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Cake day: April 27th, 2024

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  • I thought about adding a link, but am a bit hesitant to de-anonymize myself on here 😅

    But it’s basically this:

    • Proxmox is not Nix configured. There’s a project for that, but IMO t’ll take a couple of years to be ready for production.
    • I’ve created a custom nix module that essentially just sets my default values for stuff like bios type, boot order,… And allows to set CPU cores, RAM, IP,…
    • all this does though is just setting the corresponding values from the nixos-generators proxmox output
    • additionally, all the usual stuff is handled (user, known ssh keys, base config of the system)
    • for each VM, I only have a single file containing the VM settings (ID, RAM, cpu, ip,…) and the service config for whatever the VM is for
    • then lastly I have a custom script/shell that essentially just allows to do "nixvm-new " which generates the image, moves it to the nas, and calls on proxmox to import the image, plus some cleanup

    TBH this sounds way more complicated than it is / feels to use 😄


  • (Preface: almost all of this is handled in a single Nix config, and no docker in use at all)

    At home, in a two-hosts Proxmox cluster:

    • blocky for adblocking
    • a full *arr stack with torrents and nzbs for uuuuuuhhh Linux ISOs
    • Jellyfin so friends and family can watch, I mean use the Linux ISOs
    • Paperless (HIGHLY recommend)
    • Wastebin (Pastebin alternative)
    • Sterling-PDF (also really recommend, allowed me to get rid of Acrobat Reader for filling out and signing PDFs, plus a bunch more)
    • Homeassistant
    • Linux and Windows clients available for whenever you might need them (not often, but can come in handy)
    • Borg client, backing up parts of my NAS to a cloud storage box
    • OPNSense backup for the hardware firewall
    • Forgejo

    On a bare metal machine at a reputable cloud provider:

    • my personal Email, Calendar, Contacts (super easy with Nix)
    • another blocky instance
    • another borg client
    • Rustdesk server (OSS Teamviewer)
    • wireguard that’s just used by my TV so crunchyroll thinks it’s in (other country), Lmao

    Wishlist:

    • Vaultwarden
    • Immich, once added to nixpkgs
    • PeerTube
    • Pixelfed