A lemm.ee refugee ;)
My backup method
On a serious note, I’m working on it. I have another proxmox node which I’m in the process of building, which should have a backup system. So weekly backups from my main proxmox node will be transferred to the backup node.
I wake up
I want to upgrade Proxmox
Open Amazon
Check the price of my wishlisted RAM
Cry
Go back to sleep
When will this end? 😭😭
Redirection errors, as per my my experience, can be due to
I have used caddy with immich but I didn’t require any modified redirection options.
The trick is to not mess around with proxmox 😉
Currently it has 4 cores. No problems so far, but i’ll be on the lookout. Thanks!
If you don’t mind the warning “Woah, I don’t trust this website”, you don’t need to buy any domains. Just use local certificates.
Sample caddyfile that I use
#------------- general options
{
local_certs
}
#------------- services
service.server.lan {
reverse_proxy <INTERNAL SERVER IP>:<INTERNAL SERVER PORT>
}
However, you need to have a DNS entry which points *.server.lan to the correct server.
You can now visit https://service.server.lan/ which should point correctly.
Best of luck!
I have a low tech solution. I use this https://github.com/gamosoft/NoteDiscovery
Every time a thought comes to my mind, I create a new document and add a tag to it. I come back to it from time to time.
wanted a free solution
ends up buying a domain
Welcome to the club, buddy!
I’m probably too new to be offering advice, so I’ll just pile on the encouragement. You can do it!
That’s what I need the most. This project could be a bit ambitious for me, but I’ll go slow. Thanks a lot!
I think you have a typo here, eth1 is WAN not WLAN
Corrected!
When the VM goes down you can still configure the network manually on your PC and access proxmox directly
Yes, that’s why having this MGMT port is so important. Time to make some more cables :P
This is why the hardcoded ip will still work.
For some of the critical infra, I will probably hardcode the IP
I saw that you added the detail that you’re also running another vm - AFAIR you could route that via the management port as well with via proxmox without added complexity.
I’ve elaborated upon this in this comment in this thread. Please check and let me know your opinions.
I have one more doubt.
(Nothing setup as of now, just checking all possible angles)
Since, as per your suggestion, I have passed the NIC to OPNsense, so Proxmox won’t see the dual NIC card.
The onboard ethernet port eth3 is connected to a switch and Proxmox will use eth3.
Here’s a fresh diagram
You can see that I have a Ubuntu VM. How will the PC communicate with the VM? (Links E and D are hypothetical. I don’t know which one is better given my scenario). Will it be C -> B -> D or C -> A -> E?
Case #1: C -> B -> D
The switch must differentiate between uplink traffic/proxmox traffic/other physical devices connected to the switch (phone/TV). I prefer this solution because even if OPNsense is down, I can still access the Ubuntu server. But the switch must handle this complexity. I will be getting a managed switch anyway.
Case #2: C -> A -> E
The interface eth2, which OPNsense is using, must have some sort of routing table which redirects to links E or F depending upon destination IP (Probably implemented using virtual bridge or virtual switch). This is simpler for the switch but if OPNsense is down, i lose direct network access to the VM. I can probably access it via Proxmox web-interface.
Can you tell me which one is preferred or which one you would have done?
Sorry for my ramblings.
I have saved your comment and will try to implement them when setting it up. Thank you!
Have done something similar, you’ll discover the joy of have no internet while you do server maintenance, upgrades or disaster recovery and worst case, hardware failures.
I may purchase another lower powered device to prevent a single point of failure, but I want to get this thing working. Sorry, too excited with Proxmox now :D Also, in the worst case scenario, I’ll just use my current router while I manage my OPNsense
I would enable VLANs for network segments but if you either don’t have switches that support tags or are new to all of this it’s going to be WAY less headache to just use it all untagged for now. (Spend time on funner things, seriously!)
Setting up VLANs will be my next project :D . Right now, my goal is to get this thing working.
I have messed up my timings a bit, so the dual NIC card is on the way from Amazon. I’ll post my results up here once it arrives.
Thanks, i may go this route.
FYI, you might occasionally run into issues where the NIC “GUID” changes so your VM won’t be able to start.
I think this is the same issue as a Linux host forgetting where to mount a disk since the UUID was not written in fstab.
But why does the GUID change? Can’t it be hard-coded?
Want setting change that requires a reboot from proxmox would result in a total lots of the network
Did you mean a setting change in proxmox? If yes, then I understand the risks.
Also, after the reboot does the setup comeback online automatically? Or do you need to perform some manual intervention?
So if you want to go that route I recommend you to use eth3 as dedicated port for proxmox.
I need a clarification here.
If you have any resources regarding this setup, please share.
Thank you for your response.
Edit: Changed WLAN to WAN
Enable pci passthrough for the card, use the onboard interface for proxmox management.
This is exactly what I want to do! If you have any resources which implements this, kindly share.
I understand completely. But I will try my best to keep the Proxmox setup as stable as possible (no unnecessary fiddling/power backup). This is mostly an experiment. I have my old router as backup as well. I just wish I had the foresight to buy a router which had OpenWRT support :(
Some ISPs in India provide dynamic public IP, which is way better than CGNAT. You just need to run a DDNS client on your router.