In this guide, I’m going to show you how to setup Node Red in Docker. For purposes of this tutorial, I’m just going to show you how to configure Node-Red in a simple Docker container in 2021, but you’ll have to do your own research as to how to fully use it. A great resource…
If you’ve been looking for a selfhosted server monitoring and uptime detector, look no further than Uptime Kuma. Uptime Kuma is a relatively new player player in the uptime monitoring space. It’s a great replacement for Statping, which is no longer being developed and has numerous breaking bugs (for example, not receiving alerts or the…
As any good Plex server owner will tell you, one of the most important things you can do is backup your Plex metadata. Ideally, you should be following the 3-2-1 backup rule, where you keep 3 copies of your data, on two different mediums, with one of those being offline/offsite. In the event you Plex…
By far one of my most-used Docker images is Mealie, a self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner. Adding new recipes to Mealie is as easy as pasting a URL into the app. Mealie will automatically pull in the ingredients, cooking steps, and images. It’s truly awesome, and I use every single day. One of the…
Did you know you can add a custom image as the background to your self-hosted Homer dashboard? It’s pretty simple and easy to do (you can actually see an example of this on the Homer github page), but just in case you missed this like I did – I’m going to show you how to…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to add an internet search bar into your Homer dashboard. This is especially useful if you access Homer from a shortcut on your phone. Rather than having to open a new tab, I can quickly hit the back button to return to my Homer dashboard. Despite…
Like many selfhosters, having a dashboard to quickly access all of your selfhosted applications is one of the most fun things to set up in your homelab. There are lots of different dashboards to choose from: Heimdall, Organizr, DashMachine, just to name a few. After playing around with each of them, my dashboard of choice…
In this guide, I’m going to show you a quick and easy way to install SnipeIT in Docker in 2021, then this simple step by step guide is for you. SnipeIT, for those of you who don’t know, is an open source asset and license management tool. It’s great for tracking physical assets like laptops,…
A few months ago on Reddit I came across another promising “content request & discovery” platform for my Plex users: Conreq. Conreq is similar to Ombi, Petio, and Overseerr. It’s an application that allow your Plex users to search for media for and request new TV shows and Movies to download to your media server….
In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to integrate your OpenSprinker smart sprinkler system into Home Assistant. By the end of this guide, you will be able to turn on individual stations, run your “Run Once” programs, check last run time, and much more – all from your Lovelace dashboard. For reference,…
