Tanner's Tech

Using Terraform with Proxmox

Using Terraform with Proxmox

As a promised follow-up to my previous post, today I will outline the process necessary to set up and utilize HashiCorp Terraform within Proxmox. To preface, Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool, letting you spin up, modify, and destroy infrastructure. Terraform is extremely versatile, utilizing Terraform Providers to interface

Creating a VM Template in Proxmox

Creating a VM Template in Proxmox

Introduction Proxmox has been my go-to choice as a hypervisor for the last several months, after migrating off of VMWare, my previous choice in hypervisor. It offers a plethora of features and functionality, including the ability to create VM templates. While it is easy to click through all of the

Converting a Proxmox VM for use in Hyper-V

Converting a Proxmox VM for use in Hyper-V

Introduction: While Proxmox has been my hypervisor of choice for the last year or so, I recently realized that I have an abundance of unused hardware within my workstation/gaming rig. Currently running Windows 10, the machine is capable of running virtual machines by making use of Hyper-V. With a

Setting up Rclone's Web GUI

Setting up Rclone's Web GUI

Introduction Almost one year ago, I wrote this post detailing how to install and configure Rclone for use with Google Drive. I have been running that setup for over two years now with no issue but have found that I would occasionally wish Rclone had a web GUI for monitoring

Hosting Internal Sites with Nginx

Hosting Internal Sites with Nginx

Intro Assuming you have been homelabbing for a while now, you likely have a plethora of services and applications operating on various IP and port combinations. Some of you may also expose many of these services to the open internet using a reverse proxy, such as Nginx. I have been

Monitoring Proxmox with InfluxDB and Grafana

Grafana Featured

Monitoring Proxmox with InfluxDB and Grafana

As I have continued to learn and build up my Proxmox lab environment, I have been looking at different options for me to be able to more closely keep track of various metrics within my lab. Ultimately, I decided that I was intent on getting Grafana up and running. Even

How to Set Up Cloudflare Tunnels on Ubuntu

How to Set Up Cloudflare Tunnels on Ubuntu

Over the past couple of years that I've been running this site, I have changed several aspects of my hosting setup with Ghost – the application that runs my blog. One example of this is my migration away from the traditional installation route and embracing the containerized version of the application.

Enabling Command Autocompletion in ZSH

Enabling Command Autocompletion in ZSH

My current workstation setup consists of a 16" M1 Pro MacBook Pro. I have thoroughly enjoyed it but have found that iTerm2 and OhMyZSH have made for excellent additions to my workflow. iTerm 2 acts as a no-frills, yet feature rich, terminal for MacOS devices. OhMyZSH builds on top of

Migrating from ESXi to Proxmox

Migrating from ESXi to Proxmox

Much has changed since my last post back in early December. I had just begun diving into ZFS and was starting to realize how useful it could be for my lab setup. It is now March of 2022 and my lab has evolved fairly extensively. Today's post will cover a

Storage Overhaul (Now with ZFS!)

Storage Overhaul (Now with ZFS!)

I figured it's time to join the current decade and explore software defined storage options, particularly ZFS. Until now, my storage stack has consisted entirely of hardware raid arrays, or, better yet, no array or redundancy at all in the case of my Plex media server. ZFS, in particular, interested

How to Update vCenter

How to Update vCenter

From time to time, you may be greeted with the following message when logging into your vCenter appliance, letting you know that your appliance needs updating:‌ Today's post will walk you through the simple process of updating your vCenter appliance to the latest version. Prerequisites As always, I would strongly

Installing the Veeam Agent for Linux

A while back, I showed you how to back up your VMWare virtual machines with Veeam. While the vast majority of my lab operates within VMWare's vSphere, I do have one bare metal Linux installation – my Plex server. For those who are unfamiliar with the term "bare metal", it really

vCenter Received Disconnect - Too Many Authentication Failures

vCenter Received Disconnect - Too Many Authentication Failures

After recently trying to SSH into my vCenter appliance for the first time in months, I was surprised to find that I was presented with the following message: ➜ ~ ssh [email protected] VMware vCenter Server 7.0.2.00500 Type: vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller

Configuring Homer Dashboard

Configuring Homer Dashboard

In a previous post, I showed you how to get Homer up and running as a self-hosted dashboard in Docker to easily manage and see all of your self hosted services at a glance. I did not, however, go into depth on how to configure Homer. This guide will cover

How to Set Up vMotion in ESXi

How to Set Up vMotion in ESXi

VMware's vSphere as a whole has been an awesome addition to my homelab but vMotion, in particular, is one of my favorite features that it has to offer. In short, vMotion allows a user to easily transfer a virtual machine between two different ESXi hosts without the virtual machine needing

Setting up Rclone with Google Drive

Setting up Rclone with Google Drive

Introduction – What is Rclone? Rclone is a fantastic and free command-line tool to manage files in cloud storage. It has the capability to work with over 40 cloud storage products and is much more feature rich and and powerful than the traditional web interfaces that most cloud storage providers offer.

How to patch ESXi

How to patch ESXi

Intro: In the past, I've covered many different topics pertaining to vSphere and other VMWare products but I recently realized that I haven't ever covered how to patch an ESXi server. Patching ESXi, just like any other system, is important to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities as they are discovered.

Launching VSCode from the Command Line in MacOS

Launching VSCode from the Command Line in MacOS

While getting hands on with Terraform and doing a bit of learning about it (blog posts to come!), I found a neat trick to opening a specified file with VSCode using the MacOS command line. While it initially didn't seem very helpful to me, I've found this new method of

Career Update

While this post is long overdue, I wanted to make a quick update covering some exciting developments that have been unfolding behind the scenes in my career. Back in May, I was fortunate enough to secure a string of interviews with a financial technology company that led to my new

Updating a Container with Docker Compose

Updating a Container with Docker Compose

Introduction Downloading and using docker containers with docker compose is a very easy process and, continuing in that trend, the same can be said for updating your docker container with it. Prerequisites It is important to note that during the container update process, unless you specifically have persistent volumes configured

Install Magento on Ubuntu 20.04

Install Magento on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction This document covers the installation process of Magento 2.4.2 on an EC2 instance of Ubuntu 20.04 Prerequisites Before beginning the installation process, you must create an account at https://magento.com/ After creating an account, acquire your public and private keys, needed for a later step,

Backing up your Homelab with Veeam

Backing up your Homelab with Veeam

While RAID, ZFS, and other storage technologies do an excellent job of providing redundancy in the case of a drive failure, it is important to remember that redundancy is not a replacement for backups. Instead, it is more of a means to maintain uptime. Because of this, it is important

Converting a Local Windows Account into an Active Directory Account

Converting a Local Windows Account into an Active Directory Account

Introduction If you're anything like me, you might have a handful of PCs or VMs with local accounts on them from an era prior to you having an Active Directory domain. Until now, it seemed to me that there was no reasonable way to get the contents of these local

Monitoring Homelab Services with Uptime Robot

Monitoring Homelab Services with Uptime Robot

As I've begun hosting more services that close friends and family have found useful, I decided it would be handy for them to be able to easily check on the status of my services at a glance. Uptime Robot has filled that role perfectly, letting me create a free status

How to Self Host a VPN with PiVPN

How to Self Host a VPN with PiVPN

Self-hosted VPNs are an extremely helpful tool when it comes to having a homelab. Whether you're at a coffee shop and on public wifi, like I am right now, wanting to securely tunnel back to your own network before accessing a more sensitive site, or even just wanting to be