Father. Podcaster @selfhostedshow podcast. Tailscalar.
- My Landing Page - https://alex.ktz.me
- Blog - https://blog.ktz.me
- Perfect Media Server - https://perfectmediaserver.com
- YouTube - https://youtube.com/@ktzsystems
Alex Kretzschmar has hosted 134 Episodes.
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69: Get Off My Lawn, The Robot's Got It
April 22nd, 2022 | 47 mins 14 secs
10gig, 900 mhz, audbile, audiobookshelf, docker stats, home assistant, insteon, jellyfin trakt sync, jupiter broadcasting, networking, openmower, plextraktsync, raleigh, self-hosted audiobook server, self-hosting podcast, trakt, wyze rtsp
Alex shares some handy tools, and some old friends join us for a special edition of the show.
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68: Unwyze Choices
April 8th, 2022 | 54 mins 21 secs
ansible, bitdefender, certificates, cve-2019-12266, cve-2019-9564, dashboards, groups, hide entities, home assistant, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, lego, let's encrypt, lovelace, plex discovery, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, universal watchlist, v1 camera, wyze, z-wave
We chat about Wyze's recent real bad, no-good security news, why Plex Discover has potential but hasn't impressed us yet, and a brief tour of Alex's home network setup.
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67: The No Container Theory
March 25th, 2022 | 48 mins 27 secs
ansible, asahi linux, beardedtek, docker, docker desktop, esphome, f_fullsync, fevr, frigate, fsync, jupiter broadcasting, m1, matter delayed, mqtt, nix home assistant, nixos, node-red, paperless-ngx, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, zwavejs2mqtt
Why Chris is moving away from using Containers, Alex's new project, and some great follow-up.
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66: Mmm. Pi.
March 10th, 2022 | 47 mins 39 secs
argon eon nas, energy use, heimdall, jupiter broadcasting, matter, performance, raspberry pi, raspbmc, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, transcoding, z-wave, zigbee
We look back at our favorite moments from the last ten years of the Raspberry Pi, why you might want to start considering one, and where we want to see the platform evolve.
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65: Failing at Scale
February 25th, 2022 | 44 mins 59 secs
22.02, docker, docker-compose, gluster, helm script, home assistant, jupiter broadcasting, kubernetes helm, kvm, nextcloud two-factor, proxmox, python 3.10, self-hosting podcast, truenas scale, unraid, z-wave, zfs, zwave integration
Alex gives the new TrueNAS SCALE a go and hits a snag.
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64: Analysis Paralysis
February 11th, 2022 | 46 mins 56 secs
docker, documentation, gelli, home assistant, jellyfin audio player, jupiter broadcasthing, nabu casa price increase, plexamp, ps3, retronas, self-hosted, self-hosted matrix, self-hosting podcast, steam deck, stickfreaks, what is matrix
Sometimes we get a bit carried away; we dial it back and share some self-hosting long-timer insights.
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63: Pulling the Rug Out
January 28th, 2022 | 42 mins 51 secs
free g suite account, google, high-speed lte, jellyfin, let's encrypt, lidarr, modem, neil young, plexamp, self-hosted lossless music, spotify, tailscale, z-wave outdoor
Alex has a new high-quality self-hosted music setup, and Chris solves complicated Internet problems.
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62: Succumbing to the Ecosystem
January 14th, 2022 | 49 mins 15 secs
automation, docker, dozzle, home assistant, homebridge, homekit, hub, infuse, iplayer apple tv, jupiter broadcasting, log viewer for docker, nfc tags, self-hosting podcast, smartthings, tailscale, wireguard
Alex got some new devices for Christmas, and we set off figuring out how to integrate them into his network.
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61: That First Layer Squish
December 31st, 2021 | 59 mins 54 secs
3d printing, creality, ender, ender3, filament, jupiter broadcasting, maker, plastic, prusa, self-hosting podcast, spool
Some old friends of JB join Alex to discuss 3D printing.
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60: Someone Else's Computer
December 17th, 2021 | 55 mins 33 secs
amazon web services outage, ansible, automations, aws, button entity, changedetection.io, gitlab vs github, home assistant, horizon workrooms, jellyfin intergration, jupiter broadcasting, log4j vulnerability, mqtt, nabu casa, oculus quest, portainer, self-hosting podcast, state of the project, tasmota, valetudo, vr, wled
Recent AWS outages sent Alex on a hunt to find more self-hosted alternatives, and Chris digs into the latest Home Assistant release.
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59: I Tried to Love Portainer
December 3rd, 2021 | 48 mins 30 secs
ansible, docker compose, docker gui, docker stats, docker-compose profiles, dozzle, google, hedgedoc, jupiter broadcasting, lazydocker, martix self-hosting problems, portainer, portainer review, self-hosting podcast, stacks, synapse, yaml
We try out a couple of very popular Docker GUI's and report back, and discuss our biggest Self-Hosted regrets.
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58: Pi Server Upgrade
November 19th, 2021 | 56 mins 37 secs
android 12, appflowy, carrier board, carrier nat, cgn, cm4 dual gigabit, compute module 4, compute module 4 flash the emmc, double nat, emmc, frigate, home assistant, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, opensuse tumbleweed, openwrt, prusa, prusa3d, seeedstudio, self-hosting podcast
This week we unlock the "Pi"tential of the Compute Module 4 and turn it into a dual gigabit router and Jellyfin server.
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57: Alex Deletes it All
November 5th, 2021 | 47 mins 54 secs
amber, black friday, drive shucking, drone ci, home assistant, jupiter broadcasting, mkdocs, obsidian, replace hue hub, self-hosted notion, self-hosting podcast, server rebuild, sonoff cc253, tuya, webrtc camera source, zigbee
Troubleshooting goes very wrong for Alex, and he puts his backups to the ultimate test.
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56: Feeling Wyze
October 22nd, 2021 | 39 mins 41 secs
automatic collections, frigate, frigate hass integration, fully kiosk browser, gitea, home assistant, jupiter broadcasting, local cameras, opnsense community plugins, opnsense-repo, plex meta manager, plexmetamanager, ring stickup cams, rtmp, self-hosting podcast, tuya, uptime kuma, video doorbell, wall panel, wyze v3 rtsp, zwave migration
Local self-hosted video capture with AI object detection just got easy. Morgan joins us to detail his Frigate setup and its optional tight integration with Home Assistant.
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55: Home Assistant Turns Amber
October 8th, 2021 | 47 mins 37 secs
aeotec smart switch 7, amber, aself-hosting podcast, energy metering, energy monitoring, gimme-iphotos, history stats, home assistant, icloud photo backup, jupiter broadcasting, kwh, migrate to z-wave js, s2, self-hosting podcast, smart plug energy tracking, tailscalember, template sensor, tubesync, tuya, ultility sensor, youtube-dl alternative, z-wave
A lot is changing in Home Assistant land, and it's almost all for the better; we break down the essential items.
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54: Ultimate Off-Site Setup
September 25th, 2021 | 47 mins 38 secs
asrock rack e3c246d4u, asus hyper m.2 x16, autorestic, diy nest, generic thermostat, home assistant, igpu, ipmi, jupiter broadcasting, mesh vpn, minio, object storage, off-site backup, pcie bifurcation, restic, s3, self-hosting podcast, tailscale, trådfri, wireguard, zigbee
Alex is abroad and uses the opportunity to build out not one but two ultimate self-hosted off-site servers. We share the hardware, software, and networking details.