Load Balancing in #Proxmox Clusters? #ProxLB just got released in version 1.1.2. Let's make the switch to #opensource together!

Now, focusing on power management for nodes (like DPM) & auto node security patching :)

Great article from @gyptazy :

Run FreeBSD, OpenBSD & NetBSD VMs in Incus

https://gyptazy.com/run-freebsd-openbsd-netbsd-vms-in-incus/?utm_source=discoverbsd

Is #Incus the #Proxmox Killer? A Bold New Approach to Lightweight Virtualization.

In my latest blog post we install, configure, create a cluster and place a guest.

#virtualization #vm #virtualmachines #linux #lxc #opensource #cluster #ha #homelab #homrlabs #debian #RockyLinux

https://gyptazy.com/incus-for-containers-and-vms-a-powerful-proxmox-alternative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-build-a-cluster/

Is a 256MB RAM VM on a 1GB RAM Laptop a good idea?

Holy crap y'all, Quickemu is amazing! I got Windows 10, (English United States cause English International only allowed me to choose English UK for some reason), installed it with Narrator, downloaded and installed NVDA, and it barely feels like I'm running a VM at all. I kinda wonder if it'd work well at all on the BTSpeak. I could imagine it passing through Braille access on a future BTBraille.

Anyway, two commands I've figured out so far, Control + Alt + G gives control back to Linux, and Control + Alt + F puts the VM in fullscreen.

https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu

It's weird how some things just stay with you. My first exposure to mainframes was VM/CMS back in the mid-80s at IBM. Back then, the command to clear the screen was 'CLS'. I must have typed that hundreds of times over the years. Now I always add CLS as an alias for 'Clear' on my ZSH profile on macOS. As I say, weird.

No April Fools' joke - the new #ProxLB release is scheduled for the 1st of April! Stay tuned!

ProxLB is an advanced #loadbalancer for #Proxmox clusters that brings in features like #DRS (known from #VMware), #maintenance mode and (anti-)#affinity groups.

From the photographs and the hashtags it must be obvious what I'm doing. Creating a virtual machine with which I will go into simulation mode to ride beautiful machines of absolute maximum Torque and Power

ProxMox Load Balancer

A new version is released.

If you deal with ProxMox in any form you'd be wise to see what this powerful tool can do for you. When you realize it is one of the tools you've been missing in managing your different VMS in ProxMox, rest assured you will be very glad you now know of its existence.

Without going into too much details because, I want you to read the documentation yourself, you know that when you need to move a VM from One ProxMox controlled server to another one, there are procedures you need to follow

You also know that when you need to balance the load on your different servers, by which I mean your Hardware Servers, you also know that from time to time, you literally need to move a number of VMS(!) from one server to another, in your server cluster or Server clusters, plural. You know how much time that can take.

Now go read your docs, I've inspired you

compliments of @gyptazy

#ProxMox #VM #loadBalancing #bash #csh #ksh #tsh #sh #freeBSD #ZFS #programming #POSIX

https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB

How are people feeling about server hosting in NZ these days, any standouts that people recommend? (trying to get the hang of my hashtags, new to posting really)
#NZ #serverhosting #cloud #virtualserviceproviders #vm

Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟯 - 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗩𝗠𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 [UPDATE 3 - Show VMs Sizes] to 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗵𝘆𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 [FreeBSD Bhyve Companion Tools] article.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/06/23/freebsd-bhyve-companion-tools/

Anyone have good success running #macOS inside a #vm on non-apple hardware?

It's upgrade time for a PC at the theatre, which *has* to be a mac to support the industry standard show player #QLab.

I really do not want to give apple a penny and will overspend on an AMD based solution if need be.

Gimme some good news, fedi!

I wrote a blog post. This time it’s about setting up #NixOS with #ZFS on a tiny Lenovo M910q PC to be used as a #Incus #container and #vm host.

h/t to @simon for posting about the great prices these machines were going for a few weeks ago.

https://blog.hetherington.uk/2025/01/setting-up-incus-with-zfs-on-nixos/

I get more & more mails from people who are happily using my #ProxLB (a loadbalancer for Proxmox) - feel free to leave me a note (if you like, even with some more details). This way, I can better understand the needs of the user base.

#proxmox #proxmoxve #lab #homelab #virtualization #vm #vps #vmware #alternatives #loadbalancer #lb #resourcescheduler #drs #opensource #community

https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB