HomeOps: A call for the application of Devops principles at home, too
We all have sort of gained some kind of experience in the IT world, in the way IT works and especially the way it doesn’t work. As an IT professional following recent trends and developments (you do...
View ArticleWhy Puppet should ship with official modules
Much has certainly already been said about Puppetforge. A year ago, we were promised at Puppetcamp Nuremburg that Puppetforge was likely to improve to a more usable level. But as of now, Puppetforge is...
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My SOHO network layer model
In my eyes, it makes sense to divide the elements that are part of a SOHO (small office/home office) network into one of two layers: Basic network and productive services In this model, if I were to...
View ArticleUsing your Raspberry Pi Zero’s USB wifi adapter as both Wifi client and...
The Raspberry Pi Zero captivates with its small dimensions. This comes at a cost, however, with only one micro USB port available for peripherals of any kind. In this scenario you’ll probably think...
View ArticleMaintaining home network access from the outside with a network-controllable...
Internet routers are supposed to operate in a stable fashion. Except they don’t (FritzBox *cough*) – especially when you’re away from home and need access to your home resources. Having to call someone...
View ArticleCustom ZDDX device description files and flowchart for Philio 4-in-1 PST02-A...
If you’re like me experimenting with home automation you’ll certainly have come across Philio’s 4-in-1 Multisensor PST02-A/B/C devices. They unite multiple functions: Door/window sensor (PST02-A,...
View ArticleAn overview of GL.iNet’s router offering
So far I’ve been an avid user of TP-Link gear when it comes to routers, for their price and feature set (e.g. USB ports) but most of all because you can rather easily run OpenWrt on them. A few times,...
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The GL.iNet GL-AR150 (POE) router
More than once, a device rushed through my timeline that advertised itself through its minimal dimensions, its price and its OpenWrt capability: the GL.iNet AR-150. I now finally got around to have a...
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An updated configuration file structure diagram for rspamd 1.9.0
In a small series on rspamd configuration I did back in August last year I had a diagram illustrating the configuration file structure of the then-current rspamd version. Of course development...
View ArticleBringing OpenWrt to the Mikrotik hAP lite (RB941-2nD-TC)
In a previous post I described the Mikrotik hAP lite (RB941-2nD-TC) and its RouterOS and already suggested that I prefer to run OpenWrt on it. Because Mikrotik routers behave a bit different than the...
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Introducing a custom Yast module for importing libvirt configuration files...
I like fresh, reproducible installs when a new version of your preferred Linux distro (in my case openSUSE) comes out. Ensuring the perceived (!) feeling that a system is a “clean” state is hard enough...
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