I sealed the electronics behind a some plastic and weather stripping. Upgraded the solar panel and the reservoir. sensors are collecting data and i can even make some pretty graphs. Plants seem to be thriving.
Tag: automation
The Sun is for more than photosynthesis in my garden.
I have implemented a test irrigation system using a solar pond pump. My sunniest balcony has no power and I always forget to water. Now i just need an alert when the reservoir is getting low.
Today we settle all our network certificates.
Continuing my security certificate mission, I’ve set my SSL sites on Security Onion. The certs are stored here: /etc/pki/ adding, renaming, and symlinking a few files here was most of the work. then update url_base.
I made that and some other changes to:
/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/global.sls
acme.sh is the ultimate DNS/SSL toolset! i have wasted my life!
I’ve been automating SSL renewals for almost as long as i’ve been deploying them. for the most part, it is very smooth and easy to do. (thanks mostly to certbot and the hard work over at let’s encrypt) The trouble comes up with non publicly addressable servers and other custom setups. cough cough. . . Unifi. . . cough cough.
I recently discovered a tool that makes all those complicated setups as easy as the original certbot installs. acme.sh is that tool. two lines! not since screen have i regret any time i spent not using such a tool.
./acme.sh –renew -d “unifi.domain.com”
./acme.sh –deploy -d “unifi.domain.com” –deploy-hook unifi