Using Home Assistant to Control the Servers in the Studio

Find out why Alex ripped out everything installed last episode and is starting fresh with new gear, wires, and a new goal.

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• LinuxFest Northwest 2023 — October 20-22, 2023, Bellingham Technical College. LFNW2023: ❝Your Fest is Back!❞
• Alex Network Diagram v4 — A updated version of Alex's network diagram.
• Dell Refurbished — promo code: 7050DELL4U 50% off and free shipping!
• Use 1 PiKVM instance to control 4 systems — One PiKVM able to control and view up to 4 systems at once.
• Newish M720q OPNsense firewall in the making — Just the software left. Lenovo Tiny M720q with an i5-8500T and 256gb NVME SSD and Supermicro AOC-STGN-I2S dual SFP+ card. Wicked good and fitting bracket made by /u/kz476 Big shoutout to him. Awesome little package
• Authentication bypass Supervisor API — A remotely exploitable vulnerability bypassing authentication for accessing the Supervisor API through Home Assistant has been discovered.
• CVE - CVE-2023-27482 — This impacts all Home Assistant installation types that use the Supervisor 2023.01.1 or older.
• Pockethernet — A smartphone connected Ethernet network analyzer & cable tester that fits into your pocket
• Klein Tools VDV526-200 Cable Tester — Alex's new cable tester.
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