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Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that allows you to control and automate various aspects of your home. It can integrate with a wide range of devices and services, such as lights, thermostats, security systems, and more. With Home Assistant, you can create automations and scenes, access your home from anywhere, and get
If you followed my other guide on how to install Pi-hole in a docker container on a Raspberry Pi, then this guide will help you to upgrade it. If you didn’t setup Pi-hole using my guide, please take care, as your storage may not be external to the container, and you could lose it! How
Out of the box, OctoPrint / OctoPi works with ethernet, but to run it over wi-fi, you need to make a few simple changes. So let’s get started: Step 1 Connect your OctoPi Micro SD card to your computer. Step 2 Find the octopi-wpa-supplicant.txt file, and open it in Notepad++. DO NOT OPEN THIS IN
If you have a 3D printer without an IP connectivity (e.g. ethernet / wi-fi), but you’d like to gain some remote control and monitoring, then OctoPrint will help you. Essentially, you connect a Raspberry Pi to your 3D printer via a USB cable, and then that enables you to control your printer via a web
If you’ve just installed Pi-hole, this article will help you with changing some of the default settings and improving what gets blocked. It’s important that you do not change the DNS settings on your DHCP server / router straight away, and test with just one device first. Logging into Pi-hole To login to Pi-hole, you
If you’re reading this article, I’m presuming that you know what Pi-hole is, and have a Raspberry Pi setup with Docker installed. Pi-hole features and benefits I think the main reasons most people will install Pi-hole is to block ads, increase privacy, and for added security, but here’s a list of features an benefits, if
If you’ve just installed Homebridge, this article will help you with changing some of the default elements, before you start adding plugins. Logging into Homebridge To login to Homebridge, you need to visit the below URL, but make sure you replace ‘servername’ with the name or IP of the server running Homebridge. If you changed
This process should be pretty similar, regardless of the device, so long as you have Docker installed, but this image is specifically designed for the Raspberry Pi. Prerequisites You will need Docker installed on your Raspberry Pi. Review the homebridge containter image information, make sure you have a compatable Raspberry Pi, and familiarise yourself with