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.
Security
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.
Networking
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
Basics
Setup ZFS replication and High Availability in Proxmox VE. An entry-level approach. No NFS or Ceph shared storage will be used.
Build
The terminal is where I spend most of my day. My main tools are alacritty, iTerm2, zsh, tmux and then neovim. They are riced and have a number of plugins.
Networking
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.
Build
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 is a fantastic tool for documentation, IPAM and DCIM systems. Can give you IPAM for SDN setups.
Basics
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,
Basics
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
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
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
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.