Uppy file uploader and proxy = headache

Robert AndresenProgramming Leave a Comment

While testing the Uppy.io file uploader I struggled with some CORS-errors. Almost the whole day was wasted troubleshooting and debugging. Trying different headers, debugging network-traffic and reading stack overflow. The browser returned a CORS-error and Uppy itself returned a network traffic error. 99% of all issues and google-results pointed to an api/server issue with my headers. The weird part was …

Docker proxy with self-signed certificates for local development

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Found some great docker-images to use in local projects. It’s well documentet in github here: https://github.com/sebastienheyd/docker-self-signed-proxy-companion Here is an example of docker-compose from the github repo: This guide can help you to add the certificate in Chrome: https://www.pico.net/kb/how-do-you-get-chrome-to-accept-a-self-signed-certificate/

Ubiquiti Nanostation Loco M2, Tellstick and Mco Home Air Quality Monitor Co2

Robert AndresenHome Assistant, Internet of things, Programming 2 Comments

My girlfriend has a horse. The horse needed a house. So we built a house (stable). The stable is about 10 meters from our house. To smartify the stable (controlling lights and monitoring temperature, humidity and CO2) I needed cabled network and a new smarthome-gateway. I already have Home Assistant and a Z-wave network in the house, but the stable is …

Simple Git tutorial

Robert AndresenProgramming, Tutorials Leave a Comment

Using default git-commands are easy enough (if you are used to it), but this month I have started up two new projects on a clean computer. Setting up git for the first time is not a big issue, but I always start Googling – so this is a simple «from scratch» guide for starting with git on a clean Windows-computer …

Setting up external hotspot with Ubiquiti (ubnt) and debugging

Robert AndresenProgramming, Tutorials 2 Comments

My setup: Webserver: Ubuntu 16.04 with default Apache2, PHP7 and MySQL. The webserver also has a local issued certificate with HTTPS. UniFi Controller: 4.8.18 (Running on a Windows 10 client) Laptop with wireless, running Windows 10, for testing. This article will focus more on debugging than on the setup itself, as there are multiple of howto-guides everywhere on the Internet. My guest …

How to Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 6

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Install the Let’s Encrypt client $ git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt $ cd letsencrypt I didn’t have git installed, so I just downloaded it from Github and added it under /opt/letsencrypt on the server.   So to the Centos 6 «fix» You’ll need to run the client in Pyhon 2.7. $ yum install centos-release-SCL $ yum install python27 Your python version should …

Some simple Powershell cmd

Robert AndresenPC and apps, Programming Leave a Comment

I will use this post to update some simple Powershell commands. A cheatsheet that I can share with others 🙂   To get the serial number from a computer run the following PowerShell command: gwmi win32_bios | fl SerialNumber To get more information e.g. bios version and manufacturer just run: gwmi win32_bios