Andrej Friesen - ajfriesen

Andrej Friesen

Hey, I am Andrej and I run this blog.

State of the ARM NAS in 2022

Is it worth running an ARM NAS in 2022? I have checked the market and found a few DIY ARM NAS solutions.

Passwordless SSH login with YubiKey and FIDO2

How to use your YubiKey with OpenSSH to authenticate securely against servers without a password.

Water leak sensor in water container

Home Automation

"Smart" Blumat Water Container with Home Assistant

Automatically water plants with physics and a simple water container thanks to the Blumat system. Additionally, detect if the water container is empty with Home Assistant and get notified.

Brick which looks like a face

Updates and Musings 14 - Analytics, Updates, and Blogposts

Logos from Ghost, Docker, Watchtower, MySQL

Keep your self-hosted Ghost blog up to date - fully automated

How to automatically keep every docker container up to date. Here we will keep a Ghost blog up to date as an example.

Modding an iPod Classic - 1 TB and bigger battery

Modding an iPod Classic - 1 TB and bigger battery

How to mod an iPod classic with SD Cards and a bigger battery.

Old doorbell on wall

Home Automation

Make your old doorbell smart with Home Assistant and ESPHome

Make your old doorbell smart with Home Assistant and ESPHome

Weekly Musings 13 - Managing Tabs, Books for babies

Weekly Musings 13 - Managing Tabs, Books for babies

Screenshot of tabli the chrome extension

Today I learned

How to Manage Your Browser Tabs - You do not have a Tab Problem!

You will learn how to manage a lot of browser tabs the easy way and find everything in a breeze!

Weekly Musings 12 - April 2022 Statistics

Weekly Musings 12 - April 2022 Statistics

Synology DS415+ does not boot - How to fix it!

Home Lab and Hardware

Synology DS415+ does not boot - How to fix it!

How to fix Synology DS415+ boot problem and the story behind that problem.

Weekly Musings #11 - self-hosting Ghost, Hugo to Ghost migration, broken Synology DS415+

Weekly Musings #11 - self-hosting Ghost, Hugo to Ghost migration, broken Synology DS415+

Logos of stripe, mailgun, docker-compose, docker, Caddy, MySQL and Ghost

Self Hosting a Ghost blog with docker-compose, Mailgun setup, and Stripe subscriptions

How to run your Ghost blog with docker-compose, set up Mailgun for mails, and stripe for paid subscriptions.

Migration from Hugo to Ghost for www.eliora-tanzania.org

Migration from Hugo to Ghost for www.eliora-tanzania.org

Migration of EliOra Tanzania, a Hugo project goes to Ghost.

Weekly Musings #10 - gitconfigs, Ghost blog subscriptions, Ansible raw reboot

Weekly Musings #10 - gitconfigs, Ghost blog subscriptions, Ansible raw reboot

Reboot with Ansible raw ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

How to reboot a server with Ansible when Python is not available and you have to use the raw command.

Today I learned

Separating git config for several git servers

How to configure you .gitconfig to use different accounts for several git servers.

Face in a a beer

Weekly Musings #9 - pc-switch update, upcoming website move, self-hosted platforms

3D model of my pc-switch PCB

pc-switch version v1.1

Here I show you how I added proper labels to my pc-switch PCB.

A boat which looks like a blue whale

Weekly Musings #8 - Backups, Steam Deck, and Tracking Changes on Websites

Screenshot of Changedetection

How to Track Changes on Websites without RSS or Mail Subscription

How to track changes on web sites which do not offer RSS feeds or email subscriptions.

Steam Deck, a handheld gaming PC made by Valve

Steam Deck and the Impact for Linux Desktop

The Steam Deck will sell millions and might have a really good impact for the Linux Desktop community.

Odroid HC4 - The Perfect Backup NAS with MINIO S3 and restic

How to run Minio S3 on the Odroid HC4 and use it for backups with restic.

Coat hanger looking like a elephant without a trunk

Weekly Musings #7 - Updating Ghost, Installing Ubuntu, Learning Docker, Raspberry Pi SD Card Corruption

Two new blog post about updating Ghost and installing Ubuntu on my Desktop. Found an awesome resource for learning docker and containers and an in depth article about Raspberry Pi SD Card corruption.

Ghost migration fails - How to migrate the default collation from MySQL 5 to MySQL 8

How to migrate the Ghost MySQL database collation from MySQL 5.7 default to MySQL 8.0 default.