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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.
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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.
Build
Add Color to Proxmox Logon - 2
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 #update
Security
Monitoring Servers with Graphs
Monitoring Servers and VM's before tweaking VM's is one of the most fundamental tasks. Running thousands of pods on a server it's better to follow their performance. With tiny clusters it's vital to know whats going on. For this post we setup #Zabbix and #Grafana
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WoL or Wake on LAN
We all have devices we do not use 24/7 or even daily. For these devises it's convenient to perform a WoL when they are needed. They may run services not frequently needed or they are started when demand grows. #wol #wake-om-lan
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Using Homebrew with Linux
I use Brew on my MacBook Pro but also on most of my Linux machines.
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
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