Using the excellent check_pve.rb script I have setup comprehensive monitoring for proxmox servers, both locally and remotely. In case the script disappears, here are some

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Pi Backup Time for another text based pi article.. sorry! Attach the USB disk to the pi. Next download pi shrink wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Drewsif/PiShrink/master/pishrink.sh sudo chmod

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This one is going to be word and code heavy. Firstly shutdown the hyper-v gen2 VM. Copy the VHDX to the proxmox server, remember you

Pi Rack I decided that I wanted to tidy up my lack rack and put my two Pi’s rack mounted and out of the way. 

Over the last couple of months I have relied on a couple of web articles to get me through particularly specific issues. I hope these

I’ve been using SES for a while for sending email from servers. A few months ago one of my servers was compromised and I discovered

I have had a couple of requirements recently where I have needed to leave a device onsite for remote access. I initially thought that the

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First remove the enterprise enterprise.proxmox repository # rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve.enterprise #apt update && apt -y full-upgrade Add the no-subscription or pve-test repositori : #nano /etc/apt/sources.listdeb http://download.proxmox.com/debian buster pve-no-subscription

When you are wanting to use the HTTP request within Flic it doesn’t work using the standard user:pass@host. So you have to do a little

OPNsense backups contain a special character, in this case “:”. Which while most operating systems tolerate it causes an issue with the Windows NextCloud client

To bypass duo 2fa for a script or secure login etc on Linux you simply need to add the following to your SSHD PAM config

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