Automation
A hidden CSS bug in my homelab dashboard: the unclosed comment
Rebuilding the self-hosted dashboard with real data, a binary copy-paste that gets corrupted, and an unclosed CSS comment that silently disables an element.
5 min read
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#proxmox
6 articles with this tag.
- Automation
Provisioning Proxmox VMs with cloud-init templates and Ansible
How to build a cloud-init template on Proxmox VE, clone it with qm and automate the same flow with Ansible, keeping secrets out of Git.
8 min read - Virtualization
Unprivileged LXC containers on Proxmox: bind mounts and UID mapping
Why a bind mount in an unprivileged LXC container shows nobody-owned files, and how to fix it with UID math or with lxc.idmap, subuid and subgid.
8 min read - Virtualization
Three-node Proxmox VE cluster: setup, quorum and first checks
How to create a three-node Proxmox VE cluster with pvecm, read the quorum, use a QDevice with two nodes and handle emergency recovery with pvecm expected.
7 min read - Networking
Segmenting the network with VLANs: a reference design for a homelab
Why to split the network into segments, a VLAN layout for management, servers, clients, IoT and guests, the Proxmox VE VLAN-aware bridge and the most common mistakes.
6 min read - Storage and backup
3-2-1 backup strategy with Proxmox Backup Server and a NAS
How to apply the 3-2-1 rule with Proxmox Backup Server: datastore, retention, verification, encryption, off-site copy, test restores and a final checklist.
7 min read