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Moving Docker data to an external SSD – a simple step-by-step guide to more stable & secure Raspberry Pi storage

Moving Docker data to an external SSD fixes a major flaw with my smart home system. Many people out there, including me, are running a small home server on a Raspberry Pi – usually running on a SD card with very limited space and a potentially very limited lifetime. Fortunately Read more…

By Oliver, 2 weeks1 week ago
HomeAssistant

Setting up a new smart home with Home Assistant – Part Two: Adding Zigbee and Tasmota devices

Home Assistant is an awesome free home automation system. To properly utilize it you need to add smart home devices though. This is how to add Zigbee and (Tasmota) Wifi devices to Home Assistant. I recently started working on my new smart home server and build up the hardware as Read more…

By Oliver, 4 weeks ago
HomeAssistant

Setting up a new smart home with Home Assistant – Part One: hardware & setup

It is time! I am building a new smart home server for 2021. Home Assistant, Docker, Pi-hole & more, everything on one Raspberry Pi. Lets get ready by assembling the hardware and setting everything up. I have been running Openhabian on a Raspberry Pi 3 for years and it has Read more…

By Oliver, 1 month1 week ago
Openhab

99% CPU usage? Avoid disaster by monitoring the Raspberry Pi

Even the best smart home system does not do you much good if the controller becomes unresponsive. Mine runs on a Raspberry Pi and recently died due to a software issue. To avoid something like happening again I updated my monitoring of the Pi itself. Here is a simple way Read more…

By Oliver, 9 months5 months ago
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