OctoPrint On Air #19
Channel: OctoPrint
Date: 29/09/2018

The nineteenth episode of a monthly dev log/Q&A session about all things OctoPrint for my Patrons on Patreon which aired live on September 29th 2018.

A bit shorter than usual due to a lack of questions in the Q&A backlog, and (for some technical reasons that I'll hopefully figure out before the next one) also with sub optimal video - sorry for that.

My Patrons can submit questions to answer during the Q&A session via a Google Form before and - usually ;) - also live during the broadcast via the chat.

Expect more videos like that roughly on a monthly schedule. If you want to attend the live broadcast and ask questions beforehand or live on air, consider becoming a Patron on Patreon and selecting one of the corresponding perks - that will also help me with continuing to work on OctoPrint full time, which I love doing!

OctoPrint's webpage: https://octoprint.org

Community forum: https://discourse.octoprint.org

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/foosel

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Links related to this episode:

Jubaleth's guest blog post on how to securely access OctoPrint remotely:
https://octoprint.org/blog/2018/09/03/safe-remote-access/

Plugins up for adoption:
https://discourse.octoprint.org/t/up-for-adoption-autoselect-displayprogress-growl-mqtt-pushbullet/4170

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Intro

What have I been up to?

00:03:12 Environment checks before update
00:05:13 Bundled backup plugin
00:08:05 ISC post about thousands of unsecured OctoPrint instances accessible over the internet - please stop port forwarding, there are safer alternatives: https://octoprint.org/blog/2018/09/03/safe-remote-access/
00:12:13 Added a warning if you login from an IP outside of your local network
00:13:22 Read-only mode removed by default
00:16:55 Some of my plugins are looking for new maintainers
00:18:22 Makerfaire Hannover from September 15th until the 16th

What are the next steps?

00:19:25 Back on track with 1.4.0
00:19:57 First release candidate for 1.3.10
00:21:00 Short vacation
00:21:25 PyCon.de in Karlsruhe from October 24th until the 26th

Q&A

00:22:55 "You are yourself a patron and you are supporting other creators. You tell us about one or two project/creator you especially like or love?"
00:28:13 "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
00:28:32 "Considerations for upgrading to Python 3?"

Wrap-up