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Rasbmc – falsche Zeitzoneneinstellung
Seit einiger Zeit besitze ich ein Raspberry Pi. Dieser kleine Computer ist sehr günstig (etwa 30 Euro) und kann als XBMC eingerichtet werden. Dabei habe ich mich für die Rasbmc Distribution...
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Use OpenElec on Raspberry Pi with Hyperion
I recently updated my Raspberry Pi in the living room. I used Rasbmc as an easy to use XBMC distribution. However, there will be no update for Rasbmc once XBMC is replaced by KODI. You are then forced...
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Update OpenElec 4.2.1 to 5.0.0 on a Raspberry Pi
XBMC is no more, it was replaced by KODI. The OpenElec team updated its media center distribution to version 5.0.0 which includes KODI. So it was time to update my RaspberryPi and its really easy:...
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Migrate from OpenElec to OSMC
I recently upgraded my ambilight clone from 50 to 104 LEDs and I’ve also updated my OpenElec installation on my Raspberry Pi B+ to 6.0.0. However, the hyperiond wasn’t able to communicate properly with...
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Raspberry Pi 3 with Kodi, Netflix, Spotify Connect, Hyperion and RetroArch
I’m currently using an old Mac Mini from 2009 as my media center. I’ve updated it recently with more RAM and an SSD but it has its problems with Bluetooth, regardless my used bluetooth card or USB...
View ArticleDIY HomeKit with Raspberry Pi and Xiaomi Robot Vacuum
Inspired by tweets of Steven Troughten-Smith, people started to experiment with Raspberry Pi’s as DIY HomeBridge devices. One of them is Wojtek Pietrusiewicz. He wrote a nice article which I used as...
View ArticleHowto setup local DNS domains and adresses in pihole
If you use the AVM FritzBox you’ll now about this dreaded DNS suffix „fritz.box“ which every device will get in your network, if you decide to use the DNS server of the FritzBox. I wanted to have...
View ArticleHowto install InfluxDB and Grafana on a Raspberry Pi 3
Inspired by a friend I’ve decided to install InfluxDB and Grafana on my Raspberry Pi 3. InfluxDB is a database optimized for storing time related data like measurements of my recently installed...
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Auto mount NFS shares on Raspbian
I’m using influxdb on my Raspberry Pi in combination with a NFS mount. The NFS mount is on my Synology NAS and should store the database data of influxdb. Reason for this setup is that I fear that the...
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Monitor Fritz!Box connection statistics with Grafana, InfluxDB and Raspberry Pi
I’ve recently stumbled over an article in the german magazine C’T about visualisations of your Fritz!Box’s connection. The solution looked quite boring and outdated, since it used MRTG for the graph...
View ArticleConfigure mail transport agent on Raspbian with external SMTP server
I want to get email notifications for actions on my Raspberry Pi using Raspbian. You could setup a separate mail server for that action but that seems to be a little bit overkill. msmtp is a mail...
View ArticleProtect SSH services with fail2ban
If you’ll open SSH on a server to the open internet, you’ll notice a lot of bots trying to login. You certainly should setup certificate based login, but banning offending IPs is also an important...
View ArticleBlock SSH connections by origin of IP address
If you’re exposing services to the internet, you’ll notice a lot of connection attempts. To block those bots and scripts trying to login to your machine, you should use fail2ban. However, you can also...
View ArticleSetup external USB disk as NTFS volume on Raspbian
I intend to use an external 2.5″ USB disk formatted as NTFS volume on my Raspberry Pi. Since its rather larger (5TB) I don’t want to use MBR but GPT instead. Here’s a short list of commands I’ve used...
View ArticleSetup WireGuard VPN on Raspbian
I’m already using OpenVPN but heard only good things about WireGuard VPN. For my current project, I need a VPN connection to my home network. I do not want to mess with my currently working OpenVPN...
View ArticleConfigure DynDNS client ddclient for use with all-inkl
You can try ddclient, if you don’t have a Router or NAS, which updates a DynDNS account. I’m using it on Raspbian and all-inkl as hosting service. Create a new dyndns account in kas.all-inkl.com. Go...
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