DANE https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7671 stands for DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities. This protocol allows clients to check the remote certificate used trough TLSA DNS records. DANE requires DNSSEC https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9364. This post is not about the client side implementation, it is about the backend. I’ll explain how to created TLSA records that use the public key of the …
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As a developer I am collaborating on multiple projects. In many cases it is need to create a fork of the upstream project add add a pull request. The first steps (making a fork) etc are not difficult, and at first you will have an up to date clone of the original website on which …
This post is about my (positive) experience with haproxy as reverse proxy for Home Assistant. Remote access is need if youw want to access Home Assistant from outside of your home network. As prerequisite we will also need to forward port 443(https) in our router/firewall to system used and make sure we have a valid …
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I am working on an integration for Elro Connects. The integration should allow users with Elro Connects fire, water or CO alarms to integrate those in Home Assistant. If you own Elro Connects fire alarms and like to test, you could add the elro connects integration with HACS. Add the following repo to HACS https://github.com/jbouwh/ha-elro-connects/. …
Omnikdatalogger v1.11.1 now has native support for InfluxDB v2 authentication. It is no longer needed to supply v1 authentication support. To enable it you need to configure the config parameters org, bucket, and token. If you use HACS via AppDaemon, make sure you add influxdb-client to the python packages. Additional you now can use an …
The last release of Omnikdatalogger supports logging to a CSV file. Additional the local time, date and temperature (Openweathermap) can be logged. CSV logging can be configured per inverter or aggregated. To already try the new feature download the new release.
Omnikatalogger’s tcpclient suports direct connection over port 8899 to fetch the data using Wouter van der Zwan’s library. Not all inverters support this way of connecting. Some inverters support collecting the inverter data over HTTP. With the new release the tcpclient will fallback to this http method when it fails to fetch the data over …
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The last release of Omnikdatalogger will have MQTT TLS support and implements the new Solarman API. MQTT TLS support The MQTT output client and mqtt_proxy plugin for the localproxy client now can use TLS. The use of client certificates and the use of an alternative ca is supported now. Example of the new settings: output.mqtt: …
Omnikdataloggers solarmanpv client does not longer seem to work. Users have received mails indication the service is to be discontinued. The portal functionality has been moved to https://home.solarmanpv.com/. I was successful in enabling the new UI by requesting a new password where I used the same email address I used before. While writing this my …
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The latest version of Omnik Data Logger now supports the monitoring of gas consumption (using MQTT). Update your Home Assistant 2021.9.x before you update Omnik Data Logger, for else MQTT will not work with Home Assistant. The unit of measurement for gas consumption has changed from m3 to m³ to be compliant with Home Assistant. …
