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Alex has major Proxmox problems. What happened, and the fix for now. Plus, the real downside to Wifi cameras and the batch of network gear on the way.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:blog.ktz.me - Fully automated DNS and DHCP with Ansible, Dnsmasq and Pihole — For the longest time I've made do with clicking through the Opnsense UI to add static IP reservations via MAC address mapping. It's been one of those minor friction points of network administration that I've put up with because automating the process seemed daunting. This post will detail how I solved a few interesting problems as I fully automated DNS overrides and DHCP reservations using Pihole, and the program it's built on top of Dnsmasq.Cluster Manager - Proxmox VE — The Proxmox VE cluster manager pvecm is a tool to create a group of physical servers. Such a group is called a cluster. We use the Corosync Cluster Engine for reliable group communication. There’s no explicit limit for the number of nodes in a cluster. In practice, the actual possible node count may be limited by the host and network performance. Currently (2021), there are reports of clusters (using high-end enterprise hardware) with over 50 nodes in production.Pi-hole — You can run Pi-hole in a container, or deploy it directly to a supported operating system Ubiquiti WiFiReolink Video Doorbell PoE — At least twice clearer than the 2MP (1080p), 2K+ (5MP) resolution means a lot more information and a wider range. Individuals will be easier to recognize with richer details.Alby — Lightning for your Browser! — Alby brings Boosts payments to the web.Self-Hosted on the Podcastindex.org — You can Boost from the Podcast Index website, just top up Alby first, and then visit the Podcast Index and boost from our page.

Join us for the surprising conclusion to our month-long challenge.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Catherine Kretzschmar.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Plex now has more streaming users than media server users — The company announced earlier this month that it now has 16 million monthly active users. While it didn’t specify how many are still on the server side, Scott Hancock, Plex’s vice president of marketing, said in an interview that Plex customers using the software’s media server features had been overtaken by customers using Plex’s online streaming capabilities in 2022. ytdl-sub: Automate downloading and metadata generation with YoutubeDL — ytdl-sub is a command-line tool that downloads media via yt-dlp and prepares it for your favorite media player, including Kodi, Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, and modern music players. No additional plugins or external scrapers are needed.Youtube Metadata Plugin for Jellyfin — Plugin for Jellyfin that retrieves metadata for content from Youtube.HD Giveaway Sad Stories RepoJB's Jobs Matrix Chatroom — Looking for work? Have an open position? Join our open Matrix jobs board.k8s at home search — We index Flux HelmReleases from Github repositories with the k8s-at-home topic. To include your repository in this search it must be public and then add the topic k8s-at-home to your GitHub Repository topics. To learn more visit the website from k8s@home.Alby — Lightning for your Browser! — Alby brings Boosts the web.Self-Hosted on the Podcastindex.org — Boost the show from the Podcast Index website directly once you have Alby topped up! Send a Boost into the Show — Upgrade to a Podcasting 2.0 app, get great new features, and send a Boost into the show 🎉

Alex dives deep to find out if Kubernetes is overkill for the home and finds solutions to simplify things. And Chris has a new firmware that turns his favorite network cameras up to 11. Plus an update on Jellyfin January.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshLogScale: Take logs from any source and make them usable. Get started with LogScale Community Edition for free.Support Self-HostedLinks:HIGH AVAILABILITY k3s (Kubernetes) in minutes! - YouTube — Have you been thinking about running Kubernetes but don't know where to get started? Let's start with k3s! infra/dev at master · ironicbadger/infraTelmate/terraform-provider-proxmox — This repository provides a Terraform provider for the Proxmox virtualization platform and exposes Terraform resources to provision QEMU VMs and LXC Containers.k8s at home search — We index Flux HelmReleases from Github repositories with the k8s-at-home topic.Discussions · selfhostedshow/hdd-giveawayKubernetes for Full-Stack Developers - Free Guide — This comprehensive resource covers everything from the fundamental concepts of Kubernetes to the components of a Kubernetes cluster and network model implementation. New in the 2022 edition are sections on understanding the Standard Kubernetes Dashboard, the high-availability control plane, and autoscaling.wz_mini_hacks — Run whatever firmware you want on your v2/car/PANv1/v3/PANv2 and have root access to the device, wz camera mods... make your camera better.DO NOT Upgrade to 4.36.10.2163 beta — this BETA release has significant back end changes, and breaks all libcallback functionality.Support Matrix on DonorboxCloudFree.shopJellyfin — Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached. Your media, your server, your way.LINUX Unplugged 492: A New Challenge Approaches — Join us on a journey to true software freedom. We embark on our 30-day challenge and discover a whole new philosophy that will change the way you think about technology.Swiftfin on the App Store — As of today, Swiftfin, our native iOS/iPadOS/tvOS app is now on the Apple App Store. Swiftfin on GitHubNew Fanless 4x 2.5GbE Intel N5105 i226-V Firewall Tested — We are going to focus on the newer 4x Intel i226-V version in today’s article.Alby — Lightning for your Browser! — Grab the awesome Alby extension to add Lightning to your browser to power your Boosts.Self-Hosted on Podcastindex.org — Send a Boost into the Show from the Podcast Index website. Thanks for your support!

We kick off our Jellyfin January challenge and invite you to join us. Plus, Chris has some new hardware and our thoughts on the trouble at the Matrix foundation.Special Guest: Brent Gervais.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshLogScale: Take logs from any source and make them usable. Get started with LogScale Community Edition for free.Support Self-HostedLinks:Home Assistant SkyConnect — The Home Assistant SkyConnect is the easiest way to add Zigbee support to your Home Assistant instance and make it Matter-ready. Amazon.com: TP-Link EAP245 V3TP-Link EAP245 V3 on eBay[OpenWrt Wiki] Techdata: TP-Link EAP245 v3It Took MONTHS to Solve This WiFi Problem but I DID! — My family has been hounding me to figure out an audio issue that's ruining our movie nights. Problem is, it's really a Wi-Fi issue, and diagnosing it - even with cool Wi-Spy tools from MetaGeek - could be quite the rabbithole...Jellyfin — Jellyfin enables you to collect, manage, and stream your media. Run the Jellyfin server on your system and gain access to the leading free-software entertainment system, bells and whistles included.Swiftfin: Native Jellyfin Client for iOS and tvOS — Swiftfin is a modern video client for the Jellyfin media server. Redesigned in Swift to maximize direct play with the power of VLC and look native on all classes of Apple devices. linuxserver/jellyfin - Docker ImageJellyfin - NixOS WikiThe Matrix Holiday Update 2022 — This is directly putting core Matrix development at risk. We are witnessing a classic tragedy of the commons.ntfy.sh — a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service. It allows you to send notifications to your phone or desktop via scripts from any computer, entirely without signup, cost or setup. It's also open source if you want to run your own. Alby — Lightning buzz for your Browser! — Alby brings Bitcoin payments to the web with in-browser payments and identity, all with your own wallet.Self-Hosted on Podcastindex.org — Send a Boost into the Show from the Podcast Index web page.

What disgusted Alex about Disqus, and how he replaced it with a Self-Hosted solution, a hot HDHomeRun tip, and an update on Chris' hunt for the perfect notes app.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshLogScale: Take logs from any source and make them usable. Get started with LogScale Community Edition for free.Support Self-HostedLinks:Self-Hosted 86 - Live Stream Recording - JupiterTube — The live stream of episode 86's recording.Infinity for Reddit — Infinity is a beautiful, feature-rich app that offers a smooth Reddit browsing experience. It is completely free and ad-less; you can browse Reddit without interruptions or distractions. Built by a passionate university student, Infinity is open source. Please check out, support or contribute to the project at https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit!Apprise - Push Notifications that work — Apprise allows you to send a notification to almost all of the most popular notification services available to us today such as: Telegram, Discord, Slack, Amazon SNS, Gotify, etc.Dump Disqus for Giscus — This is an easy project. Sure it will probably take an hour or two to get your head around but don't put it off. The end result is great and means no ads or tracking are insidiously injected into your content anymore.giscus — A comments system powered by GitHub Discussions. Let visitors leave comments and reactions on your website via GitHub! Heavily inspired by utterances.How to make your own self-hosted VPN in under 30 minutes — As you might have expected, making your own VPN server has multiple advantages and disadvantages. Here are the main points to remember when deciding if you want to go through with hosting a server or not.HDMI Distribution over your Home Network? — Low-Cost HDMI Matrix using IP-Based HardwareHDHomeRun SCRIBE 4K — 4 tuners and 150 hours of recording storage all-in-one amazing box. Watch and record free TV all around your home. Love your TV more.Alby — Lightning buzz for your Browser! — Alby brings Bitcoin payments to the web with in-browser payments and identity, all with your own wallet.SATurn — Connect your getalby.com Account and see which content resonates most with your audience and recognize your top contributors.Self-Hosted on the Podcastindex.org — Send a Boost into the Show via the Podcast Index's website! Send a Boost into the Show with a new Podcast App — Upgrade to a Podcasting 2.0 app, get great new features, and send a Boost into the show 🎉

Wendell from Level One Techs joins us to catch up on low-power hardware, his home automation setup, and thoughts on so much more.Special Guest: Wendell Wilson.Sponsored By:LogScale: Take logs from any source and make them usable. Get started with LogScale Community Edition for free.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Level One Techs — Go find more Wendell!A Look at the INTEL ARC A770 — A new challenger appears in the GPU arena! But do they have what it takes to compete? Wendell investigates!reTerminal CM4104032 — The reTerminal is a Human-Machine Interface facility, designed in modularization, offered multiple interfaces and components. It is your hand-size, powerful, Raspberry Pi-based all-in-one board, assisting you to develop individual IoT & AI projects and being ready to materialize industrial-level monitor and control functions.Presenting: Obsidian OCR 🎉 — Obsidian OCR allows you to search for text in the images and PDFs in your vault.AppFlowy.IO — You are in charge of your data and customizations.Joplin — Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device. Send a Boost into the Show — Upgrade to a Podcasting 2.0 compatible app, and Boost into the show.

We're chatting about workstation builds for a home NAS with Joe Ressington this week. Chris chews on the news of the Evernote buyout and his challenges with Zigbee.Special Guest: Joe Resington.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshLogScale: Take logs from any source and make them usable. Get started with LogScale Community Edition for free.Support Self-HostedLinks:Late Night Linux — Late Night Linux is a podcast that takes a look at what’s happening with Linux and the wider tech industry. 2.5 Admins — 2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington.Choose your Zigbee channel wisely — Before optimizing your channels, it’s best to reduce the amount of traffic on the 2.4 GHz band. There are a few different ways of doing that. But it all boils down to removing as many devices from the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band as possible. As Zigbee devices can only use the 2.4 GHz band, there isn’t much you can do with them except minimizing the number of commands sent using Zigbee Groups.Z Wave vs Zigbee — While Z Wave has a better track record of compatibility between products and never interferes with your Wi-Fi network, Zigbee is faster,has a greater range of signal, boasts on open protocol standard, and owns a significantly larger marketshare of the smart home product space.Aeotec MultiSensor 7, 6-in-1 Zwave Sensors — Contains Monitor Motion, Temperature, Light, Humidity, UV, and Vibration, Z-Wave Plus, Gen7, S2, SmartStart Enabled, Compatible with ZwaveEvernote’s Next Move: Joining the Bending Spoons Suite of Apps — In the deal signed between Bending Spoons and Evernote, Bending Spoons agrees to take ownership of Evernote in a transaction expected to complete early in 2023.Jupiter Broadcasting Matrix Info — Jupiter Broadcasting’s Rooms are organized into groups called “spaces”.UptimeRobot: Free Website Monitoring Service — The world's leading uptime monitoring service.The Helpful Idiot — Idiots don't have time for cable management.Send a Boost into the Show — Upgrade to a Podcast 2.0 compatible app, and send a Boost into the show.

Sometimes your best upgrades are unplanned; Chris just got his Home Assistant Yellow fully deployed.Sponsored By:CloudFree.shop: CloudFree Smart Plug – Runs Tasmota for $9. Use code SELFHOSTED and support the show. Promo Code: SELFHOSTEDLinode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Home Assistant Yellow — At the heart of Home Assistant Yellow is the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4.Scheduler card/custom component — The scheduler integration is an alternative for HA automations which use the time or sun as trigger. Generic Thermostat - Home Assistant — When in heater mode, if the measured temperature is cooler than the target temperature, the heater will be turned on and turned off when the required temperature is reached. When in air conditioning mode, if the measured temperature is hotter than the target temperature, the air conditioning will be turned on and turned off when required temperature is reached. Shelly 2.5: Flash ESPHome Over The Air! — Here's how I flashed ESPHome onto them over-the-air. No wires!Sengled Zigbee Smart LED Strip Lights Starter Kit — All in one led strip lights kit that comes with a HUB, an AC adapter, a remote control receiver, 1 reel of 16.4ft light strip; no need for any other expensive devices. NixOS Search - JellyfinMycroftAI/skill-homeassistant: Mycroft Skill/Integration for Homeassistant — Control your lights, garage door, thermostats and more using your voice!ZimaBoard — World’s First Hackable Single Board Server Starting at $119.9Send a Boost into the Show — Upgrade to a Podcasting 2.0 compatible app, send a boost into the show and enjoy new features in your podcast app! 🔥

Alex gives Roon Labs whole home audio a try but discovers a critical design flaw while Chris checks out his new ODROID-H3+ and plans his next epic build.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshCloudFree.shop: CloudFree Smart Plug – Runs Tasmota for $9. Use code SELFHOSTED and support the show. Promo Code: SELFHOSTEDSupport Self-HostedLinks:ODROID-H3+ — Intel® Quad-Core Processor Jasper Lake N6005 has a base clock of 2GHz and a boost clock of 3.3GHz with 1.5MB L2 and 4MB L3 cache by a 10 nm process.Roon 2.0 & ARC: WHAT'S GOING ON? - YouTubeRoon Labs - The audiophile player for music fanatics — Whether you’re working out at the gym, heading to the office, or traveling thousands of miles from home – Roon ARC gives you mobile access to your full library of artists, albums, playlists, and tags. No more settling for second-best from streaming apps when you’re on the go. Roon ARC makes everywhere feel like home.How to prepare for a time when I’m tired of tinkering with Home Assistant? — I know from experience that there will come a time when I won’t find home automation as flattering any more but I’ll still need my lights and whatnot to function properly.Zigbee Binding — Zigbee has support for binding which makes it possible that devices can directly control each other without the intervention of Zigbee2MQTT or any home automation software. #Badgers Stack - May 2022 - Perfect Media Server — A new page for May 2022, here's a high level overview snapshot of PMS as it stands today. Your free and decentralized audio platform - Funkwhale — Funkwhale is a community-driven project that lets you listen and share music and audio within a decentralized, open network.Top 10 Self-Hosted Apps - Perfect Media Server — Storing and serving files is all well and good but with a little effort, we can replace dozens of hosted services that don't respect your privacy. Here are some of my favourite self-hosted app picks.moodeaudio.org — Audiophile-quality music playback for the wonderful Raspberry Pi family of single board computers.Send a Boost into the Show — Upgrade to a Podcasting 2.0 compatible app, and get new features like Boosts.

Chris' Raspberry Pi server is dead, and Alex has a few ideas for his next build.Special Guest: Brent Gervais.Sponsored By:CloudFree.shop: CloudFree Smart Plug – Runs Tasmota for $9. Use code SELFHOSTED and support the show. Promo Code: SELFHOSTEDLinode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:You can't buy a Raspberry Pi right now — ...or at least, not without a lot of patience or a fat wallet.Matter is now official! — The Connectivity Standards Alliance has certified and released the first version of the Matter smart home interoperability protocol Tuesday and I couldn’t be happier.Paulus Schoutsen on Twitter — Ladies and gentlemen, we've got it! That's the first release.Invoice Ninja — Focus on doing what you love. We’ll help with the invoicing.Docker files for Invoice Ninja — Introducing our very own Helm Chart that helps you launch a simple standalone app to a production-ready, highly available Invoice Ninja setup. InvoicePlane — InvoicePlane is a self-hosted open source application for managing your quotes, invoices, clients and payments.Cloudflare Zero Trust and Yubico — Yubico is providing Security Keys at “Good for the Internet” pricing - as low as $10 per key.  Yubico will ship the keys to customers directly.SSH with YubiKeyBitwarden Two-step Login via YubiKeyexpanse — fully selfhosted multi-user web app for externally storing Reddit items (saved, created, upvoted, downvoted, hidden) to bypass Reddit's 1000-item listing limitsUse Bitwarden to Generate Email Aliases with Fastmail — As of the September release, the Bitwarden username generator now supports creating email aliasesnetbird — NetBird is an open-source VPN management platform built on top of WireGuard® making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home.RuneAudio — RuneAudio is a free and open source software that turns embedded hardware into Hi-Fi music players.Volumio - The Audiophile Music Player — A very powerful and convenient music aggregator, now Volumio can also be used with great results in all sorts of different situations.snapcast: Synchronous multiroom audio player — Snapcast is a multiroom client-server audio player, where all clients are time synchronized with the server to play perfectly synced audio. It's not a standalone player, but an extension that turns your existing audio player into a Sonos-like multiroom solution.ConBee II Zigbee USB Gateway — Universal Zigbee USB gateway integrates Zigbee products across manufacturersSlaesh Zigbee 3.0 USB Stick - CloudFree — Recommended by Zigbee2MQTTBadgers Stack — A new page for May 2022, here's a high level overview snapshot of PMS as it stands today.Install Proxmox VE on Debian 11 Bullseye — The installation of a supported Proxmox VE server should be done via bare-metal ISO installer. In some cases it makes sense to install Proxmox VE on top of a running Debian Bullseye 64-bit, especially if you want a custom partition layout. For this How-To any official Bullseye installation medium should work.ironicbadger/infra: 99.9% less leaked credentialsSend a Boost with a New Podcast App — Upgrade to a Podcasting 2.0 compatible app.