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  • [EN] Website construction kit vs. web space or your own web server?
    If you want to operate a website yourself, you have more than one option for it nowadays. In addition to a simple HTML page, various programming langu...
  • [EN] secure https connection: Traefik Reverse Proxy + Let's Encrypt
    Ready-made Docker containers are available for almost all known web systems, or they can be created relatively easily or existing containers can be ad...
  • [EN] Lean and fast GIT server, similar to GitHub (Docker)
    Since GitLab requires a relatively large amount of memory and CPU, and is also relatively slow on my NAS, I replaced GitLab with Gitea. Gitea offers a...
  • [EN] Self-hosting GIT repositories: launch GitLab as a Docker container
    If you want to host your Git repositories yourself, GitLab is an alternative to GitHub. GitLab offers a convenient web interface for managing, editing...
  • [EN] Missing wp-admin? Why this site doesn't use WordPress.
    In the logs of my web server I see again and again access attempts to /wp-admin, the path WordPress uses for its administration. Whoever tries to log...
  • [EN] WordPress in Docker incl. HTTPS Let's Encrypt setup
    The currently most widespread blogging software WordPress can be operated easily and cost-effectively in Docker containers, among other things. A virt...
  • [EN] Docker Compose vs. Docker Swarm: using and understanding it
    Docker Swarm allows nodes (hosts) to be grouped together into a common federation. This allows containers to be run in any number of instances on any...
  • [EN] Practice: Backup Docker container data: Volumes / Bind Mounts
    In my article "All Docker containers: Moving hosts, theory and practice", I already went a little bit into the topic of backup. If you followed the ar...
  • [EN] Uninterrupted WiFi: Roaming (Fast Transition)
    The marketing term "mesh WiFi" often refers to the desire for a WiFi that simply works everywhere in the house. But what actually is a mesh WiFi? And...
  • [EN] Visitor statistics: Matomo, Google Analytic replacement self-hosting
    For those who already use Docker, the open source web analytics software Matomo to easily collect and analyze visitor statistics for their own website...
  • [EN] Create BATch file - CMD, BAT commands in Windows (DOS)
    BATch commands date back to the DOS era and are still a useful tool for certain uses, yet Windows PowerShell is usually the better choice for administ...
  • [EN] Docker Swarm, Portainer and Traefik combined
    As mentioned several times on this page, I primarily use the reverse proxy Traefik to access my Docker containers. To be able to manage the containers...
  • [EN] Home Assistant + DIY Microcontroller + ESP Home (Docker)
    With ESPHome it is very easy to program your own microcontroller for use in HomeAssistant. My first use for a self-programmed microcontroller was to r...
  • [EN] https web services as VPN alternative: access to the network
    For a long time I used a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to access the home network from the Internet. Andย for along time I thought that a VPN was witho...
  • [EN] Difference Apache vs Nginx - Nginx overtakes Apache
    For a long time, I used Apache as a web server for running my websites, and later on Nginx every now and then in Docker. The alternative web server Ng...
  • [EN] ZigBee2MQTT vs. ZHA: Commissioning and relocation
    First Phoscon, then Zigbee2MQTT (Z2M) and most recently Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA): I have extensively tested all three ZigBee gateway software solu...
  • [EN] Home Assistant: Docker startup + SSL Internet access
    Besides installing it on its own hardware, the second recommended installation option for Home Assistant is to use Docker, see also: HAOS vs. Home Ass...
  • [EN] Home Assistant integrations
    The modular structure of Home Assistant enables communication with other devices or services and expands Home Assistant with additional functions. Wha...
  • [EN] Read out smart meter of the network operator KAIFA MA309M
    Knowledge of current consumption data helps to optimize electricity consumption in a meaningful way. For this purpose, an additional smart meter can b...
  • [EN] Fronius Gen24 Commissioning: Connection >Setup >Integration
    One of the first details needed for the approval of a PV system is the data of the inverter. In the years 2022/ 2023, in besides the technical data, t...
  • [EN] ESP32 Flowmeter and RS485 Modbus
    As described on the article ESP32 programming, Arduino - install requirements, my first goal was to read out a TUF-2000M Ultrasonic Flow Meter via an...
  • [EN] DS18B20 Temperature Sensors ESP32, MQTT and WiFi - HowTo
    In addition to connecting a flow meter via RS485ย I plugged 5-piece DS18B20 temperature sensors to the ESP32 so that their values are also transmitted...
  • [EN] HA: Use values of any WebGUI as entities
    After my Internet access lost connection from time to time, I wanted to monitor the signal quality of the cable router in Home Assistant. Due to lack...
  • [EN] Control heating: PV surplus with ESP32 & Home Assistant
    After around 20 years, I was able to use Home Assistant and an ESP32 to take control of my heat pump and control it. Combined with the performance dat...
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