Build
Cloud Images & Cloud-init
One of the supporting pillars of virtualization is the use of Cloud-Init and Cloud Images. Setting up VMs is easy and fast. The process is easy to automate and adapt to CI/CD.
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.
MyNewLab
SmokePing
SmokePing is a deluxe latency measurement tool. It can measure, store and display latency, latency distribution and packet loss. SmokePing uses the RRDtool to maintain a long term data-store. It draws informative graphs of the state of each network connection to express up-to-the-minute information.
MyNewLab
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.
Networking
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.
Build
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.
Tools
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.
Tools
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.
Ricing
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
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.
MyNewLab
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.
Docker
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
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