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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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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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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.
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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
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Add music to your stack
I love music and have a large collection of albums. Navidrome and iSub is may way of listen to them. A Docker container is an easy way to set it up. I have it on the same VM as my Reverse PM but I do not forward it to the web. #navidrome #isub
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Add remote shares to your VM's
We need stuff from our NAS and/or other storage devices to run our services. We can mount #nfs #smb #cifs by #fstab #sshfs #mount.
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Yacht - your Docker Yacht-club
A management interface to try - a Portainer replacement - selfhostedpro/yacht It's made to enhance your experience and add features missing from Portainer. #yacht
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What nice new toy's we have!
It's time to updete Proxox and the LXC's. A kernel update and many services and tools needs updating. New releases from#Turnkey, #Ubuntu and soon #Fedora - update the #LXC list.
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Making of a HomePage
Create the base services of the web - a homepage. This is a skeleton site that you can build up on to get a production site by adding features like separating data and plugins, db editors, plugins, themes and other tools and features. WordPress is the # 1 CMS.
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Creating a Certificate Authority
Tired of the nag “Your communication is not private”. Creating a self-signed certs to secure communications is a start. We go deeper and make all the parts from CA to cert. X.509 are used in TLS/SSL, which is the basis for HTTPS. An X.509 cert binds an id to a public key using a digital signature.
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Pi-hole + Unbound DNS + PiVPN
Pi-Hole, Unbound, PiVPN A docker stack securing and caching DNS and hiding your data for extra security and privacy. A VPN for remote control. Pi-Hole is a nice Add Blocker. The GUI is very intuitive and easy to use. The traditional systems are usually very confusing with to may thighs on one page.
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Crontabs
Automating execution of repeated tasks by cron. Cron is not complicated when you get graps of the syntax -it's actualluyeasy to use. Check that you have cron (usually you have it) - if not do install it. # sudo apt install crontabs -y
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To google or not to google
Get Google search results, but without any ads, javascript, AMP links, cookies, or IP address tracking. Easily deployable in one click as a Docker app, and customizable with a single config file. Quick and simple to implement as a primary search engine replacement on both desktop and mobile.