Use a USB Network Adapter for XCP-ng Management Easily
When you connect an external USB network (Ethernet) dongle to a node running XCP-ng, you might encounter an issue where the device appears as a "side-NUMBER-eth0" interface. This interface, however, is not connected and cannot be used for any management interfaces within XCP-ng. You may still be able to manually configure it and to assign IP addresses but it will .... [read more] | [2024-07-27]XCP-ng: Lightweight, Powerful Xen Virtualization
After Broadcom increased the license fees, other virtualization solutions than VMware ESXi become very popular. I already talked about other solutions like CBSD, running on FreeBSD using bhyve for virtual machines (VM) workloads or Harvester, as an HCI solution that also allows you to run VM in a different approach. However, we mostly hear Proxmox in one of the first .... [read more] | [2024-07-20]ProxLB: Maximize Proxmox Cluster Performance Easily
ProxLB (PLB) is an open-source Proxmox loadbalancer, but different! ProxLB is an application created to optimize the distribution of virtual machines (VMs) across Proxmox cluster nodes for significantly enhancing efficiency and performance. Utilizing the Proxmox API, ProxLB gathers and analyzes a comprehensive set of resource metrics from both the cluster nodes and the running VMs, including CPU usage, memory consumption, .... [read more] | [2024-07-06]Harvester - A More Modern Alternative to Proxmox As a HCI
After Broadcom increased the license fees, other virtualization alternatives become very popular. While I previously already evaluated various virtualization platforms, including Proxmox, as well as other solutions that are based on FreeBSD, such as bhyve-webadmin (BVCP), and ClonOS there are of course also several other ones and it is worth noting another noteworthy option in the landscape of hyperconverged infrastructure .... [read more] | [2024-06-25]ClonOS - An Alternative to Proxmox Based on FreeBSD
In the realm of virtualization, there are already several robust and well-established platforms like Proxmox and OpenStack. These solutions have paved the way for efficient and comprehensive management of virtual environments, primarily on Linux-based systems. However, for those who appreciate the power and elegance of FreeBSD, there has been a notable absence of a comparable tool that leverages this operating .... [read more] | [2024-06-21]Howto Monitor SSL Certificates Expiration in Grafana
In today's digital landscape, ensuring the security of online communications is paramount, and SSL certificates play a crucial role in this process. Monitoring these certificates to prevent unexpected expirations is essential for maintaining uninterrupted service and trust. This HowTo guide provides a step-by-step approach to setting up monitoring for SSL certificates, ensuring you receive timely alerts before they expire. By .... [read more] | [2024-05-30]Howto build Freedive - A FreeBSD GUI Management Tool
Freedive emerges as an innovative standalone tool for FreeBSD, offering a graphical user interface (GUI) that revolutionizes the way systems are managed, enabling both newcomers and experienced users to administer their FreeBSD installations with ease. This GUI, accessible through a mobile-friendly web interface, democratizes the use of FreeBSD by allowing beginners to engage with the operating system without the need .... [read more] | [2024-05-23]Cheap Multi-Site High Availability via WireGuard Tunnel
In today's interconnected world, ensuring high availability (HA) across multiple sites is crucial for businesses to maintain continuity and reliability. While traditional solutions often rely on complex protocols like BGP or GRE tunnels, implementing a cost-effective HA setup using WireGuard VPN tunnels provides a simpler yet robust alternative. This solution leverages the flexibility of WireGuard VPNs to create secure connections .... [read more] | [2024-05-12]Matrix and Grafana: Alert Integration Made Easy
Unfortunately, Grafana does not support Matrix notification by default. While Matrix is originally a free and open-source chat service, it also provides API and Bot support which makes it handy for service notifications. With End-to-end encryption, open-source, self-hosting possibilities and multi client support it provides all necessary features to integrate this as a fast and reliable notification solution to receive .... [read more] | [2024-05-07]BoxyBSD: FreeBSD VM Hosting with a Non-Profit Mission
BoxyBSD is a non-profit project dedicated to providing free virtual machine (VM) hosting on IPv6, with a particular emphasis on BSD-based systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. The project's primary objective is to contribute back value to the open-source community by offering a platform where beginners and newcomers can learn and educate themselves using real systems. By offering free .... [read more] | [2024-04-08][previous] | [next]