Homelab & Experiments Archives - Page 8 of 17

How to configure Brother QL-700 label printer on CentOS

March 8, 2025June 10, 2017 by Vik

I recently built a print server at home where I have attached the Brother QL-700 label printer. That printer does not have Wireless printing feature and I wanted to have all computers in the house be able to use it over the network. I thought of buying a new label printer that comes with Wireless connectivity but I couldn’t find any brand new label printer less than $100. Then I had an idea. Why don’t …

My new Toy: Wink Hub 2

March 8, 2025December 24, 2016 by Vik

Picked up Wink Hub 2 last week. Pretty good as compared to Samsung Smartthings which is going back to Amazon.

Installing Nest Thermostat

March 8, 2025November 28, 2016 by Vik

Replaced the old thermostat with the smart Nest thermostat. Had always been wanting a smart thermostat and after we bought the house, it was the perfect opportunity to get it. The previous thermostat used to be an Aprilaire thermostat. I believe it also controlled a humidifier. However, there is no central humidifier I could find, therefore, it was only to control temperature.

Custom Docker image for PHP

March 8, 2025June 25, 2016 by Vik

I created a custom docker image for PHP that includes following: Custom PHP.ini file correct timezone configured Apache mod_rewrite enabled PHP PDO MySQL extension installed You can access it here. …and click here for Dockerfile link

My Site is now on Docker containers

March 8, 2025June 19, 2016 by Vik

My site and this blog is now completely on Docker containers. I really like the setup and it wasn’t too difficult to achieve. This will help me reduce my physical server to bare minimums required to keep Docker containers running. Docker is amazing and truly revolutionary!