For a small project (a microcontroller with a temperature sensor) I needed a mqtt broker to process the sensors data to display it in Grafana. There’s already a TIG stack running on my server, so it was obvious to me that I will go with Mosquitto. For some reason Mosquitto never returned any data scraped … [Read more…]
Issue: I need to get a notification if a necessary volume on my Linux device is not mounted, as this volume cannot get automatically mounted because a passphrase is required. The curl-request is dependent on the custom DNS (Pi-hole). When setting up my Intel NUC I decided that all my persistent data of the running … [Read more…]
Issue: When opening web.airmore.com in the browser to establish a connection between the smartphone and the browser, the website is not loading correctly anymore. I’m using the Airmore app to connect from my desktop computer to my phone to transfer files. Recently the website for the connection, which is available by web.airmore.com, did not load … [Read more…]
Issue: Keyboard and mouse input is not registered, when using a Teamviewer session on a host running VMWare Horizon. A few days ago I was confronted with a simple yet annoying occurence. I was using a VMWare Horizon session and a colleague needed to input some credentials in my session. On the same host which … [Read more…]
Issue: How can I restore mails from a removed Thunderbird account when the files are still present on the filesystem? This method of restoring mails does only work when there are still the necessary files on your filesystem present, e.g. if you have removed an account from Thunderbird but did not uninstall the program or … [Read more…]
Issue: Container hostnames won’t get resolved to IP addresses within the default docker network. This is more of a hint than a fix or workaround for an issue. When playing around with Docker I’ve noticed hostnames of containers could not be resolved by other containers. So when setting up a Nextcloud instance I was forced … [Read more…]
Issue: I’m an Office 365 subscriber and my OneNote 2016 is suddenly deinstalled, replaced with the OneNote App. How can I undo this? I was quite confused, when OneNote 2016 was suddenly gone. Searching for it in Windows only reveals the OneNote App (which I do not like). As I had no intention in configuring and … [Read more…]
Issue: I am connected to a VPN and (some) websites cannot be accessed while a working internet connection is established. A few weeks ago I attended DevOpsCon 2017 in Berlin. The conference has been quite interesting, but lacked in organisation and preparations. Some WLAN access points have been established where two SSIDs were given – one … [Read more…]
Issue: How can I restore my login to the Snapchat app on a rooted Android device using the Bluestacks application? There is quite some confusion about the Snapchat app and it’s login on a rooted Android device. A lot of the time people online claim the Xposed framework is the culprit – after deinstalling this … [Read more…]
Issue: How can I fix the appearing python error while renewing a Let’s Encrypt certificate? As you may have noticed, this blog features a Let’s Encrypt certificate. Let’s Encrypt only allows certificates to be authorized for up to 3 months. While this isn’t that big of a problem for most users (you can renew the … [Read more…]