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OpenVPN on MikroTik routers

By Michal Novotný
November 19, 2025
If you have a smart-home, NAS, etc., it's a good idea to think about safe access to your network when you are not at home. Currently I recommend commercial router like Turris or a cheaper option of MikroTik routers. In the other hand, Raspberry Pi can be used as OpenVPN server too. In this article, we will show how to set up secure access to your home network from the internet using OpenVPN on MikroTik routers.

PiHome Tutorial 3 - Initial Home Assistant setup

By Michal Novotný
November 12, 2025
In this part, we will provide an initial configuration of our prepared docker installation of OpenHAB or Home Assistant. We will provide you how to import basic items (entity) as outputs ligths, sockets and shutters. We will import the inputs as buttons, pir (motion), temperature and humidity sensors.

PiHome Tutorial 2 - Home Assistant / OpenHAB server

By Michal Novotný
November 1, 2025
The heart of the PiHome automation si open source platform Home Assistant or OpenHAB. We will prepare a docker manager Casa OS for easy installation of the home automation software, together with other critical tools as MQTT, Code server and n8n which is essential in modern smarthome.

PiHome Tutorial 1 - Model house and project

By Michal Novotný
October 17, 2025
We have chosen the step by step tutorial of setting up a smart home as the best learning option. In this guide you will find how our model house looks like, how rooms are labeled and what we will control in our model house. If you learn to set up a model house, it will be easy for you to adjust the number of lights and their labels so that the setting fits your real project. Let's go!
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