My home network runs exclusively on Ubiquiti UniFi hardware which is fantastic, but it hides the WMM configuration setting from the web-based UI. Disabling Airtime Fairness and WMM is one of the first things you should do for any SSID dedicated to low-powered IoT devices like LIFX smart bulbs.
My docker-lifx-daydusk project attempts to solve two usability concerns with the Day & Dusk functionality built-into the LIFX app: it does not require a connection to the LIFX Cloud and it provides more configurable options for each scheduled transition event.
I know a bunch of HomeKit enthusiasts that use Homebridge even with LIFX’s native HomeKit support in their newer bulbs. After the LIFX team implemented firmware effect calls in the HTTP API, I knew it would be possible to create a HomeKit switch that would turn an effect on and off and here it is.
I’m a huge fan of Homebridge and use the web interface provided by homebridge-config-ui-x extensively. I’m also a huge fan of Caddy to automate the creation and management of HTTPS-based websites using Let’s Encrypt.
Lot’s of people ask me why I’m such a fan of Caddy and it’s because configuring it to reverse proxy something is usually pretty easy. In this case, the Caddyfile for homebridge-config-ui-x is as simple as:
By default, Spacewalk creates and uses self-signed certificates for its SSL configuration. This requires the end-user to accept and trust the CA certificiate created by Spacewalk in each browser. This post details how to replace the self-signed certificates with CA-signed certificates from Let’s Encrypt.
In order to facilitate simple scanning of Docker and Rkt images based on Oracle Linux, I added support for Oracle Linux to both Clair and Vuls (VULnerability Scanner).
This post details how to switch the database backed used by jabberd on a Spacewalk
server to use a PostgreSQL Database so that osa-dispatcher becomes stable.