GreatAlbatross

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 9 hours ago

That was going to be my backup plan, as I didn't want to use any more resource if I could avoid it 😅

The good news is, we figured it out, and got the file serving out of /config/www without an auth requirement.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Aha, that was what I was after, big thanks!

So, after a bit of meddling:

The location I was placing things in was media>my media (from the HA UI).
Assets there are stored in /media, and served in 8123/media/local, but require an autoSig.
Changing permissions doesn't affect the availability, no sig is a 401 error.

However, if the file is copied from /media to /config/www/ , it's then served (as you said) under 8123/local.

Brill, not too painful a process for a few static images (or indeed if I'm feeling brave, I could just symlink the folders).

Maybe one day there will be a way to upload background images for picture elements cards from the UI :)

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 points 9 hours ago

I can appreciate that!
I do have standard layouts which are mostly big button to do a thing in the room.
But I also fancied having by-floor layouts.

And you're right: The button I have that sets the kitchen spots on/off/dim as a group is 10x more useable than a scale representation of their location in the ceiling!

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

HAOS under proxmox.
It's definitely one of those "many ways to skin the cat" situations!

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 12 hours ago

Whichever one best justifies the lifestyle and decisions.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 points 12 hours ago

I'm more interested in what people are doing for internal hosting, not external hosting services. Thanks for the info, however.

 

I would like to start using floorplans/maps with various device actions on them. This means I need locally stored images, that can be seen over the network.
I managed to upload images to HA, but as they need to be accessed with a token, I either need to refresh the token every day (no), or have an image with a long-lived token (also not a good idea).

How have other people done things?
Is it worth spinning up an http image host?
Or maybe throwing files into an nginx folder inside HA?

Thoughts on a postcard :)

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 6 points 14 hours ago

This is honestly my hope. All these locations are getting a free trial of Reform competency.
In the same way Clacton are having a fun time getting in contact with their MP for surgeries.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 7 points 15 hours ago

Step 1: Put the front on.
Step 2: Don't let the front fall off.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 14 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Because it's easy to take populist pot-shots from the side, compared to defending your decisions while actually running the country at the same time.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 16 hours ago

It could also be that you need to re-add the thumbnails displayed in your dashboards, as the entities may be vestigial ones from when you used Dahua.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 points 16 hours ago

It might depend. If it's not the only piece of evidence being used, then even an edited photo could be used as a data point to confirm another unedited one.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago

I had a weird issue recently, where after a few reboots all the radios seemed to fail with weird errors.
In a similar vein to your solution, replugging them all worked, and after restarting the services they all came back.
And this was an install which (at the time) was quite a few versions behind.

I wondered if it was something strange with the way the USB devices were passed through the hypervisor, maybe a weird race condition where HAOS was ready, but the USBs were not...Anyway, all sorted, same as you!

 

Oh my Jesus, can we just renationalise them already?

'We can only squeeze money out of this debt strangled utility if you exempt us from liability, particularly the executives in charge'

What a load of horseshit.

 

As I'm currently doing a re-wire, it's a great opportunity for me to put some metering in the house.
I'm single-phase, but I plan to monitor multiple sections of the house, which are each wired for 100A independently.

I'm currently eyeing up either the Shelly Pro 3EM – 120A or the 50A.
As it will fit nicely in the consumer unit, and supports Ethernet.

I previously looked at the Aeotec clamp devices, but they seem to be difficult to find with multiple 100A connectors.

Emporia Vue was also a consideration, but I'm always a little hesitant to buy products that require custom firmware to even work properly, when others are available. And I'd also like to avoid using 2.4Ghz wifi for connectivity.

I'd love to hear any experiences people have had with similar devices, good or bad. And how the integration with HA went.

 

I guess they kinda have to do this, or you'd have to keep the same person on breakfast until they retired.

I always found it a little bit comfy that BBC pipelined a lot of the flagship presenters.
Steve Wright going from Radio 1, to Radio 2 as the listeners aged, for example.

 

This was very much a me mistake, so apologies from me.

The long story short, is that we were migrating the domain between accounts.

As the previous DNS records would be wiped during transfer, we made backups, and started the process.
This morning, the "approve transfer" button was lit.
A sensible person would have gone "perfect, lets get this scheduled".
Instead, I just pressed the button.

Unfortunately, when you transfer, and are keeping continuity, you should always make sure the receiving account is ready to re-apply the settings.
I didn't, and the receiving account owner was happily asleep. 100% my bad!

All sorted now (hopefully).
There might be some weirdness while DNS updates propagate through the various caches.

I think the lessons learned are pretty obvious:

  • Consider how noticeable downtime will be, and schedule with this in mind.
  • Check that your counterpart is online when transferring a domain.
  • Always schedule a maintenance window, even if you get excited when the button activates.
 

Apology from me. We're moving some things around on the back end, and my non-thinking brain didn't think to check another admin was online before handing over control of a system to them.

Hopefully, feddit.uk will be back up before the end of the day, assuming nothing horrid happens.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
 

Years ago, I switched my mayo from Hellman's to Heinz, because the bottle design meant there was less transfer loss.

How the tables turn: I'm back on Hellman's for mayo, and they do a well reviewed ketchup too now.

(Hellman's is Unilever, a UK based company. Although they're apparently being shits to Ben and Jerry now...)

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