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Balagetech Introducing whatsthedamage to process your bank exports Introducing whatsthedamage a tool to process your bank account exports. I share my journey of creating this tool in Python, the challenges I encountered, and how AI helped along the way. Managing personal finances can be a bit of a headache, especially when it comes to turning bank account exports into useful reports. Continue…
Balagetech Install Jellyfin server with Ansible Install Jellyfin server with Ansible to set up your own media streaming service in an automated manner. Download the role to install your own media server. This post does not explain Jellyfin itself, it is only about to install it with Ansible. Why install Jellyfin server with Ansible? I have a plan to rebuild all Continue reading Install Jellyfin…
Balagetech Running Home Assistant on Kubernetes Running Home Assistant on Kubernetes. It is about time to put your IoT devices under control. Do not let them to phone home. Running Home Assistant on Kubernetes Balázs Németh .
Balagetech Deploy Elasticsearch stack with podman and Ansible Deploy Elasticsearch stack with podman and Ansible. Deploy Elasticsearch stack with podman and Ansible Balázs Németh .
Balagetech Install OpenSUSE MicroOS in KVM with Ignition Install OpenSUSE MicroOS in KVM with Ignition. A step-by-step guide to provision container specific OS instances really fast. About OpenSUSE MicroOS I needed a container specific OS since I converted my docker-compose services to pods with Podman. Fedora CoreOS looks promising. However I have been using OpenSUSE for years, so it was…
Balagetech Managing Podman pods with pods-compose Managing Podman pods with pods-compose makes your move to Podman easier. I already converted my docker-compose services to pods with Podman, however I really missed some features, up until now. Let s meet pods-compose. Missing features of Podman As soon as I managed to convert docker-compose services to pods I realized that managing them will be…
Balagetech Convert docker-compose services to pods with Podman How to deploy pods with Podman when you only need a single-host system and not a complex Kubernetes. Convert your docker-compose services to pods with Podman. For a single host setup or even for a now officially dead Docker Swarm setup using docker-compose is pretty convenient. But I wanted to get rid of Docker completely Continue…
Balagetech Display OBD2 car metrics in Elasticsearch It is an experiment about displaying OBD2 car metrics in Elasticsearch. To see how fuel economy changes by changing your driving habits. With the help of an ELM327 compatible OBD2 reader and a Android app Dashcommand I could export OBD2 car metrics in Elasticsearch. The app also added GPS data. It was not as easy Continue reading Display OBD2…
Balagetech Which Android app phones home to China? In my previous blog post I created a system to monitor my network traffic. This system is capable to visualize connections even in geographic manner. Checking the data I found two network devices who phones home to servers located in China. What can I find out about those connections. What are they? Do they pose Continue reading Which Android app…
Balagetech Monitor home network traffic with OpenWRT and Syslog-ng and Elasticsearch Security Monitor home network traffic with OpenWRT and Syslog-ng with Elasticsearch Security. I wanted to see what happens on my home network. Is there something going on I should be aware of? Is there any device which creates suspicious connections like phoning home? I will use OpenWRT and syslog-ng to get the…