TrueCommand

TrueCommand is a ZFS-aware solution, allowing you to set custom alerts on statistics like ARC usage or pool capacity, ensuring storage uptime and future planning. TrueCommand also identifies and pinpoints errors on drives or vdevs, saving valuable time when troubleshooting and resolving issues.

PVE Node Router and SDN

Running services on a PVE node is a perfect place to simulate networking. For the basic setup, we are to use SDN and OPNsense. Setting up a virtual or dedicated NIC as WAN and set up an SDN network for our VM/CT to use.

Proxmox LXC PBS

Proxmox Backup Server is flexible and can be installed on any device running Debian, a VM or a LXC. Here I show my Proxmox LXC setup. Having PBS on the PVE is making use of the large and fast SSD ZFS RAID 10 storage.

Clearing old Disks – Wipe them

Before re-using any old disk, I do like to wipe them of data. Before removing the disk from the node, we wipe it clean. Now they are ready to store for later use or passed to a new owner with an old server.

List of Xeon E5-1/2/4600 Server CPUs

The list of Intel Xeon E5-2600 (Broadwell) processors below includes all released models, and their most important specifications.

Make BASH nicer, make it shine.

As I as many of you spend most of my time in a terminal, why not make it shine a little. As everyone know, ZSH is easy to rice, but you can almost as easy rice your BASH shell.

Proxmox IP2tag – tag by IP

This script automatically assigns tags containing IP addresses to virtual machines and containers running in a Proxmox environment. It is an alternative to lxc-iptags but is more extensive and flexible in many ways.

More New Themes for Proxmox

You can make a new theme for Proxmox, and many have done so. The oldest came to PVE 6. The most feamose was "PVE Discord Dark", now we have some newer themes: Nord PVE, Solar PVE and new forks of PVE Discord Dark.

Windows Subsystem for Linux

There are some instances when you need a Windows instance, but you don't need a full VM to do it. You can use a Docker Container for Windows XP – Windows 11 or one of the Windows Severs. Yes, this is possible, and it's a usable system.

Docker+Dockge, Ubuntu 24.04

This post is about installing Docker on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. We also utilize the Dockge instead of Portainer. Dockge has some unique features and is well suited for use in a home lab. Portainer can do more, but Dockge is fine for now

Omarchy - Arch and Hyprland

Omarchy is a modern, high efficient development system using a tiling window manager. It's using Arch Linux, Wayland and the Hyprland window manager. Install it all by running a single command. Omarchy is an opinionated take on what Linux can be at its best.

Pop!_OS Transparent Dock

I wanted a transparent Dock for my PopOS system.