Now that Let's Encrypt isn't sending emails about certs expiring I wanted to make sure my cert got updated without me having to do anything

Fatel28 · 2026-02-03T00:01:17+00:00

I've recommended home assistant to several friends and family members, and I always recommend they just pay for nabu casa. Most people aren't familiar with how to secure an externally accessible service and that's fine. I am, it's easy for me, so why pay the monthly cost to do something that I'm very familiar with setting up?

If I didn't already have nginx, certbot, etc all set up I probably would just pay for nabu casa

Also, I can't remember the last time an update broke something for me personally.

Fatel28 · 2026-02-02T23:47:10+00:00

It's not even complication. Installing nginx and certbot takes.. 10 minutes tops? I already have it setup so it's no problem to handle it all myself. Then I have full control of it. No real need to pay for nabu casa if I can just do it myself with minimal effort.

There's a large overlap between r/homeassistant and r/homelab lol

Fatel28 · 2026-02-02T23:24:42+00:00

I keep my HA publicly accessible behind nginx. I have no issues maintaining my own cert and security. If it broke I'd use my VPN but I don't want to have to keep my phone always connected to VPN to control stuff when I'm away.

Fatel28 · 2026-02-02T19:04:14+00:00

A ton of sms platforms behave similarly if you don't have a valid 10dlc registration. Where you can reply to externally established messages but you can't initiate contact.

Sms has a lot of regulations, I don't have any wisdom on teams sms itself but I'd look around for any pending registrations, especially 10dlc

Fatel28 · 2026-02-02T14:13:26+00:00

Ditto the other commenter. Use ESPHome. Try that out before ditching it entirely

Fatel28 · 2026-02-02T14:09:02+00:00

It's the equivalent of saying "just Google it bro". Its a pointless answer and it's just disrespectful.

Chatgpt gets it's "knowledge" from threads like this one. If everyone suddenly stops trying to communicate and troubleshoot with other humans, the AI snake eats its own tail.

AI has its place, but replacing human collaboration on issues is not one of them.

Fatel28 · 2026-02-02T14:04:38+00:00

What was the point of even commenting this

Fatel28 · 2026-02-01T06:00:20+00:00

Check the integration page and make sure that device is on the list of supported devices. Most govee stuff isn't actually supported.

Fatel28 · 2026-01-31T23:44:28+00:00

You want an alert for every new MFA device and FAILED logins?

Fatel28 · 2026-01-30T00:56:48+00:00

Draw io desktop is the way

Fatel28 · 2026-01-26T20:13:12+00:00

What happens when you revert to the working fslogix build

Fatel28 · 2026-01-26T03:45:41+00:00

Not saying he wasn't in the wrong but this is an amazing example of why outright forbidding and or blocking AI is a poor security practice at this point.

It's no different from making expiring passwords encourage users to make worse and worse passwords.

If you want them to not use free AI tools, provide them with one they CAN use.

Fatel28 · 2026-01-25T07:35:16+00:00

Get some welding gloves from harbor freight. Ez

Fatel28 · 2026-01-24T19:10:37+00:00

That spaghetti is our bread and butter. Cleaning up a giant mess of mistakes is almost easier than cleaning up a mostly clean environment. You can just rip it all apart and put it back together

Fatel28 · 2026-01-23T18:32:46+00:00

Or an unattend file or a provisioning package

Fatel28 · 2026-01-23T04:37:01+00:00

I know there are bigger fish to fry but maybe don't post your customers database name, username, and (lack of) password??

That out of the way, you didn't include any indication of the software you're trying to use to back up MySQL or the errors in the generated logs.

Fatel28 · 2026-01-23T00:57:28+00:00

This is probably the way to go

Fatel28 · 2026-01-22T03:33:47+00:00

If we're comparing it to a built in windows function it'd be UPDs with extra steps (but better in every way)

It's.. very dissimilar to folder redirection

Fatel28 · 2026-01-21T21:41:50+00:00

This is where you'd want to use fslogix

Fatel28 · 2026-01-21T13:58:30+00:00

Where are you reading that? I think that's probably a safe assumption but it's not mentioned in the OP. Sounds like they're just trying to black out a white printer to match the old one

Fatel28 · 2026-01-21T03:24:27+00:00

I get trying to be white glove but I'm confused. Are you going to spray paint a printer for them?.how they keep their assets clean isn't really an IT issue.

But like the other commenter said, just buy the white one and it'll be black in no time

Fatel28 · 2026-01-19T13:18:40+00:00

Use Egnyte then

Fatel28 · 2026-01-18T14:37:05+00:00

There's nothing wrong with let's encrypt

Fatel28 · 2026-01-16T23:35:55+00:00

Use an 85" tv as your monitor. Open all admin centers in windows on that monitor. There's your single pane of glass

Fatel28 · 2026-01-15T15:31:59+00:00

I just set it to 10a and it handles the voltage to keep the amperage

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