Progress Report:
So, building on @captcha_incorrect 's n8n script he graciously offered, and pulling data into Grafana, and learning how to python correctly…it’s been a journey. However, I am happy to report that I have some weather data now. It’s by no means a finished product but I have made some progress.
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The extended forecast in the right hand side took me some time to figure out pagination so I could scroll through 5 days in advance. The weather tab at the top left will get a couple more tabs. One for forecast map, if I can figure that out. LOL
Pretty cool setup. Navidrome and Readeck are also on my bucket list now !
But i got confused on the part where you said that you run your own network . What does that mean? and How does that work?
Oh, I think I meant, in my own insufficient vernacular: ‘my network’. Meaning the LAN that I administer. Servers, TV’s, iot devices(1), servers(3), security measures like a standalone pfsense firewall, security cams, etc. Much like a commercial ISP network, just scaled down considerably and local. My services are reachable exterior of my network, protected by SSO (Authentik). I am the only user so I do not make my services publicly available to anyone but me. It’s a playground to me, that has it’s very practical uses, Even tho I’m old as dirt, I still like toys. LOL
Sorry. “so I run my network” was not really a complete thought.
No no it’s fine . I still have soo many questions
But i’m going to have to stop at this so that i can make my own research.
Thank you . Your answers were written in near perfect english , punctuation, etc … everything was perfect in your responses . How did you do that !
I would like to get into reading any recommendations ? any genre is fine
Edit: Only one more question, I saw in your dashboard that you have tailscale and you also said that you use authentik.
Do those tools normally go together ?
Like I said my man, I’m willing to answer anything I can. I am not an expert nor a IT guy. There are many more skilled and knowledgable here. I just do a ton of reading, and a lot of trying, until it works correctly, then I write all that down because my brain is shit.
I have Tailscale as an overlay VPN on both the pfsense firewall, and the servers themselves as a security measure. I can ‘tunnel in’ via Tailscale if I need to. It’s also useful if pull a boner like I’ve done in the past and locked myself out of my server. DOH! Dumbass. LOL
Such as technical material, or just casual entertainment reading? If you’re a new kid on the Linux/selfhosting block, I highly recommend Linux Upscale Challenge. TechnoTim has some good stuff to read. There’s also blogs like https://selfh.st/ and https://noted.lol/ tho noted.lol doesn’t seem as active as selfh.st.
Well, English is my native tongue, tho I wouldn’t say I speak it perfectly. I do know a few other languages such as Spanish, Patois (which you’d hear throughout the Caribbean), and a couple others just enough to get by. I also use spellcheck prolifically. If anyone ever got access to my browsing history, they’d see a ton of searches to see if I’m actually using a word correctly. I really can’t explain it more specifically than that, other than it’s just the way I converse normally? Thanks for the compliment tho, I guess. LOL