So the very first problem I have here, is there is no way to run this thing distributed. This is a major issue, as my setup is as follows:
Main server (electra, a VM) runs the engine and talks directly to networked devices.
A PI in the...
Up until now, I have been writing my own home automation engine from scratch. This has served me, generally well, but, it has issues...
First, lets discuss why I did what I did:
No cloud. Cloud evil. No. Bad.
When I wrote gnhast,...
So the plan today was to make a new LXC that could run various collection tools across my network, collect data, and feed it into influx. My first target of course, was the pile of UPS's I own. Right now I have 4 "smart" UPS's, and one dead...
I'm sure lots of homelab folks like to run netbox. It's kinda a neat toy. It's a bit heavyweight though for your average homelab though.
But let's pretend for a minute that your network looks like this:
2 24 Port Switches
1 16 port...