Tag: proxmox

6 posts

Taildrive for adding music to Navidrome

Ampache to Navidrome, with a side of Proxmox and Tailscale

Jun 26, 2026

First contact with Proxmox

Sharing my adventures with Proxmox (as promised)

Mar 4, 2026

My first homelab server

My experience proves that it doesn't need to be perfect from the get go. A server can just be an Intel Core 2 Duo, an MSI Boston OEM motherboard, and their two 2GB DDR2 RAM sticks

Jan 25, 2026
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Homelab troubleshooting

Upgraded a bunch of stuff in my homelab last week! Added a new proxmox host and moved the plex server onto my old gaming PC with a new 16-bay JBOD from QNAP. I’ve run into a couple issues and wanted to make some notes for my future self if I need to solve them again. e1000 NIC hangs Under increased load, the NIC on my old gaming PC would hang and fall off the network. It had only happened once or twice before and it wasn’t worth the extra investigation yet. With the plex VM now on that box, the […]

Feb 11, 2025

Building Cloud Images for Proxmox

To create an Ubuntu VM for a Kubernetes cluster using Proxmox, follow these steps: download and tweak the base image, sysprep it, create a template with specified configurations, and clone the VM. Adjust settings such as memory, storage, and IP configurations. Fix shared IP issues by resetting the machine ID.

Apr 30, 2024

My Final Hackintosh Rodeo

As we near what might be the final days of Hackintoshing, I tried out a VM-based technique for installing MacOS, complete with full-speed GPU, and you know what? It worked amazingly well.

Apr 8, 2024