Ronald Nutter's Blog, page 16
May 17, 2020
How to setup Ansible to manage your RPi servers in your SmartHome
These are the initial commands that will help you get Ansible installed on your Raspberry Pi. I used the latest version of Debian Buster as a starting point. • sudo apt-get update • sudo apt-get upgrade • sudo apt install … Continue reading →
May 16, 2020
How to setup Tivo Stream 4K for your SmartHome
This is the latest addition to the streaming device marketplace. Don’t let the 4K in the name fool you, it will work just fine on a regular HD television. I would suggest buying an HDMI extension cable to avoid putting … Continue reading →
May 10, 2020
How to setup SSH on your Raspberry Pi for your SmartHome
3 ways to do enable SSH on RPi 1. Create 0 byte size file on boot flash before first use 2. Enable SSH in raspi-config 3. Enable using systemctl a. sudo systemctl enable ssh b. sudo systemctl start ssh Options … Continue reading →
May 2, 2020
How to Fight Covid-19 using an Apple Mac Mini in your SmartHome (Part 2)
In this video, I In this video, I show you one way that can enable use an Apple Mac Mini. This is part two of a series showing you all the different options on how you can help the researchers … Continue reading →
April 19, 2020
How to Work Remotely using a Smartphone with your SmartHome (Part 3)
In this video, I show you how to use your Samsung smartphone that has support for DEX built in that will allow you to connect a monitor, keyboard and mouse to your Samsung phone and have something very close to … Continue reading →
April 18, 2020
How to Fight Covid-19 using your SmartHome (Part 1)
In this video, I show you one way that can enable use a computer that is probably laying around the house that isnt doing anything. This is part one of a series showing you all the different options on how … Continue reading →
April 12, 2020
How to Work Remotely using your SmartHome (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this series, I show you two additional options for portable apps for your USB or NVMe drive. As I mention in the video, for what little room they take, it doesn’t hurt to have all three … Continue reading →
April 5, 2020
How to Work Remotely with your SmartHome (Part 1)
In this video, I show you one option that can enable you to work remotely with very little planning in the event of a disaster or other situation that would prevent you from working from your office. This is just … Continue reading →
March 29, 2020
How to setup Raspberry Pi4 with Docker, Ubiquiti Unifi, Ubiquiti Switch for your SmartHome (Part 5b)
In this video, I walk you through installing the Ubiquiti Switch into Ubiquiti Unifii Management Server on your Docker RPI. ================================================ *** Show Notes, Links and Resources **** Here are the items mentioned in this video – Ubiquiti UniFi Switch … Continue reading →
March 28, 2020
How to setup Raspberry Pi4 with Docker, Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway for your SmartHome (Part 5a)
In this video, I walk you through iInstalling the Ubiquiti Security Gateway into Ubiquiti Unifii Management Server on your Docker RPI. ================================================ *** Show Notes, Links and Resources **** Here are the items mentioned in this video – Ubiquiti Unifi … Continue reading →
