I'm glad you put an emphasis in trying to think ahead of when you have a problem and trying to have a plan for when your server gives up the magic smoke
Thanks for uploading this, really interesting and useful. In normal day work most sysadmins don't have to set up brand new environments but always work within an existing one, this video provides new perspective.
I'm considering starting a new IT business aimed at home users mostly, although I won't turn down small business accounts either. Anyway, I'm very much an open source guy and want to base everything I possibly can on open source software. I really appreciate this series and all the videos from Awesome Open Source and Ibracorp.
My pleasure, and be sure to check out my upcoming series on building an MSP on open source. ruclips.net/video/zhK0sARGhYc/видео.htmlsi=cjV8Q1EMXPsnfMJA
Since the video (series) will cover production use as well, you might consider mention that starting with a network 192.168.1.0 network it is not a good idea since vpn will into play. Select any other subnet than 1.0 which is widely used by default on all isp routers
In the VM section, you guys said to avoid using snaps. I use some snap packages, and thus have not only an "apt-cacher" (apt-cacher-ng) container, but also a "snap-cacher" (snap-store-proxy) VM. Why do you guys say, "don't use snaps"?
Snaps have improved some since the video was made, but in this case, I think we were warning against using the docker snap packages for docker and docker-compose. They tendto lag behind a bit on version, and things (at the time) just didn't work well when using them.
This is a little different I don't know if it pertains to this video per-say I just made a proxmox server with a Linux VM I put in p.m. portainer and a few other containers I try to use ingenix proxy manager it will not connect to any of them also I can't connect to them from the outside of my network I have set port forwarding to the Linux server I'm not sure why it's not working
I have went through and watched a bunch of your videos. There are some I have heard of and some I have. I was just curious if you or anyone else here for that would mind sharing tips on how they find the cool open source stuff ?
Just looking around the interne. Sometimes I hear about something on a podcast, or I go specifically looking for something online via search. I follow the Open Source subreddit, and teh Self Hosted subreddit, and there are some great github libraries of self hosted and open source software.
Thanks for the great content. I tried setting up Proxmox but I could never access it by hostname instead of the IP address. Can you recommend a way? Thanks.
It just depends on what you are setting the hostname as, and how your network is configured. If your network has a local DNS server, adding an entry for the Proxmox box is the easiest way to get it to resolve.
Nice vid, but why the privileged LXC? IMHO always stick to the most secure option when possible and don't deactivate / bypass them unless your really, REALLY have to. Docker, for example can run just fine in an unprivileged LXC nowadays. All you need to enable is 'Nesting' and you're good to go. With ZFS, make sure your Docker storage driver is 'overlay2' by adding an EXT4-formatted zvol as a mountpoint to /var/lib/docker in the LXC. Otherwise it will fall back to VFS, which will cause serious problems when you start doing resource intensive workloads like Nextcloud.
I think we were really just showing the different options on this one. I generally leave LSC containers unprivileged unless I run my install and that mode seems to cause problems for me (which has been only once that I can recall).
In this case we installed on a home server setup. I'd say Proxmox in a VPS is a bit of overkill. The VPS is essentially creating the VM for you for each VPS you setup.
If you delete a VM, and it has backups, and you create a new VM with the same ID, yes, you will see the backup from the previous VM there. You should delete those backups if you no longer want that VM. There is no issue re-using VM ID's.
Hi Joel, so for use as an example we're looking at someone wanting to start up and IT business (and whatever sub genre off that) and the toolkit you could use. They also apply to other fields though
Definitely agree with @IBRACORP on this. Our business is going to be based in Tech / IT, but many of the concepts and software we use for it can be applied to any business.
I'm currently running it on a Dell R730-XD server with 24 cores (48 threaded), and 256 GB RAM. On the video, and for about a year, I used it on a Ryzen 3 machine with 16 GB RAM, a 500 GB SSD, and some external HDDs connected via USB.
@@AwesomeOpenSource i actually had Linux mainly Manjaro on this laptop but in this case at least way weaker Wifi, slow printer, no virtual surround on my headset, would have to use a third party open source tool to configure my first Gen MX Master mouse..... But i guess with a device from TUXEDO, System76 or the like that would be alot better.
Indeed, Proxmox supports LXC container out of the box...and I run a couple of ubuntu VMs in it, then run my docker containers on those. You'll see me installing stuff on most of my videos in one of my Ubuntu VMs using Docker.
I agree. I think when you start looking at a VPS, while it may work technically, to run Proxmox, it may be better to look at just putting docker straight on a ubuntu install in Digital Ocean or Linode, and go from there.
@@AwesomeOpenSource Thank you for that reply as well. I actually run docker and docker-compose already but never thought that I could put Proxmox in a container. Great work guys, love the content. Salute
I'm also curious. Proxmox STILL an AWESOME tool. If there's something better let us know. Otherwise, yes, people still use Proxmox because it's a great tool...
@@fvgoya basically it depends on what you prefer normally i use proxmox for my personal projects but when it comes to work related we use both harvester and exsi
Please make this series to the end, I needed opensource solutions for my business.
Thank you for starting on this.
Working on it my friend!
Nothing stopping you working it out like the rest of us
Commenting for the AI and to say Thank you so much for this series! You rock! Noob here, but excited to get into it. Thank you
You are welcome, and Welcome aboard!
Many thanks to you and to Ibracorp for such informative and valuable tutorial, waiting for the next parts
Thank you for watching !
So nice of you
I'm glad you put an emphasis in trying to think ahead of when you have a problem and trying to have a plan for when your server gives up the magic smoke
Most important thing is planning ahead.
Thanks for making and sharing this tutorial, looking forward to see your next video!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for uploading this, really interesting and useful. In normal day work most sysadmins don't have to set up brand new environments but always work within an existing one, this video provides new perspective.
You're very welcome!
Cool series. It is nice to have a community playing with these concepts for the same reasons.
Glad you enjoy it!
This is an awesome series. Already subbed.
Awesome, thank you!
I'm considering starting a new IT business aimed at home users mostly, although I won't turn down small business accounts either. Anyway, I'm very much an open source guy and want to base everything I possibly can on open source software. I really appreciate this series and all the videos from Awesome Open Source and Ibracorp.
My pleasure, and be sure to check out my upcoming series on building an MSP on open source. ruclips.net/video/zhK0sARGhYc/видео.htmlsi=cjV8Q1EMXPsnfMJA
@@AwesomeOpenSourceI watched the first video and am looking forward to the whole series!
You explain balloning wrong. That VM cant go above 4096MB, but the system can "borrow" memory from that VM by forcing it to swap.
Thank you for 1. educating me, and 2. correcting me. I learned something new today, and that's a win.
Very helpful. Thanks for this.
Glad it was helpful!
Hyped for this
Us too!
Since the video (series) will cover production use as well, you might consider mention that starting with a network 192.168.1.0 network it is not a good idea since vpn will into play. Select any other subnet than 1.0 which is widely used by default on all isp routers
You're getting ahead of us. We are covering pfSense and OPNSense next...and we'll go over setting IP ranges.
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Hello, i am use Proxmox VE on my infraestructure (virtualization solutions) ... this work fine for me...
That is Great!
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Thanks.
In the VM section, you guys said to avoid using snaps. I use some snap packages, and thus have not only an "apt-cacher" (apt-cacher-ng) container, but also a "snap-cacher" (snap-store-proxy) VM. Why do you guys say, "don't use snaps"?
Snaps have improved some since the video was made, but in this case, I think we were warning against using the docker snap packages for docker and docker-compose. They tendto lag behind a bit on version, and things (at the time) just didn't work well when using them.
@@AwesomeOpenSource
Oh, I see. I do recall that snaps were indeed far slower just a few years ago.
This is a little different I don't know if it pertains to this video per-say I just made a proxmox server with a Linux VM I put in p.m. portainer and a few other containers I try to use ingenix proxy manager it will not connect to any of them also I can't connect to them from the outside of my network I have set port forwarding to the Linux server I'm not sure why it's not working
Probably hard to help you troubleshoot on YOutube comments, but if you'll jump over to discuss.opensourceisawesome.com I'm sure we can help you.
I have went through and watched a bunch of your videos. There are some I have heard of and some I have. I was just curious if you or anyone else here for that would mind sharing tips on how they find the cool open source stuff ?
Just looking around the interne. Sometimes I hear about something on a podcast, or I go specifically looking for something online via search. I follow the Open Source subreddit, and teh Self Hosted subreddit, and there are some great github libraries of self hosted and open source software.
@@AwesomeOpenSource thanks!!
I have a QNAP TS-932x NAS. Do you know if you can install TrueNAS on this model easily?
Unfortunately, I don't know. You might jump over to the TrueNAS community and ask. www.truenas.com/community/
Thanks for the great content.
I tried setting up Proxmox but I could never access it by hostname instead of the IP address. Can you recommend a way? Thanks.
It just depends on what you are setting the hostname as, and how your network is configured. If your network has a local DNS server, adding an entry for the Proxmox box is the easiest way to get it to resolve.
Nice vid, but why the privileged LXC? IMHO always stick to the most secure option when possible and don't deactivate / bypass them unless your really, REALLY have to. Docker, for example can run just fine in an unprivileged LXC nowadays. All you need to enable is 'Nesting' and you're good to go. With ZFS, make sure your Docker storage driver is 'overlay2' by adding an EXT4-formatted zvol as a mountpoint to /var/lib/docker in the LXC. Otherwise it will fall back to VFS, which will cause serious problems when you start doing resource intensive workloads like Nextcloud.
I think we were really just showing the different options on this one. I generally leave LSC containers unprivileged unless I run my install and that mode seems to cause problems for me (which has been only once that I can recall).
I have not watched it yet but if you didn't mention it, Photography/ Videography setup. That would be cool!!
Let us see what we can do.
@@AwesomeOpenSource I have faith in you just like I have faith in all of your videos along with my friends and a lot of other people
Are you guys installing it at home or on a VPS? If VPS how much ram/storage/bandwidth for the whole series? Great series! Thanks 🙏🏻
In this case we installed on a home server setup. I'd say Proxmox in a VPS is a bit of overkill. The VPS is essentially creating the VM for you for each VPS you setup.
If you delete a VM, and it has backups, and you create a new VM with the same ID, yes, you will see the backup from the previous VM there. You should delete those backups if you no longer want that VM. There is no issue re-using VM ID's.
Good to know. Thank you.
can you do a video on Security Onion Running on Proxmox and configured with PFsense/Opnsense?
I'll add this request to my list.
good introduction , could you give us an idea about the targeted business ?
Hi Joel, so for use as an example we're looking at someone wanting to start up and IT business (and whatever sub genre off that) and the toolkit you could use. They also apply to other fields though
Definitely agree with @IBRACORP on this. Our business is going to be based in Tech / IT, but many of the concepts and software we use for it can be applied to any business.
What hardware did you use for setting up proxmox?
I'm currently running it on a Dell R730-XD server with 24 cores (48 threaded), and 256 GB RAM. On the video, and for about a year, I used it on a Ryzen 3 machine with 16 GB RAM, a 500 GB SSD, and some external HDDs connected via USB.
Great video ! ... Curious is proxmox a type-1 or a type-2 hypervisor ?
Type-1
As stated, it is a Type 1.
Hows Proxmox different to lets say Open Stack for an example?
I've not tried OpenStack, so not sure. Found this with a quick search, stackshare.io/stackups/openstack-vs-proxmox-ve , maybe that will help you out.
@@AwesomeOpenSource i actually had Linux mainly Manjaro on this laptop but in this case at least way weaker Wifi, slow printer, no virtual surround on my headset, would have to use a third party open source tool to configure my first Gen MX Master mouse..... But i guess with a device from TUXEDO, System76 or the like that would be alot better.
Simpler to deploy than openstack as proxmox is light weight
Nice but need some clarification..
Can I use proxmox as a container tool like docker
Yes it supports lxc containers
Indeed, Proxmox supports LXC container out of the box...and I run a couple of ubuntu VMs in it, then run my docker containers on those. You'll see me installing stuff on most of my videos in one of my Ubuntu VMs using Docker.
@@AwesomeOpenSource
Thanks for the guidance I will try and get back to you
Can I use Proxmox on infrastructure service platforms like DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, etc?
Proxmox is ideal on a dedicated server option when it comes to cloud. We use Hetzner for example
@@IBRACORP thank you for your reply. I'll be check that out for sure.
I agree. I think when you start looking at a VPS, while it may work technically, to run Proxmox, it may be better to look at just putting docker straight on a ubuntu install in Digital Ocean or Linode, and go from there.
@@AwesomeOpenSource Thank you for that reply as well. I actually run docker and docker-compose already but never thought that I could put Proxmox in a container. Great work guys, love the content. Salute
You can if you start with a debian base
People use Proxmox in 2022? lulz
What would you recommend? I’m legitimately curious and why?
@uziboozy yes since its friendly for devops beginners
@@Solothedrunk something like harvester if you're familiar with k8s
I'm also curious. Proxmox STILL an AWESOME tool. If there's something better let us know. Otherwise, yes, people still use Proxmox because it's a great tool...
@@fvgoya basically it depends on what you prefer normally i use proxmox for my personal projects but when it comes to work related we use both harvester and exsi