I'd like this to not be on the public internet, as general hygiene, really. Putting a weak little camera out there where it can be easily caught by an ip/port scan and get hammered seems neither smart for the device itself nor for the network it's in.
I've thought of bundling a small router, since I have a GLiNet lying around - but I am afraid power management will be challenging. Car battery and a few panels seem bulkier than I had in mind, and packaging that for weather is a challenge, too.
That SolarCamPi looks spectacular - however, do I just miss details on the hardware - what is needed, and how to get/assemble? It has a few photos, but apart from the basis being a Raspberry Pi Zero with a hat and some other stuff, it doesnt seem to show much.
Hey - lots of good points, thanks. I think I'll give this a try on a less used domain of mine, just to get a practical feel for it.
I do appreciate the arguments against, but to an extent, if both my VPS's are down, so is basically everything served by the domain. I will have to make sure monitoring is taken care of, and I do have a completely remote email address from all of this.
knot seems to have a current docker image maintained by the project, so I'll give that one a try and see how it goes. Stay tuned for me coming back crying and repenting in a few day's time, I guess :)
If worst comes to worst, I can always go back to where I came from, it will have been a learning experience.
Yeah, seems there's a lot of alternative firmwares out there. Thanks :)
I'd like this to not be on the public internet, as general hygiene, really. Putting a weak little camera out there where it can be easily caught by an ip/port scan and get hammered seems neither smart for the device itself nor for the network it's in.
I've thought of bundling a small router, since I have a GLiNet lying around - but I am afraid power management will be challenging. Car battery and a few panels seem bulkier than I had in mind, and packaging that for weather is a challenge, too.
That SolarCamPi looks spectacular - however, do I just miss details on the hardware - what is needed, and how to get/assemble? It has a few photos, but apart from the basis being a Raspberry Pi Zero with a hat and some other stuff, it doesnt seem to show much.
OH this is nice. I did dabble with the original Wyze Cams and alternative firmware long time ago, I should try this!
Hey - lots of good points, thanks. I think I'll give this a try on a less used domain of mine, just to get a practical feel for it. I do appreciate the arguments against, but to an extent, if both my VPS's are down, so is basically everything served by the domain. I will have to make sure monitoring is taken care of, and I do have a completely remote email address from all of this.
knot seems to have a current docker image maintained by the project, so I'll give that one a try and see how it goes. Stay tuned for me coming back crying and repenting in a few day's time, I guess :)
If worst comes to worst, I can always go back to where I came from, it will have been a learning experience.