BoxyBSD – Why Switching the Virtualization Hypervisor


BoxyBSD started as a simple idea. Lowering the barrier of entry into the BSD world. What began in late 2022 on spare hardware has grown into a globally distributed, fully automated, free VPS platform that allows beginners and newcomers to explore BSD systems without needing a credit card, prior infrastructure knowledge, or their own hardware. Where was the talk given? .... [read more] | [2025-12-14]

Proxmox Datacenter Manager - Central View Without Central Control


The Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 brings something many administrators have wanted for a long time. A single place where all Proxmox VE clusters, individual nodes and Proxmox Backup Server instances come together. Instead of jumping through different interfaces, everything appears in one central cockpit. You get a clear and consistent overview of hosts, VMs, containers and datastores, even when they .... [read more] | [2025-12-06]

ProxWall - Integration into your Proxmox VE cluster


Creating a highly secure Proxmox cluster with proper micro segmentation has become one of the most frequent topics in my discussions with users and customers. Almost every organization that migrates from another virtualization platform asks the same question early on. How can network segments be defined and enforced directly inside Proxmox in a simple and centralized way? For a long .... [read more] | [2025-11-14]

IncusOS – Secure and Immutable Virtualization Platform


IncusOS is an immutable operating system created with one clear goal: To run Incus safely, predictably and efficiently. Every part of its design focuses on providing a hardened, consistent and fully automated foundation for container and virtual machine management. Built on Debian 13, IncusOS includes its own kernel and Incus builds to maintain full control over the complete software stack. .... [read more] | [2025-11-07]

Sylve – Modern bhyve Virtualization and Clustering on FreeBSD


Let me spoiler, it's the best I've seen so far for bhyve and FreeBSD! When Stefano told me about Sylve , I just had a quick look at the GitHub project and thought, "okay, just another of thousands jail manager just with a better web ui, similar to the Proxmox one" and I got completely wrong while giving it a .... [read more] | [2025-09-05]

CBSD on FreeBSD – bhyve Virtualization with VXLAN and Stretched Layer-2 Networking


In today's globalized IT landscape the term "cloud" dominates conversations about infrastructure, applications, and deployment strategies. Public cloud providers promise scalability, flexibility, and resilience but yet many organizations still operate their own infrastructure for reasons of control, cost, and compliance. In these environments, FreeBSD continues to play an important role as a robust, secure, and versatile operating system. CBSD as .... [read more] | [2025-09-04]

Kanidm OIDC with Proxmox VE – Configuration Guide


In this HowTo we install and configure Kanidm on Linux Debian Trixie and use it for authentication with Proxmox by OIDC (OpenID Connect). In previous articles, I’ve already shown another example in how to integrate Proxmox VE with external identity providers such as Authentik and Keycloak, using them as realms to centralize authentication. Both of these solutions are powerful in .... [read more] | [2025-09-01]

How to Create a Proxmox Offline Repository Mirror for Air-Gapped Environments


Running your own package mirror (such as for Proxmox products) may seem like an advanced setup, but it addresses challenges that are increasingly relevant in modern infrastructures. At its core, a mirror is simply a local copy of selected repositories, yet the advantages extend far beyond faster downloads. By keeping a local mirror, organizations can reduce external bandwidth usage because .... [read more] | [2025-08-26]

Debian 13 (Trixie) LXC Template for Proxmox 8 and 9 – Download


It has now been several weeks since the release of Debian 13 (Trixie), yet Proxmox still does not provide an official LXC container template for it. While Debian 13 was still in its final freeze phase, I had already created an early beta template ( debian-13-standard_13.x-beta_lxc_proxmox_amd64.tar.gz ) so both I and others could start testing early. Since then, many of you have .... [read more] | [2025-08-24]

Proxmox Storage Management with Ansible via proxmox_storage Module


Managing Proxmox storage resources at scale has traditionally been a cumbersome task. In clustered environments where consistency, reliability, and speed are critical, manually adding or removing storage definitions on each node wastes valuable time and introduces the risk of human error. Imagine configuring NFS shares, CephFS mounts, iSCSI targets or Proxmox Backup Server repositories across dozens or even hundreds of .... [read more] | [2025-08-13]

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