Category Archives: Coding

MQTT at AWS

Posted on February 29, 2024 by larry

Couple years ago I set up an MQTT server on AWS. MQTT is meant more like a private server to me. But there was a need. So for my future self This was needed to set it up allow_anonymous false … Continue reading →

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Forced Cleanup of Zoneminder

Posted on February 24, 2024 by larry

I didn’t delete any recordings, but I messed up the database a bit for zoneminder. So the good news is I am going to clean up my zoneminder database, it will look clean again. Anyway got my steps in late, … Continue reading →

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Feeling Better But Still Sick

Posted on February 21, 2024 by larry

Been feeling better, hoping I dodged a bullet. Still feeling weird though. I did get through a productive day. I think maybe because I got some sleep. Code some cool coding done, getting deep into python. Weight: 347.8

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At Least Code Coding Done

Posted on February 19, 2024 by larry

Looks like I enjoy coding. For my day off I spent the day figuring out some code for nagios. Looks like I got something cool going on. Cleaning it up, also passed pylint. All is good. Weight: 348.2

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Better Mailer for Nagios

Posted on February 16, 2024 by larry

Been using the stock nagios mailer for years, changed things around and decided to use a custom python mailer. Looks like I can use environmental variables and other custom settings to add more information to the email. I am thinking … Continue reading →

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Zoneminder Via Ansible

Posted on November 28, 2023 by larry

Mostly, I kickstart a build, then imported a a profile into the machine that included static IPs and sshd keys. Another manual thing is to add my ssh keys via ssh-copy-id command. But everything is all ansible playbooks till I … Continue reading →

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Upgraded IoT Server

Posted on October 15, 2023 by larry

Upgraded the second to the last server on my list of machines to be upgraded. The huge issue was that it had some custom python scripts. I got it working and it is done. Going to look at working on … Continue reading →

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Looking At Going Production

Posted on October 13, 2023 by larry

A lot of my code works now and it is documented and easier to manage. So I am looking to build the new server this weekend. Going to stop code development and move into production. Weight: 344.0

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HTML Mail with Python

Posted on October 12, 2023 by larry

Figured out how to send HTML email with embedded images via python. The intent is when there is an event, I can put the camera monitors from zoneminder into the function and have it generate and send an email. Also … Continue reading →

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