CentOS

In this piece we’ll be installing Home Assistant in Docker on CentOS. The reasons why I chose CentOS and how to set it up are described in the following posts: Set up a secure home server with CentOS - Part 1 Set up a secure home server with CentOS - Part 2: Samba Because of scalability and administratability, I’ve decided go to with Docker containers this time. My Pi already runs Hass. [Read More]

Hey all, this is part 2 of setting up an CentOS server. For backup and accessibility, I always set up a Samba share. Samba is a filesharing protocol supported by Microsoft Windows, Linux and MacOS and I therefor prefer this type of fileshare over others in terms of compatibility. If you want to see other parts of this series: Set up a secure home server with CentOS - Part 1 Samba can be challenging to set up because of the complexity and the amount of configuration options, however, for the purpose of a homeserver, we’ll keep it simple. [Read More]

Hey all, In this post I want to take a look at setting up a secure home server with CentOS. Why CentOS and not the more common distros such as Debian? Well, I like the stability and leanness of CentOS and the the package manager is neat as well. Pretty much everything runs on this thing as easy as it does under Debian, but the added security and stability are a great plus. [Read More]