dimjim

dimjim@sh.itjust.works · 3 days

I also had an old unused laptop with a broken hinge, so I just removed the entire top half of it! My “topless” laptop now runs my Proxmox Backup Server. If your laptop supports it, you could also look into keeping the battery in and just limiting the charging so it isn’t always at 100%, that way you have a buffer if the power input fails or the power goes out briefly.

dimjim@sh.itjust.works · 7 days

I second Beszel, fantastic monitoring platform!

dimjim@sh.itjust.works · 8 days

Self-Hoster 🏡

Fleet: 2–3 devices · 11–20 TB
Motivation: Independence from Big Tech & subscriptions, Privacy & data ownership, Fun / the hobby itself
My MVPs: Immich, Navidrome, Dockhand, Proxmox VE, Caddy

dimjim@sh.itjust.works · 10 days

It depends on what I’m doing I suppose. I run my main VM on Proxmox, so I mainly use its web interface for any VM work. For all the containers within, I’ve been really loving Dockhand lately, it’s just as easy to use as Portainer, it even checks for updates for me AND gives me a link for the release notes so I can decide whether to upgrade or not.

Most other things like file transfers or editing my Caddyfile I do through SSH. Can’t beat simplicity sometimes!

dimjim@sh.itjust.works · 3 months

Hello all,

I’m hoping to get some advice on my self hosting environment. I currently run Proxmox VE with a few VMs, and use Proxmox VE’s built in VM backup method to my NAS. I don’t currently have a good backup method for the host server itself, and I know I’m playing with fire not having that properly backed up.

I have an older laptop that I’m considering turning into a Proxmox Backup Server, which should allow me to backup the host server and VMs, which would make me feel a lot better. The one thing I haven’t really seen info on in my research is if there’s a convenient way to backup THE backup server. If anyone uses PBS, do you back that up as well? How so?

I appreciate any assistance or advice!

dimjim@sh.itjust.works · 9 months

This is a good source, but why the fuck is Spotify listed as a suitable alternative? Spotify is one of THE apps that people are trying to break away from.

dimjim

Self-Hoster 🏡

Backing up Proxmox Backup Server