The JetKVM is an excellent little device, and a real steal at $69. It’s wonderfully useful right out of the box and the planned software updates ought to make it even better. If you’re like me and have a few critical PCs without integrated out-of-band management (like HPE iLO or Supermicro IPMI) this little device is a lifesaver. And it even offers a few tricks those expensive enterprise solutions don’t offer!
How to Monitor Linux Server Stats in Home Assistant
I’ve been using Home Assistant to show system metrics. This blog post shows how to monitor Linux servers over MQTT using Home Assistant dashboards.
How To Migrate From Docker Volumes to External Storage
Maybe I’m a caveman or a fool, but I don’t love Docker volumes. By moving data to a host filesystem I can manage the data more easily using standard software, and can modify it more easily if needed. The little trick of using tar to pipe data out of a Docker volume allowed me to do this with applications like Postgres, Redis, and MySQL, not to mention WordPress. I hope this helps you get your data out of Docker volumes too!
Taming Power Outages in the Home and Small Office
I worked primarily from home for over a decade, and though I now have an office with a few employees, many of the challenges remain the same. Key among these is power, or lack thereof, and the havoc it can wreak. I recently set about upgrading from my old consumer UPS approach to a real always-on power solution for the home, and thought my blog readers would like to follow along!
Monitor Air Traffic With a Software-Defined Radio and a Raspberry Pi
If you’re a real hacker, you’re interested in all sorts of tech, from computers and the internet to radio to airplanes. The intersection of all of these interests is ADS-B, the protocol used by aircraft to share data like position and speed. Widespread availability of cheap software-defined radio (SDR) receivers and cheap computers like the Raspberry Pi makes it easy for anyone to join a global network sharing ADS-B data. Read on to learn how to build your own ADS-B receiver for under $100 and get involved!
