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Proxmox Cloud-Init OS template creation

Proxmox Cloud-Init OS template creation

GNOME LATEST POST, Proxmox
In this guide we will go over creating a Proxmox KVM Template from a Cloud Image. This same process will work for any Cloud-Init Openstack based image type you can find online. Having done a number of these for our Proxmox based VPS service I wanted to post up a guide to help anyone else looking to do the same thing. My workflow for customizing one of those for use with Proxmox with cloud-init deployment from WHMCS and root login is below. Once you setup one template you can rapidly reinstall new containers and test stuff. Setup Environment If not installed already installed you will need libguestfs-tools : apt-get install libguestfs-tools To edit the image before importing. We will use virt-edit which is a part of libguestfs-tools. For the sake of ...
How to add storage to Proxmox

How to add storage to Proxmox

Proxmox
Using an HDD for the proxmox host, the VMs and the containers was causing delays and long iowait.After upgrading to an SSD there was a spare 1TB hard drive that could be used for storing containers that write constantly big chunks of data to the hdd,something that can cause increased wear to the ssd. Since the needs are not complicated the setup is simple and does not use raid,zfs etc. After the hdd setup, an elasticsearch stack container with netflow analysis was moved to the hdd,and although the read speeds do not match the performance of the containers running from the ssd, the hdd not having anything else running has an amazing increase in data read compared to the previous setup where the proxmox host and the VMs were based on the same hdd.This tutorial covers the following sub...
Install LEMP Stack on Debian

Install LEMP Stack on Debian

Ubuntu
Install LEMP Stack on Debian 9Today we are going to guide you install LEMP stack to brand new Debian GNU/Linux 9 Stretch. LEMP stands for Linux, Nginx (as in Engine X), MySQL and PHP. From Debian 9, Mariadb is the default mysql server. But you can also choose mysql for installation. It is the counterpart of more popular LAMP stack except instead of Apache httpd we use nginx. Earlier we have tried LEMP stack on Ubuntu and docker container.  Installing Nginx, Mariadb and PHPInstallation of nginx, MariaDB and PHP by bellow command line from bash terminal  apt install nginx mysql-server mysql-client php-fpm php-mysql libfcgi0ldbl Now start all needed services with systemd and enable them to start at boot # systemctl start php7.0-fpm nginx mysql # systemctl enable php7.0-f...
Install Taskwarrior (terminal based todo application) on Ubuntu/Centos

Install Taskwarrior (terminal based todo application) on Ubuntu/Centos

centos, Ubuntu
Taskwarrior is Free and Open Source Software that manages your TODO list from your command line. It is flexible, fast, efficient, and unobtrusive. It does its job then gets out of your way.If you spend a lot of time on terminal (as a developer or system administrator) then constantly switching to a web app or another GUI based todo applications may not be a very productive thing to do. In that case, you may want to try a simple command line application instead.Ubuntu based distribution If you want to install Taskwarrior (terminal based todo application) on Ubuntu And Mint Linux enter following command: $ sudo apt-get install todo -y Centos based distributionTo install taskwarrior on CentOS 6.x/7.x first enable epel repository and type following command: $ sudo yum install epel-re...