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How to setup Passkeys in EntraID with Microsoft Authenticator (preview!)
Passkeys are now available as preview in Microsoft EntraID. In this blog post I will guide you through the setup, also if you are already using FIDO2 keys! Setup the Authentication Method First of all we have to setup the authentication method in EntraID so your users...
HomePod with Spotify Connect, it is possible!
Spotify is one of the most common Music Services used in Europe. As Apple now also has support for the Dutch language on the HomePod I wanted to start using an HomePod in my office when working from home so I can stream music and just dont have to pause the music...
Use FIDO2 with PowerShell for Admin tasks
In a more Cloud based world we are searching for more security. One of the reasons why we are using FIDO2 keys in our company for Highly Privileged accounts in our Azure environment. All the admin users have a FIDO2 key and we are using a Conditional Access Policy...
DIY WindSim for SimRacing
Update dec 2022 Today (01-12-2022) I received a new Arduino MotorShield Rev3 as the old shield was having some trouble on the long ends and giving me stable wind. The new Motorshield is working better but can only handle 2 motors instead of 4. Config change Made a...
Update Raspbian Buster to Bullseye
About a year ago Raspbian Bullseye was released, but as I was still running Buster and had no issues I kept running Buster. Last week I encountered some issues with the RUSTC package being outdated for an update of my HomeAssistant environment running Python 3.10.6....
How to upgrade Python venv to 3.8.6
How to upgrade Python venv to 3.8.6 If you are running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi with Python and manually installed it, you prob are running it in a Virtual Environment (venv) like me. Now with the release of HomeAssistant 0.116.0, there is a notification that...
Upgrade RPi with SSD
Prepare your RPI 3 First you have to tell the RPI firmware to boot from USB, this feature is disabled and has to be enabled once per raspberry pi. You can do this from SSH by running the following command: echo program_usb_boot_mode=1 | sudo tee -a /boot/config.txt...
LetsEncrypt Renew certificate with DNS challenge
Since LetsEncrypt doesnt support renewal of port 443 you can use the DNS-Challenge if you are not allowed or able to use Port 80. The renew function is not working, however if you own the DNS zone and can edit it is pretty easy to create a new certificate and use a...
MikroTik op KPN met Routed IPTV
Aangezien ik helaas veel problemen had met mijn KPN Experia Box v10a heb ik besloten om een MikroTik RB4011 aan te schaffen en de Experia Box de deur uit te doen. Het heeft me helaas wel wat tijd gekost dit goed aan de praat te krijgen, voor het Routed IPTV stuk...
HomeAssistant upgrade Python to 3.7.3 (venv)
How to upgrade Python venv from 3.5 to 3.7.3 If you are running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi with Python and manually installed it, you prob are running it in a Virtual Environment (venv) like me. Now with the release of HomeAssistant 0.94, there is a notification...
My Home Assistant project
How does my Home Assistant app looks like? First of all when I started everything was in my configuration.yaml file. As I moved on i decided to split up the configuration to have a better overview and cleaner config when debugging. This is why i started using the:...
How To Home Assistant as Home Automation on Raspberry Pi
I came accross Home Assistant a few days ago and it looks like a nice Home Automation system, so... Lets try! At this point i'm running several apps like Hue, IFTTT, Stringefy to make my home smarter and respond on actions or triggers. As i now came accross Home...