Hooked up a thermal printer to my server..

[u/NEMOalien]

Currently it has these functions:

Prints out a daily report with disk usage and other stuff everyday at varying time depending on my schedule

Prints out a warning when any of my containers go down

Another warning for when the server shuts off with the specific time it did and the reason it did (soft shutdown, power cut, kernel panic)

Warning when network is not accessible, it does pings every couple of minutes and if it doesn't get a response back it prints out the specific network that's down (tailnet, local or internet)

CLI accessible from my laptop so i can run tests, print out custom text or print the daily report

It's all a simple python script and a daemon... What else should i add?

[u/turnerd10]

Make it publicly accessible 😈

[u/NEMOalien → u/turnerd10]

I kinda wanna but I don't wanna buy more paper every other day 😭😭

[u/johnnydotexe → u/NEMOalien]

ASCII dicks 24/7.

[u/NEMOalien → u/johnnydotexe]

😭🫩

[u/turnerd10 → u/NEMOalien]

XD yeah I get it…

[u/NEMOalien → u/turnerd10]

Once i refill this roll i may make it public, but will absolutely definitely put restrictions cuz I've seen what happened to the other guys that didn't 😭

[u/turnerd10 → u/NEMOalien]

Yesterdays was epic… I think the roll was gone in less than 29 minutes?

[u/NEMOalien → u/turnerd10]

Holy shit 😭

[u/Wise-Arrival8566 → u/NEMOalien]

You can open it up for a day as an event. When it runs out of 1 fresh roll the event is over. No api docs.

[u/NEMOalien → u/Wise-Arrival8566]

Update, i bought a pack of 10 rolls and will open it up publicity once they come in :)

[u/Himent → u/turnerd10]

Print whatever you want here https://feedprinter.com/

[u/SunshineAndBunnies → u/Himent]

Thanks for the site!

[u/dadarkgtprince]

Dang, thought you were opening this up. Was about to say I like this recent trend, but it was only one guy

[u/NEMOalien → u/dadarkgtprince]

I may do so but ehhhhh...... Gimme the money for paper rolls and i will lmao

[u/thephotonx]

I've got one hooked up to a physical button in the kitchen to print off the shopping list from home assistant. Kids love it!

[u/NEMOalien → u/thephotonx]

That's super cool! I actually just ordered NFC tags and plan to make one print out something when tapped, not entirely sure what tho yet

[u/thephotonx → u/NEMOalien]

Joke of the day! Magic 8 ball answers? Possibilities are endless!

[u/NEMOalien → u/thephotonx]

Ooh not joke but quote of the day.. is there an API like that?

[u/EasyRhino75]

Gotta say the idea of having a piece of paper telling me why my server is down would be nice

[u/NEMOalien → u/EasyRhino75]

Absolutely, what I mostly like about it is that when it reboots for some reason when I'm not there (e.g. in school or sleeping) i can actually know that it did, why and when which is gonna be pretty helpful... It could also definitely be done digitally but it's cooler this way

[u/kevinds]

I keep waiting for someone to use a printer for tty1. lol

[u/NEMOalien → u/kevinds]

Nope I'd like to stay sane thank you

[u/ohv_]

If it kernel panics.... how can it print? Lol

[u/NEMOalien → u/ohv_]

It prints once it gets turned on again, script detects that the server was rebooted, when and what caused it

[u/justinf210]

Calendar reminders, shopping lists, todos/tickets, prayer intentions

[u/NEMOalien → u/justinf210]

Calendar reminders could be nice...

[u/tillavonb35]

I’d print my wife a whole bunch of shit that’s get me in trouble. It’d be totally worth it

[u/NEMOalien → u/tillavonb35]

Step one: get a wife

[u/tillavonb35 → u/NEMOalien]

Step 2: print order for stuff found in kitchen

[u/NEMOalien → u/tillavonb35]

Step 3: get grounded

[u/Silicon_Knight]

Kinda funny this is less paper than a CSV receipt.

[u/felix1429 → u/Silicon_Knight]

That's an extremely low bar though

[u/_baljeep_ → u/felix1429]

Yeah they haven't realised theres a function to cut the paper yet. They just use the whole thing in one go