This- is a short post which details how to resolve a few random errors you may experience with proxmox.
This post is for you, IF, you are experiencing any of these errors:
So- I recently installed a Quad 100G Mikrotik CRS504-4XQ-IN Router into my lab recently and moved a few servers over to 100G NICs.
Around the time I did this- I also started experiencing tons of random, hard to pinpoint instances of latency across my network.
I validated flow-control was enabled for the network- and I checked various port counters to look for errors.
This- issue took me around a week or two to finally pinpoint.... this post- is going through a bit of the steps taken.
This post documents the steps needed to create a minified debian cloud image template, which you can easily clone, and have a running VM in seconds with no configuration needed.
This includes common packages, ssh-keys, IP information.
The end result of this project is...
So, literally ONE DAY after writing My backup strategies post, I encountered a need to completely reinstall proxmox.
As it turns out, there is not a documented, nor official restore process. After some trial and error, I did manage to completely restore my host, with no loss in configuration.
This- is a short post explaining my personal backup strategies for VMs, Kubernetes, Personal Devices, etc.
I discuss my strategies for implementing, and exceeding the 3-2-1 backup rule, for Kubernetes, Proxmox, File Shares, and personal devices.
Too often- I see the all too familiar post on reddit.
Hey guys- Look at this really nice hardware I got for free, or for cheap.
And- there is ALWAYS a comment along the lines of, "Say good bye to your energy bill", or "Time to watch your meter spin!"
So- today, I am here to address a few common misconceptions.
A random thing I recently came across while testing out LibreNMS-
I discovered they have a published .ova, which I wanted to import into Proxmox. However, proxmox as of this post, does not have a easy option to support importing this.
This- is a quick post, containing the commands you need, to import the ova.
So, I have a VM on proxmox, which has 4 individual NVMe drives directly passed in.
I wanted to attach one of those drives to another VM.
This is a very short guide on how to unbind the NVMe from vfio, and re-attach it to the hypervisor.
In my quest to optimize on power usage, One of my servers has a zfs pool consisting of 4x 8T disks, in striped mirrors configuration.
For this particular pool, IOPs and performance is not needed. As well, I am using barely 10% of the available space in this particular pool.
So- I decided to remove a pair of disks, to save a miniscule amount of energy.
So, I picked up a EMC-branded 1.92TB PM1633 SAS drive off of ebay, to toss into my ceph cluster.
After acquiring it, I slapped it into my Dell MD1220, and was surprised that it was not appearing in proxmox.
This is a short post to help correct this issue.
This is a very short guide, on passing a USB Coral TPU through to a Proxmox VM.
My adventures in building out a small clustered ceph environment for redundant VM / Container storage.
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Ceph is a great way to extract 10,000 IOPs from over 5 million IOPs worth of SSDs! -XtremeOwnage
Adding 4 more enterprise NVMe drives to my r730XD.
This is just a short post about its troubleshooting, and.... what will replace it.
A very short guide on adding a new disk to an existing LVM pool.
Interested in home automation? Here are a few of the prime day deals I would personally recommend.
Note, this is not a kitchen-sink post full of non-relaxant links, but, rather, a list of things I have hands on experience with.
Every single product linked below, will work with Home Assistant, 100% LOCALLY, without any required cloud services or subscriptions.
If, you need reasons as to why required cloud services are bad, see Reasons to avoid cloud products
Continuation of the home solar project.
Around Midnight, Saturday June 17th, a very strong storm passed over my house, and hit my town and surrounding areas with a 115mph wind gust.
Power was out for around two and a half days, in which case, I powered my house fully off-grid.
While- this doesn't sound like a huge deal- do note, I was able to maintain climate control in my home, along with my ENTIRE rack of servers.
Why is everyone angry at reddit??
What went wrong?
A very short post, with a few links.
Want to learn more about how to use the fediverse?
Here are a few short tips to get started.
My wife presented me with a unique challenge recently.
"The cats keep getting on top of the kitchen table, and getting hair everywhere!"
So- the logically minded person I am- I decided to build a home-assistant integrated device for keeping cats off of the table!
I present to you, the FADD. Feline Area Denial Device!
Around a year and a half ago, I installed a Pioneer Mini-split and integrated it with Home Assistant
I used a local integration, which had a cloud dependency for the initial setup. And, since installation, it has been working flawlessly.
However, last week, it completely stopped working and I was unable to reinitialize it.
So- Today- I will be replacing the midea dongle, with a device running esphome.