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How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

  • January 13, 2023
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add your z-wave USB stick to…

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Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

  • December 8, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to add a Third Reality 3-button remote to Home…

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Home Assistant Christmas Tree Card

Home Assistant Christmas Tree Card

  • November 29, 2022
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

Follow this guide if you'd like to create a Home Assistant 'Christmas tree' card that "lights…

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How To Create WLED Preset Buttons

How To Create WLED Preset Buttons

  • November 29, 2022
  • Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create simple Mushroom card buttons that…

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How to Add WLED “Peek” Feature to Home Assistant

How to Add WLED “Peek” Feature to Home Assistant

  • November 29, 2022
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this short guide, I'm going to show you how to add the peek visualizer feature…

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Install Fully-Kiosk + Wallpanel in Home Assistant for Fire Tablets

Install Fully-Kiosk + Wallpanel in Home Assistant for Fire Tablets

  • November 21, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to add your Kindle Fire to Home Assistant using…

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Yes/No Actionable Notification for Home Assistant on Android

Yes/No Actionable Notification for Home Assistant on Android

  • November 20, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to create a a Home Assistant actionable notification that…

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Add TeamTracker to Home Assistant for Real-time Sports Scores

Add TeamTracker to Home Assistant for Real-time Sports Scores

  • November 13, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to install a Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) project…

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DIY $80 3D Printed Nanoleaf WLED Project (No soldering/cutting!)

DIY $80 3D Printed Nanoleaf WLED Project (No soldering/cutting!)

  • September 27, 2022
  • 3d Printing Home Assistant
    Integrations Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to 3D print & wire your own…

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Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

  • September 21, 2022
  • 3d Printing Home Assistant
    Integrations Lovelace Raspberry Pi Self Hosted Smart Home

Earlier today I posted a short video of my 3D printer card on Reddit, and you…

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Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

  • September 20, 2022
  • 3d Printing Home Assistant
    Integrations Lovelace Raspberry Pi Self Hosted Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create a simple automation that will…

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How To Add Sonoff S31 Lite Zigbee Smart Plug to Home Assistant

How To Add Sonoff S31 Lite Zigbee Smart Plug to Home Assistant

  • September 19, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add your Sonoff S31 Lite smart…

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How to Configure WLED in Home Assistant

How to Configure WLED in Home Assistant

  • September 17, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to configure your WLED controller and LED…

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Beginner’s Guide to WLED: Hardware Requirements & Setup

Beginner’s Guide to WLED: Hardware Requirements & Setup

  • September 16, 2022
  • Home Assistant Self Hosted
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup an LED controller which has…

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Find Hyper-V Hostname of a VM using Powershell

Find Hyper-V Hostname of a VM using Powershell

  • July 25, 2022
  • Sysadmin

In this simple post, I'll show you how to find the Hyper-V hostname of a virtual…

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Amazon Prime Day Sales! July 12 & 13, 2022

Amazon Prime Day Sales! July 12 & 13, 2022

  • July 11, 2022
  • Prime Day

Prime Day 2022 will last for 48 hours, beginning Tuesday, July 12 at 3 a.m. EDT…

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How To Configure Octoprint with Home Assistant

How To Configure Octoprint with Home Assistant

  • June 26, 2022
  • 3d Printing

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to integrate OctoPrint in Home Assistant. Octoprint…

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How To Setup Octoprint Notifications with OctoApp Plugin

How To Setup Octoprint Notifications with OctoApp Plugin

  • June 25, 2022
  • 3d Printing

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup Octoprint notifications. Rather than constantly…

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How to Connect Cura to Octoprint (2022)

How to Connect Cura to Octoprint (2022)

  • June 25, 2022
  • 3d Printing

In this guide, I'll show you how to configure Cura with Octoprint. This will add a…

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How to add a Xiaomi Mi Scale to Home Assistant

How to add a Xiaomi Mi Scale to Home Assistant

  • June 12, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to add a smart scale to Home Assistant to…

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Configure Bond Bridge integration in Home Assistant to Control Ceiling Fans

Configure Bond Bridge integration in Home Assistant to Control Ceiling Fans

  • June 6, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to configure & integrate the Bond Bridge integration into…

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How To Make A “Dumb” Ceiling Fan Smart with Bond Bridge

How To Make A “Dumb” Ceiling Fan Smart with Bond Bridge

  • June 6, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to turn your regular ceiling fan into a wifi-controlled…

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Super Clean Robot Vacuum+Mop Card for Home Assistant

Super Clean Robot Vacuum+Mop Card for Home Assistant

  • May 31, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you everything you need to do to create a Vacuum Control…

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Convert Text to Speech using Home Assistant & Download Recordings

Convert Text to Speech using Home Assistant & Download Recordings

  • May 8, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to convert text-to-speech using Home Assistant. We all know…

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How To Create Steam Card in Home Assistant

How To Create Steam Card in Home Assistant

  • April 29, 2022
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to setup a Home Assistant card using the Steam…

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Create Recurring Tasks in Home Assistant

Create Recurring Tasks in Home Assistant

  • April 11, 2022
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to create recurring tasks in Home Assistant. For example,…

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Send Teams Notification when A User Logs in through RDP

Send Teams Notification when A User Logs in through RDP

  • March 29, 2022
  • Sysadmin

In this short tutorial, I'll show you how to create a simple Powershell script that sends…

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How To Create a Mushroom Card Grid Dashboard in Home Assistant

How To Create a Mushroom Card Grid Dashboard in Home Assistant

  • March 23, 2022
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install and configure a beautiful dashboard…

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Part 5: Roborock S7: Sequentially Vacuuming Rooms in Home Assistant

Part 5: Roborock S7: Sequentially Vacuuming Rooms in Home Assistant

  • March 18, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create an automation that will sequentially…

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How To Use Trigger ID’s in Home Assistant

How To Use Trigger ID’s in Home Assistant

  • March 16, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

Trigger ID's are a relatively new feature to Home Assistant Automations. Trigger ID's can be used…

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Simple Home Assistant Notification when Plex is Playing

Simple Home Assistant Notification when Plex is Playing

  • March 16, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Media Server Self Hosted Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to create an automation that sends a notification whenever…

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Part 4: Roborock S7 Mop Control in Home Assistant

Part 4: Roborock S7 Mop Control in Home Assistant

  • March 11, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how you can control the mop of your Roborock S7…

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Display Microsoft Teams Presence Status in Home Assistant

Display Microsoft Teams Presence Status in Home Assistant

  • January 19, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to display your Teams presence status in…

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How To Copy Files to Google Drive using Powershell

How To Copy Files to Google Drive using Powershell

  • January 19, 2022
  • Media Server Self Hosted
    Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to copy (upload) files to Google Drive…

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How to Store Secrets in Home Assistant

How to Store Secrets in Home Assistant

  • January 11, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to store and use secrets in Home…

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Part 3: Roborock S7 Home Assistant: Automations, Schedules, and Voice Commands

Part 3: Roborock S7 Home Assistant: Automations, Schedules, and Voice Commands

  • January 5, 2022
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

This is part 3/5 of my How To Setup Roborock robot vacuums in Home Assistant guide.…

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Part 2: Roborock S7 Home Assistant: Customize Map Card & Create Zone Automations

Part 2: Roborock S7 Home Assistant: Customize Map Card & Create Zone Automations

  • December 30, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to add some quality-of-life improvements to your Roborock S7…

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Part 1: How to Setup & Configure Roborock S7 with Home Assistant

Part 1: How to Setup & Configure Roborock S7 with Home Assistant

  • December 29, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to setup and configure the Roborock S7 in Home…

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How To Install Kimai Time Tracking App in Docker

How To Install Kimai Time Tracking App in Docker

  • December 27, 2021
  • Docker Self Hosted
    Sysadmin

In this guide, I'll show you how to deploy the open source time tracking app Kimai…

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How To Setup Plex-Automatic-Pre-roll-Gui in Windows

How To Setup Plex-Automatic-Pre-roll-Gui in Windows

  • December 21, 2021
  • Media Server Self Hosted

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup and install Plex-Automatic-Preroll-Gui to automate…

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Set Chrome as Default Browser using GPO

Set Chrome as Default Browser using GPO

  • December 20, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to make Google Chrome the default browser…

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Dynamically Display Lovelace Text Based on Schedule in Home Assistant

Dynamically Display Lovelace Text Based on Schedule in Home Assistant

  • December 19, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to dynamically display a message on your…

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Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

  • December 17, 2021
  • Dashboards Docker
    Self Hosted

In this guide, I'll show you how to customize your Flame Dashboard by using CSS tweaks.…

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Log4j PDQ Powershell Scanner Setup

Log4j PDQ Powershell Scanner Setup

  • December 13, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create a Powershell Scanner in PDQ…

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How To Delete Chrome Saved Logins using Powershell

How To Delete Chrome Saved Logins using Powershell

  • December 3, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to delete Google Chrome's cached logins using…

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List Hyper-V VM Names using Powershell

List Hyper-V VM Names using Powershell

  • November 9, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this post, I'm going to show you how to get a list of virtual machine…

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How to install Snippet Box in Docker

How to install Snippet Box in Docker

  • November 3, 2021
  • Docker Self Hosted
    Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install Snippet Box in a Docker…

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How to Install Flame Dashboard in Docker

How to Install Flame Dashboard in Docker

  • November 2, 2021
  • Dashboards Docker
    Self Hosted

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup and install the Flame dashboard…

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Bitwarden Enterprise Offboarding & Permanently Deleting Accounts

Bitwarden Enterprise Offboarding & Permanently Deleting Accounts

  • October 24, 2021
  • Sysadmin

At my company, we are in the process of rolling out Bitwarden Enterprise as our corporate…

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How to Block or Allow Firefox Extensions using Group Policy

How to Block or Allow Firefox Extensions using Group Policy

  • October 21, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create a Firefox browser Group Policy…

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How To Install Mail and Packages Integration Home Assistant

How To Install Mail and Packages Integration Home Assistant

  • October 13, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install and setup the Mail and…

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Display SSL Expiry Reminders in Home Assistant

Display SSL Expiry Reminders in Home Assistant

  • October 10, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to display the SSL expiration of any…

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Install a Home Assistant Taskbar Menu (Windows)

Install a Home Assistant Taskbar Menu (Windows)

  • October 4, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install the Home Assistant Taskbar Menu…

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How To Automatically Start Sonarr & Radarr After Reboot (Windows)

How To Automatically Start Sonarr & Radarr After Reboot (Windows)

  • October 3, 2021
  • Media Server Self Hosted
    Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to automatically start Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, NZBGet,…

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How To Install ErsatzTV to create IPTV Channels in Plex

How To Install ErsatzTV to create IPTV Channels in Plex

  • October 2, 2021
  • Media Server Self Hosted

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install ErsatzTV on a Windows Server…

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How To Install DizqueTV to create IPTV Channels in Plex

How To Install DizqueTV to create IPTV Channels in Plex

  • September 28, 2021
  • Media Server Self Hosted

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install dizqueTV on Windows Server 2019.…

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Create a “Days Until” Sensor in Home Assistant

Create a “Days Until” Sensor in Home Assistant

  • September 27, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create a Home Assistant "countdown to…

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How To Add A Season Sensor to Home Assistant

How To Add A Season Sensor to Home Assistant

  • September 27, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add a Season sensor to Home…

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How To Create Animated Backgrounds in Home Assistant

How To Create Animated Backgrounds in Home Assistant

  • September 27, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create animated backgrounds in Home Assistant.…

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Powershell Script to Delete Download Folder Contents for All User

Powershell Script to Delete Download Folder Contents for All User

  • September 24, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to delete the contents of a users'…

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How To Update Docker Container to Latest Version

How To Update Docker Container to Latest Version

  • September 20, 2021
  • Dashboards Docker
    Self Hosted

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to update one of your docker containers…

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Powershell Script To Find Users NOT in Security Group

Powershell Script To Find Users NOT in Security Group

  • September 16, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you a simple Windows Powershell script you can use…

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How to Use Dual Gauge Card in Home Assistant

How to Use Dual Gauge Card in Home Assistant

  • September 13, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

Have you ever wanted to display multiple values in the same gauge card in Home Assistant?…

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NFC Tags and Home Assistant: Setup & 8 Automation Ideas

NFC Tags and Home Assistant: Setup & 8 Automation Ideas

  • September 12, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add and use NFC tags in…

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How To Setup Google Calendar Event Notifications in Home Assistant

How To Setup Google Calendar Event Notifications in Home Assistant

  • September 12, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to configure Google Calendar Event notifications before…

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Add Football Card to Home Assistant

Add Football Card to Home Assistant

  • September 10, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add your favorite football team to…

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How To Add Sengled Zigbee RGB Bulb To Home Assistant

How To Add Sengled Zigbee RGB Bulb To Home Assistant

  • September 7, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add a Sengled RGB zigbee smart…

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Add MagicHome LED Controller to Home Assistant

Add MagicHome LED Controller to Home Assistant

  • September 7, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I will show you how to add a MagicHome LED controller to Home…

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Energy Dashboard with data from Smart Meter Texas

Energy Dashboard with data from Smart Meter Texas

  • September 6, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup your Home Energy dashboard, using…

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Splitting Up Configuration.yaml in Home Assistant

Splitting Up Configuration.yaml in Home Assistant

  • September 6, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to split up your configuration.yaml file. This…

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Install Vikunja in Docker for self-hosted Task Tracking

Install Vikunja in Docker for self-hosted Task Tracking

  • September 5, 2021
  • Docker Self Hosted

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install Vikunja using Docker-Compose. Vikunja is…

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Create Garage Door Status Notifications in Home Assistant

Create Garage Door Status Notifications in Home Assistant

  • September 1, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create status notifications to let you…

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iFrame Panels: Add Any App to Home Assistant

iFrame Panels: Add Any App to Home Assistant

  • August 31, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add some of your internal-facing servers…

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A Better Site To Find MDI Icons for Home Assistant

A Better Site To Find MDI Icons for Home Assistant

  • August 30, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

If you use Home Assistant, then chances are that you are familiar with MDI, or materialdesignicons.com.…

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How To Backup Home Assistant Locally using Samba Share Addon

How To Backup Home Assistant Locally using Samba Share Addon

  • August 30, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to backup Home Assistant to a file…

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How To Create A Lovelace Restriction Card in Home Assistant

How To Create A Lovelace Restriction Card in Home Assistant

  • August 25, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add restrictions to Lovelace Cards to…

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How To Update Peanut Plug Firmware OTA Using Home Assistant

How To Update Peanut Plug Firmware OTA Using Home Assistant

  • August 24, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to update the Peanut Plug firmware over…

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How To Create a Lovelace Battery State Card in Home Assistant

How To Create a Lovelace Battery State Card in Home Assistant

  • August 23, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to create a simple battery level and…

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How To Setup Garbage Collection Reminder

How To Setup Garbage Collection Reminder

  • August 23, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to setup a garbage, trash, or recycling reminder in…

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Run Batch File During Certain Time Window

Run Batch File During Certain Time Window

  • August 21, 2021
  • Media Server Self Hosted

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to run a batch file during a…

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How To Add Users to the OpenVPN Administrators Group

How To Add Users to the OpenVPN Administrators Group

  • August 20, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add a domain user account to…

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How To Remotely Log Off Specific Users using Powershell

How To Remotely Log Off Specific Users using Powershell

  • August 20, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to remotely log off a specific user…

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How To Send Blue Iris Images to Telegram

How To Send Blue Iris Images to Telegram

  • August 18, 2021
  • Media Server Self Hosted
    Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to send motion alerts (analyzed by Deepstack)…

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How To Setup a Telegram Bot

How To Setup a Telegram Bot

  • August 18, 2021
  • Home Assistant Media Server
    Self Hosted Smart Home Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup a Telegram notification bot. Telegram…

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How to Setup Blue Iris NVR Integration in Home Assistant

How to Setup Blue Iris NVR Integration in Home Assistant

  • August 18, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Lovelace Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to integrate your Blue Iris + Deepstack…

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How To Add Additional Cameras to Blue Iris (by copying existing cameras)

How To Add Additional Cameras to Blue Iris (by copying existing cameras)

  • August 18, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Media Server Self Hosted Smart Home Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add another camera to Blue Iris.…

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How to Setup Blue Iris & Deepstack on Windows

How to Setup Blue Iris & Deepstack on Windows

  • August 17, 2021
  • Home Assistant Media Server
    Self Hosted Smart Home Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show to how to setup and configure Blue Iris on…

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How To Install Home Assistant in Hyper-V

How To Install Home Assistant in Hyper-V

  • August 16, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install Home Assistant in Hyper-V on…

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How to Pair IKEA Remote Control in Home Assistant

How to Pair IKEA Remote Control in Home Assistant

  • August 16, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to pair and configure an Ikea Tradfri…

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Edit Active Directory Description field using Powershell

Edit Active Directory Description field using Powershell

  • August 12, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to edit the AD description field using…

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Enable Bitlocker and Set PIN using Powershell or PDQ Deploy

Enable Bitlocker and Set PIN using Powershell or PDQ Deploy

  • August 12, 2021
  • Sysadmin

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to enable bitlocker remotely using Powershell/PDQ Deploy.…

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How To Install Node Red in Docker

How To Install Node Red in Docker

  • July 30, 2021
  • Docker Self Hosted

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup Node Red in Docker. For…

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How To Add Tautulli To Home Assistant

How To Add Tautulli To Home Assistant

  • July 30, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

Tautulli is a third-party application that runs alongside your Plex Media Server to monitor various stats.…

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Send Notifications from Lovelace

Send Notifications from Lovelace

  • July 28, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

Did you know that you can notifications directly from Lovelace? For example, you can send a…

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How to Install AdGuard Home Addon in Home Assistant

How to Install AdGuard Home Addon in Home Assistant

  • July 27, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup and install AdGuard Home in…

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How to install WireGuard VPN Addon in Home Assistant with custom domain name

How to install WireGuard VPN Addon in Home Assistant with custom domain name

  • July 27, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup, configure, and install Wireguard VPN…

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Automatically Switch Themes for All Devices in Home Assistant

Automatically Switch Themes for All Devices in Home Assistant

  • July 26, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you a simple automation to set the default theme…

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Best Home Assistant Themes

Best Home Assistant Themes

  • July 26, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

If you find yourself wondering "What is the best Home Assistant Theme in 2021", then look…

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Add A Blinking Leak Sensor Card to Home Assistant

Add A Blinking Leak Sensor Card to Home Assistant

  • July 25, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you a few ways you can add a water…

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Add a Child Lock to Keymaster in Home Assistant

Add a Child Lock to Keymaster in Home Assistant

  • July 18, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add a "child lock" into the…

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Add Kwikset 888 to Home Assistant

Add Kwikset 888 to Home Assistant

  • July 18, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to add a Kwikset 888 smart door…

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Frigate: Enabling Clips and Advanced Object Detection (pt2)

Frigate: Enabling Clips and Advanced Object Detection (pt2)

  • July 18, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, we'll be taking our Home Assistant Frigate install to the next level with…

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Edit Home Assistant Config Files in a Browser using VSCode

Edit Home Assistant Config Files in a Browser using VSCode

  • July 14, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to setup and use the Visual Studio…

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How To Connect to Home Assistant via SSH

How To Connect to Home Assistant via SSH

  • July 14, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'll show you how to access Home Assistant via SSH. While I've personally…

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Edit Home Assistant Config Files From Locally Installed Visual Studio Code

Edit Home Assistant Config Files From Locally Installed Visual Studio Code

  • July 14, 2021
  • Home Assistant Integrations
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to access and edit Home Assistant configuration…

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How To Arm/Disarm Alarm on a schedule from Lovelace

How To Arm/Disarm Alarm on a schedule from Lovelace

  • July 13, 2021
  • Home Assistant Lovelace
    Smart Home

In this guide, I'm going to show you how to arm or disarm you Home Assistant…

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How To Install Uptime Kuma in Docker

How To Install Uptime Kuma in Docker

  • July 13, 2021
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