InfluxDB is a time series database. [ Read More]

When I heard that my employer was using the no-code platform Betty Blocks my interest was piqued. Although I like to write code with, for example, C# or javascript, the visual nature of no-code/low-code platforms appeals to me. [ Read More]

Here I explain how you can setup a web service by using the Apache Hop Server. [ Read More]

I found out that an IoT device (smart power strip) had the setting to communicatie with a syslog server and I couldn’t find any documentation about that setting. That was a great opportunity for me to setup a Telegraf container as a syslog server. [ Read More]

Jellyfin is a great open source media system and in my case Jellyfin replaced Plex. Here I describe my setup of the Docker Jellyfin container. [ Read More]

Here I describe my setup of the Docker Apache Hop Server container. Apache Hop is an open source data integration platform and a fork of Pentaho Data Integration. In recent years I have enjoyed using Pentaho both at home and professionally and I’m very excited about Hop. [ Read More]

Here I describe my setup of the Docker Telegraf container. Telegraf from InfluxData is a server agent for collecting metrics from sensors and systems [ Read More]

Within my Home Assistant dashboard I wanted to see information about my Docker containers. For example CPU use, memory use and status (running/not running). After some research I came across this fork of the ‘Docker Monitor’ integration. [ Read More]

Here I describe my setup of the Docker Grafana container. With Grafana you can create beautiful dashboards. [ Read More]

I regularly delete a ‘sandbox’ measurement with test data. It is not very complicated to delete a measurement, but it is worth noting. [ Read More]