Basics
PXE boot from Local Disk
A practical example of booting your Servers or VM's by PXE in a Proxmox clusters. The OS will be on the Local Disk or will be loaded into memory. The boot device is then PXE Server, DNSMASQ #pxe #pixiboot #proxydns
Nalle
Since 1975, a HomeLab enthusiast. In IT 1970 →, 25y for Fortune 500 companies, rest as independent entrepreneur and senior consultant, IT and Management. Happily retired from IT 2011 and totally 2020.
Basics
PXE - Disk free boots
Booting devices from the net by PXE is a good way to start diskless devices or provisioning new devices. A new tool is presented iVentoy. Or do it the traditional way with DNSMASQ or DHCP by TFTP. #pxe #iventou #netboot #proxydhcp
Basics
Where are you ...
Some times you just can't find your servers or other devices. Working on different networks with a lot of VLAN's it's complicated and you start to forget on what network you are and where are the servers located. My goto tool on Kali Linux is NetDiscover #netdiscover
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The Homepage Dashboard
Homepage dashboard is a modern, secure, highly customizable application dashboard. Easily configured via YAML files or discovery via docker labels. The number of apps it supports with widgets is impressive. And the way of using API Tokens in stead of user/password is admirable. #dashboard
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Creating a WoL Linux Command
As a Pro, you probably already have many scripts to help your day. This post is primarily about creating custom commands on Linux. Scripts can easily be turned into commands with options and help screens. #wol #script #tool #custom #commands #linux #WoL
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A Lightweight NAS
All labs need a NAS for storage. Because we already have a ZFS file system, we do not need to run TrueNAS Core or Scale in a VM. We will use Samba with Cockpit as the GUI and run it in a CT. #nas #cockpit
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Proxmox to replicate on hosts
The goal is to have one primary server (pve1) that is running my web server VM and a secondary server (pve2) that is in standby in the event that pve1 fails and then pve3 if pve1 and pve2 are out, and so on.
Proxmox
Proxmox HA
Making a Proxmox High Availability Virtual Machine cluster without a NAS or GLUSTER or CEPH. Some apps are extremely valuable and needed in our systems. They need to bee up 24/7. How to do it? And are we willing to bare the cost? That's all folks - now we have a 24/7 VM running.
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Proxmox Backup Strategy
What if your servers don't work, Where is your data? When is it up again?You need to create a solid back-up strategy and stick to using it. You can and should refined the strategy on a regular basis. Basic rule is the 3-2-1 rule
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HBA or IT-mode
For running ZFS on RAID controllers we need the RAID-controller in HBA or IT-mode for RAID pass trough and a separate boot device, you can't usually boot from a HBA device.
Networking
Virtual pfSense on Proxmox
We all need firewalls, and we can virtualize them or use HW versions It's best practice to use hardware firewalls. Netgate is a pfSense in a box with add on features. We will also add the QEMU Guest Agent to FreeBSD. #pfsense #virtual #router #firewall
Tools
Burn-in Hard Drives & Servers
Burn-in any HD or Server. When customer satisfaction is the key objective, you need to go the extra mail and make sure there are no breaks early due to bad HW or bad SW. Most bad HD failures happens early if they are to fail. The failing due to old age is easy to handle by monitoring.