Today there is some ioBroker news again: The forum changeover has taken place and the new forum is online. The new js-controller 1.5.7 is now available for extended testing in the latest repository and also the installation fixer has been released to bring existing installations up to date with new ones. Of course, we also have important information about the Tankerkönig adapter and some new adapters.
Have fun while reading!
NEW FORUM ONLINE
The new forum has been online since February 9th, 2019. In the last few weeks since the changeover we have discussed a lot with you about the forum, some settings, features and the structure and have already optimized various things together. Some topics are still in progress. More than 11,000 users visit the forum every day and also discuss ioBroker in the new design and how they use ioBroker. For all those who haven't been there yet: Reset your password and off you go. And a little tip: If the standard design is "too colorful" for you, you should take a look at the personal settings - there are several designs to choose from. JeyCee is also in the process of creating an ioBroker custom theme.
All in all we are very happy about the new features and possibilities. The available plugins and the fact that it is based on nodejs makes it easier for us to troubleshoot problems ourselves. As a result, the first PRs have already been created in the nodebb GitHub repository.
JS CONTROLLER 1.5.7 IN THE LATEST REPOSITORY
After many intensive tests with great support from the community and in the forum, we are happy to release the next version of the js-controller for further official tests for all interested users.
More information and the full changelog is available at https://forum.iobroker.net/topic/20316/js-controller-1-5-7-im-latest-repository-available
IOBROKER INSTALLATION FIXER
In the last newsletter we presented the new ioBroker installer for Linux-based systems. All new installations thus have a clean structure and no longer run as root. But how can you bring older installations to this level? How to extend newer installations with the fixes that the installer regularly gets? We now have a solution for that thanks to AlCalzone. The installation fixer is a script that runs and does exactly this update - for all installations where ioBroker is installed in /opt/iobroker.
More information is available at https://forum.iobroker.net/topic/20211/iobroker-installation-fixer-beta-available
DID YOU KNOW? WHY ARE PORT UNLOCKS EVIL AND HOW CAN I MAKE IOBROKER EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE?
It is often enough that ioBroker can be reached in the home network, then everything is fine. Nobody comes into the system from the outside. But what if you want to control your home while you're on the go? There are several options and you have to think carefully about what you need. Telegram, for example, can be used for simple queries and commands. But if the visualization interfaces (Habpanel, Vis, Material, etc.) should also be accessible or even the admin web interface, then things get interesting. Under no circumstances should you resort to port forwarding here (not even if you make up “no one can guess” port numbers)! Even SSL does not help here, since SSL only secures the data during transmission. Activating the authentication (user/password) only helps if you change the standard password to something complex! And without regularly and promptly providing your system with the latest security updates, using it with SSL, username and password is also dangerous.
The best option is to use ioBroker cloud services. Access to the admin interface is even possible via the Pro Cloud.
More information and discussions in the forum are very welcome at https://forum.iobroker.net/topic/17258/zettel- crossed-by-port-releases
IMPORTANT: TANKERKÖNIG V2.0.0-2.0.4 DEFECTIVE. PLEASE USE V2.0.5!
Unfortunately, an error has crept into some of the latest versions of the Tankerkönig adapter, which leads to a large number of requests to the Tankerkönig server. This error is not included in the 1.x versions and is fixed in the latest repository from 2.0.5! So if you use Tankerkönig from the Latest Repository with a version 2.0.0-2.0.4, please URGENTLY update to 2.0.5 or go back to a 1.x version. We have already communicated this in the forum, but unfortunately it did not reach all users. Even if it was definitely not the developer's intention to implement this error, it shows that there is a certain risk involved in using the latest repository. It is therefore important to stay up to date in the forum or to check further latest updates (especially if they come quickly) and to install them promptly.
ADAPTER NEWS
Since the last newsletter we were able to welcome new adapters to the stable repository:
bring: Integration of the online shopping lists from bring! smappee: Integration of data from Smappee devices In addition, other new adapters have been added to the latest repository, which are currently being tested and finalized. We will present these as soon as they are available for all users in the stable repository.
Your ioBroker team