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Sharing things I have managed to do (usually so I don’t forget how I did them) plus a few thoughts thrown in for good measure. All about technology one way or another.
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- Useful tshark Commands
- I’ve been away but “Now I’m Back”
- DietPi – Move Boot partition to smaller SD Card
- Get data from WH1080 Maplin Weatherstation sensors directly
- Install a Package from the Testing Repository
- ReadyNasDuo V1 Rsync
- Miscrosoft Teams – stop it auto starting
- Letsencrypt SSL Certificates by DNS Challenge with Lighttpd
- BT Broadband – Faster Speeds – Yes Really
- Ubiquiti USG Home Setup
- BT Broadband – Faster Speeds
- Cloudflared DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Pi-Hole
- UniFi Controller on a Pi or DietPi
- Pi-Hole and Disabling dnsmaq
- Systemd Timer and monit
- Contributing to Open Source Projects on GitHub
- Using nmcli to set a static IPV4 address in Hass.io
- Emoncms on DietPi
- Else is never necessary – Really?
- Keeping time on a Pi
- Old DietPi Orange Pi Images
- Adding a DietPi VM to an EXSi Host
- Displaying buttons on the TFT
- Forcing npm to Update Packages to Latest
- Using a Small TFT with a Raspberry Pi
- Bash History
- Installing pywws and running it as a Daemon
- Node-RED and icons
- Node-RED, npm, sudo and permissions
- A New Discovery
- Trouble with Hosting at SmartHost
- Node-RED and XML to JSON
- Reducing Spam on WordPress and Blacklists
- USB to VGA adapter
- Bash on Windows
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DietPi – Move Boot partition to smaller SD Card
Original Topic DietPi is just a great distribution. If you haven’t tried it, do. There is a function within the system called dietpi-drivemanager and it does what it says on the tin, manages drives. For me I wanted to move … Continue reading
Posted in DietPi, Linux, RaspberryPi, Technical - General
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Letsencrypt SSL Certificates by DNS Challenge with Lighttpd
LAN HTTPS Everywhere The aim of this investigation was to find a way to deploy HTTPS certificates on my LAN. This might seem over the top, but a) Troy Hunt thinks it is a good idea and b) I was … Continue reading
Posted in DietPi, Technical - General
Tagged DNS, Internal HTTPS, LAN, letsencrypt, Lighttpd, SSL
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Cloudflared DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Pi-Hole
(Using the new WordPress Editor and I am not sure I like it – in fact I hate it. Gone back via the ‘Classic Editor’ plugin) Background I have been following Troy Hunt and Scott Hulme, 2 well known security … Continue reading
UniFi Controller on a Pi or DietPi
Having just invested in a UniFi AP UAP-AC-Lite (it is absolutely fantastic), and refusing to spend £70 on the USB UniFi controller or wanting to use the cloud system, I needed to get the UniFi controller installed. I didn’t expect … Continue reading
Posted in DietPi, Hardware, Network, Technical - General
Tagged Docker, Ubiquti, UniFi
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Pi-Hole and Disabling dnsmaq
Pi-Hole no longer uses the dnsmasq DNS proxy directly. However, existing installations will still have it installed and the service will still attempt to run and fail (as it should). I was keen to get rid of it as I’m … Continue reading
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Emoncms on DietPi
Introduction WARNING The Install of EmonCMS has moved on since I wrote this and this guide is now depreciated I am a huge fan of DietPi – lightweight and fast, runs an a large number of SBCs. The aim here … Continue reading
Posted in DietPi, OpenEnergyMonitor, Technical - General
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Old DietPi Orange Pi Images
If, like me, you are a fan of DietPi, you may well have been irritated by recent events. The decision to move to a completely new image that could not be upgraded to, was understandable, if unfortunate. These things happen … Continue reading
Posted in DietPi, OrangePi
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Adding a DietPi VM to an EXSi Host
This blog very much falls into the ‘how in the hell did I do that’ category. A bit of background. I have had an HP MicroServer for a number of years just sitting there not doing a lot except running … Continue reading
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