Proxmox
Upgrade PVE to 8 and PBS to 3
How to update your servers to the new version of Debian, Debian 12 - Bookworm. Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server. #pve #pbs #7to8
Latest
Proxmox
Franken or the Super Proxmox
How to install Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server on the same server. This is for testing and home labs, not for production. #pve #pbs
Networking
Howto setup Bind 9 DNS - 2
Building on the part one: Domain Name Servers are used in corporations. Enterprise networks typically have many subnets in the rfc-1918 range like 10. or 172. range, divided by function, department, floor of building and/or division - there is many ways to skin a cat. #DNS
Update
Update: Proxmox Automation
Update to my blog on Proxmox Automation.One laborious task in managing servers is creating tons of VMs. This script do just that - from a set of questions it creates VMs and Templates. It can be setup to do many things creating them just by editing the script. #proxmox #template #script
Security
Hardening Servers 3
The only secure server is: the one that has never started and never had a network cable attached to it! A list of 16 things to start with. #security #server #ssh #2fa #keys #tokens #email
Security
Hardening your Servers
A install gets 60-65 points not 100. The obvious is to update and upgrade software and install security hardening apps like firewalls, fail2ban, #ClamAV, #LMD. The first task is to make a plan that we call a IT Security Strategy. After a SSA you start fixing your #security #hardening.
Security
Security Audit and Lynis
Prepare for a Security Audit or check your Server for Security Hardening. All Companies need to take a SA from tile to time by an outside Agency. Many corporations with ISO 9001/27001 certs has written protocols to follow visa-vi testing and setting up services. #security #hardening #audit # lynis
Networking
VPN WireGuard on pfSense
There is times we need to access our cluster but we are not at the site. The only safe way is to use a VPN of some sort, I use WireGuard and #Cloudflare #Tunnels. This is how to set up #WireGuard on #pfSense. #vpn #roadworrior
Networking
Monitoring your Servers
Monitoring servers and VM's is extremely important and highly productive. In real environments you constantly tweak and change setting for optimal performance and also you need to have a early warning system in place to be able to react on upcoming issues. #Zabbix #pfSense #Proxmox #Docker
Security
Password Generator
You need to generate complex passwords. Using strings as complicated as possible and 20-30-40 long is good. #password #generator #passwordgenerator
Security
Using VLAN's on Proxmox
How to setup VLAN's on a Proxmox system. Vlans gives security, speed and a cleaner network. VLAN's has been the standard in corporate networking for years and can be found almost everywhere you look. Also the management i/f #MGMT #VLAN
Basics
Add Color to Proxmox Logon
Add Color to Proxmox Logon Do you want to rice the logon screen of Proxmox? The idea is to show clearly the login as IP and FQDN and also all the colors and positions of the patch cables - this is not in stead of tagging cables its on top. #color #login #proxmox