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House log - 09/04/21

House log - 09/04/21

Today I'm trying to get a quote for the lights in the kitchen. My initial plan is to install 48v lights from Modular lighting instruments, a company from Belgium. What Worktop Dining Pista track 48V surface profile 2m black structured 1 1 Pista track 48V surface profile 3m

Install zigbee2mqtt on a NanoPI Neo 256Mb

Install zigbee2mqtt on a NanoPI Neo 256Mb

Yesterday I've received my NanoPi Neo with 256Mb of RAM. Such a cute and tiny board: It has a bunch of pins too :) Initial setup I've started with Armbian first, but I hadn't too much luck. I've been told it was the

House log - 09/04/21

House log - 09/04/21

Today the house was vandalized. The person(s) tipped over the mobile toilet and broke a window. No intention to break in I think. I've called the police and will need to get the window replaced. Now we want to see which security solutions are feasible :) Progress The

Setup Ubuntu servers

Setup Ubuntu servers

This post describes the manual steps I need to do to set up the linux machines properly Machines I have a server (I'm not that environmentally friendly, I know) with VmWare ESXi installed and I've created multiple VMs for the different machines: 1. core - contains

Move UniFi controller to different machine

Move UniFi controller to different machine

Yesterday I have tried to move the linux UniFi controller from a temporary machine to a new, more permanent location. I have noticed the steps are simple: 1. Install the controller onto the new server, but don't do anything now. 2. Back up the current configuration (settings -

House log 18/03/21

House log 18/03/21

Today I met with the German Engineer at the house, to discuss the state of play and the next steps. We agreed that we should not rush things, in order they are done right. We asked about increasing the size of the shower at the ground floor from 80x80 to

Pretty Svelte

The past few days I've been playing with Svelte and SvelteKit to rebuild my blog. Some things I figured out: 1. SvelteKit uses Snowpack 2. SvelteKit has a generator for static sites svelte-kit adapt --verbose 3. The wildcard stuff is very cute (when it works) On Wildcards Well,

A typography sample for remark and tailwind.

A typography sample for remark and tailwind.

Header 1 Header 2 Header 3 Header 4 * A * list with * more items 1. An ordered 2. List 3. With other items Look at the tailwind typography plugin to figure out what to do not to overwrite the color and use the parent color for headers! Table a b c

Hello Svelte

A few weeks ago I had a chat with the team at work and our architect mentioned micro-front-ends and Svelte. Now, our corporate frontend is angular-based. We also have a project that developed an UI in Aurelia and they had a number of difficulties along the road (read: Risks, risks

House log - Status update

House log - Status update

Got a form from the finances department: As an attachment you will find the form "follow-up of changes - commissioning or first rental". We ask that you complete, sign and return that form to the address stated on the form before January 10, 2021. We use the information

House log - Epopeea Electrica

House log - Epopeea Electrica

December 2019 -Surprise! DaVinci told us we need an electrician. The electricity distributor also told us they don't install the counter etc., jus bless the installation made by an electrician. вот это сюрприз! Now we entered panic mode and we asked DaVinci to tell us which electricians they

House log - Status update

House log - Status update

Summary Here's the state of play: 1. We've got the cables to the gate 2. The constructor said we need 400v for the house to start the heat pump so we warm up the house before they put the screed. We need 400v for this. 3.

Install Ubuntu Server

Install Ubuntu Server

So, after the CentOS news, I went on to search another release-based distribution. The obvious choice now is Ubuntu server (20.04 LTS at the time of writing). Here are my steps to install the server on VMWare ESXi Prerequisites First, you have to download the ISO: * Go to the

House log - Status update

House log - Status update

Today I vent by the house. Here's the state of play: Fences * The fence posts have been placed * The foundation for the gate was also placed * All materials are there * Next week, everything should be ready Plumbing * Ground floor has the floor heating done. First floor too (probably)

CentOS is dead (as we know it)

CentOS is dead (as we know it)

Today I read that RedHat decided to move CentOS from a release-based distribution to a 'stream' one. This means it'll receive all kind of updates and, more important, there's not going to be a LTS :( So, all my work on messing around with SELinux

House log - Status update

House log - Status update

Today I vent by the house. Here's the state of play: Fences * The fence posts have been placed * All materials are there * Next week, everything should be ready Plumbing * Ground floor has the floor heating prepared * Cellar is prepared for floor heating Base plate for heat pump * I&

I Declare Defeat - Mount NFS in Docker

I Declare Defeat - Mount NFS in Docker

Today I've tried to mount a NFS into a docker volume via the following means: 1. Mount the NFS on the host and create a docker volume using the absolute path 2. Create a docker volume via NFS Both variants have failed miserably, in hte sense that I

House log - A turn

House log - A turn

Today I went again. No electricians. We informed the constructor and the constructor communicated to Electricien Belgium that someone else will replace them as they cannot finish their job. Hopefully, this is the last we see of them.

Setup Ansible on CentOS 8

Setup Ansible on CentOS 8

Today I've started to set up my ESXI CentOS hosts. I wanted to automate everything, including the ansible installation, but I figured it's much easier to write up the commands. Preparation Unfortunately, Ansible is not a pure CentOS package, but EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux)

Mount a shared NFS from TrueNAS on CentOS

Mount a shared NFS from TrueNAS on CentOS

On the setup of my house, I've decided that configuration files should be stored on the NAS. For this, the idea is that the NAS would have a share (say "config")which would be mounted on the other machines. Each application would then have its own

Setup CentOS 8 Machines - Common stuff

Setup CentOS 8 Machines - Common stuff

* Prerequisites * Install CentOS * Enable the network * Initial configuration * Install Open VM Tools * Install VMWare tools (obsolete) * Set up Docker repository I have started (again) preparing the machines for the house. Now, I've decided to use CentOS. In this article, I will go through the steps of setting up

House log - A surprise

House log - A surprise

Today I went to the house to prepare the works for the fence/gate. When we got in, one of Electricien Belgium was running around to throw something in the bin and ran away to a car. By the time we got back, the car was gone. Oh well. When

House log - Back to square 1

House log - Back to square 1

Well, today I went to the house and... no electrician(s). What's worse, the plumbers started to prepare the floor for the floor heating.. and cables were still missing. So, we sent a message to the constructor about the state. Teh constructor stopped the plumbers and demanded Electricien

List of software for the house

List of software for the house

* States * Core software * VmWare ESXi * TrueNAS * CentOS * UniFi Controller (networking) * Smart house * HomeAssistant * ESPHome * MQTT * NodeRed * ETS * Grafana * Other software * Financial * Document management When I started thinking about software in the house, the list was simple: * HomeAssistant and * KNX Since then, I have been collecting information about other useful bits

House log - Some progress

House log - Some progress

Today I went at the house and both the plumbers and electricians came in. Plumbers The plumbers have started today. They: * Brought a lot of materials * Have put the ventilation pipes at the ground floor. * Told me they will start installing the floor heading from 19/10. Electricians Today I&