Networking
Start using Proxmox
Set up basic services on Proxmox and its VM/CT like personal Add-ons, NTP Chrony, E-mail alerts, Firewall settings, Networking, Users and Pools, Templates Docker, Backup Strategy and DOCUMENTATION.
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To build a home lab on Linux with Docker and Dockge/Portainer. Self hosting servers, services, websites and more. Using Ubuntu and Proxmox. Backed by TrueNAS.
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HP Smart Array 410i as HBA
How to make a HP 410i into a HBA. ZFS loves HBA but HP is shy on the older devices. We will us a hack to get access to all settings in the raid card. I run a HP DL360 Gen 6 with Proxmox as my second NAS and for VM's needing many cores and fast storage, this is how I did it. #HBA #410 #HP
Networking
NetBox Network documentation
NetBox is a fantastic tool for documentation, IPAM and DCIM systems. Can give you IPAM for SDN setups.
Basics
Howto setup Bind 9 DNS - 1
Domain Name Servers DNS are the cornerstone in networking. Usually you have several running in each network - just in case. Proxmox clusters can run a name server on each node and the hidden primary in HA. BIND 9 is an open source DNS software system including an authoritative server,
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Setup Proxmox on NVMe
We have a 256G NVMe or SSD and want to use this disk for more than a boot disk. We can also use it for a ZFS pool for for VM's using replication and High Availability.
Tools
Proxmox Automation
Some scripts I use to set up and destroy clusters or just build a set ot VM's. I use the cloud-images for a ready-to-run VM with minimal intervention. #proxmox #automation #script
Basics
Proxmox Template by a Script
How to automate creation of templates and VM's in Proxmox. This script builds templates to be the base for VM's in k8s or anything else in your cluster. You can easily choose from the menu what to do like auto install qemu-guest-agent. Or by editing and commenting or de-commenting lines.
Networking
Quick sharing of files
This is the easiest and quickest way of making files available in the team. Or set up a HTTP web server the easy way. - SimpleHTTPServer The only prerequisite to follow this guide is that you have Python 3 installed on your system. Python 2 will also work if you still are on two.
Basics
Proxmox networking - part 1
Networking is key to success in home-labbing and Proxmox has it all switches and bridges in many forms. This is some of them. What are the networks needed with Proxmox.
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A redundant DNS - Pi-Stack
Without DNS nothing works. On any corporate network you will find several DNS server, several NTP servers and a lot of Firewalls. – Shouldn't the lab also have multiples of the core services, just in case.
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IOMMU
#Proxmox #IOMMU To pass PCI modules to VM's in Proxmox. #Darkmode for Proxmox is nice for your eyes. I use it to save my eyes.
Basics
Add remote shares or disks
You usually need to add external data to your VM's or #Proxmox It's best practices to keep VM's small and use external storage for data. iSCSI or NFS. Even SMB can be used. #SMB #CIFS #iSCSI #NFS