Introduction Home Assistant OS is a highly specialized Linux distribution optimized for running the Home Assistant home automation platform. One of its main features, which can be both an advantage in terms of security and a disadvantage in terms of flexibility, is the inability to access the OS console directly. This limitation makes the installation of additional software such as the Zabbix agent, an essential tool for system monitoring, particularly complex. ...
Hugo - Static Site Generator
What is a static site generator A static website generator is software that generates a static HTML website using raw data and code as “input” templates. In essence, a static site generator automates the task of generating individual HTML pages and makes them ready to be served to users in advance. Dynamic and static web sites A static website then is a website consisting of one or more HTML web pages that are always loaded in the same way, in a rather basic way in that no Javascript code is used or database operations are performed. ...
Nextcloud Hub Demo – How to try it
Have you always wanted to test Nextcloud but didn’t feel like installing it because it was too complicated? Or do you just want to take a look to see what’s new in version 24 (Hub II)? Or do you want to show it to a friend? In this article I will explain how you can get your hands on and test a fully functioning instance of Nextcloud Hub, thus being able to try out all the features offered by this powerful tool. ...
CentOS 8 - How to bind logstash on port 514
The situation: you need to send logs from an old piece of equipment to logstash running on a CentOS 8, for storing your logs on ElasticSearch. The problem The device is old and doesn’t support changing the default syslog port from 514/udp to something different, like port 5140/udp. Unfortunately this can happen, for example on virtual appliances like ZeroShell, where there’s no way to change the syslog port from the default one, but there’s a quick solution to this! ...