August 26, 2023

How to Install Homebridge on a Synology NAS

In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how to install Homebridge on a Synology NAS. There are two main ways that you can install Homebridge on a Synology NAS, and each option will technically work, but we’ll look at how to install Homebridge using Docker Compose below. Before we look at how to install Homebridge on a Synology NAS, let’s look at what Homebridge is. What is Homebridge? Homebridge is open-source software that lets users connect smart home devices that aren’t traditionally supported by Apple’s HomeKit to the platform. In summary, it sits in the middle of smart home...

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August 24, 2023

Synology: Install Homebridge With Portainer

My previous guides for Homebridge involved the use of Task Scheduler and the .spk package. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Homebridge version via Portainer. Homebridge is a lightweight NodeJS server you can run on your home network that emulates the iOS HomeKit API. Homebridge allows you to integrate with ... Read more about Synology: Install Homebridge With Portainer
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August 22, 2023

How to Install Crawlab on Your Synology NAS

Crawlab is a powerful Web Crawler Management Platform (WCMP) that can run web crawlers and spiders developed in various programming languages including Python, Go, Node.js, Java, C# as well as frameworks including Scrapy, Colly, Selenium, Puppeteer. It is used for running, managing and monitoring web crawlers, particularly in production environment where traceability, scalability and stability ... Read more about How to Install Crawlab on Your Synology NAS
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August 22, 2023

The Best Portable SSDs in 2023

Portable SSDs

PetaPixel has long been a fan of SanDisk products due to their once-sterling reputation and often excellent performance. However, some of SanDisk's portable SSDs fail so frequently that we can no longer recommend them. So with that in mind, what are the best alternatives?

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August 20, 2023

Synology: Increase MariaDB Max Connections and Packet Size

Do you know that MariaDB is configured by default to handle up to 150 connections? One additional connection is used to operate root access, but, if it’s not used for this purpose, then the maximum number of connections for MariaDB is 151. The number of connections that can be accepted by MariaDB/MySQL is determined by ... Read more about Synology: Increase MariaDB Max Connections and Packet Size
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