clean the underside of the robot. Error 2 – bumper stuck The S50 Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years29.12.2021 ago
Basics

Simplifying log aggregation for Docker containers – how to easily set up Loki & Grafana

Running a lot of Docker containers for your smart home and other software needs generates a lot of logs. A simple tool for log aggregation to view all of them together can help a lot. Professional software like the ELK stack is complicated to set up but there is a Read more…

By Oliver, 4 years23.08.2021 ago
HomeAssistant

Upgrading Home Assistant – painless updates via docker-compose

Setting up your own smarthome server with HomeAssistant and more is easy with Docker(-compose). Upgrading Home Assistant to keep everything up to date afterwards can be a challenge though. Here I will show a couple of ways to quickly update your containers. A smarthome server based on Docker My personal Read more…

By Oliver, 4 years24.07.2021 ago
Basics

Primeday? How to select smart home gear in 2021

Big discount campaigns like the upcoming Amazon Prime Days can be a good time to update your smart home. But how to select smart home gear? Don’t blindly buy whatever is offered – instead find the devices best suited for you. This is how I select my smart home devices. Read more…

By Oliver, 4 years20.06.2021 ago
HomeAssistant

How to seamlessly add Grafana graphs to Home Assistant

Home Assistant dashboard are great, but Grafana is even more powerful. So why not combine them and embed your Grafana graphs directly into your Home Assistant dashboard? It is actually pretty simple. If you are looking for an even better shortcut in your smart home journey check out my new Read more…

By Oliver, 4 years30.05.2021 ago

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