proxmox

  • 2026-04-06 Linux
    Enable Proxmox weekly containers fstrim

    What is fstrim? fstrim tells SSDs or thin-provisioned storage which blocks are no longer used by the filesystem so they can be reclaimed. Without TRIM/discard: deleted data still looks “used” to the storage layer SSD performance slowly degrades thin storage pools appear full even when files were deleted write amplification increases (reduces SSD lifespan) Running…

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  • 2023-12-14 Linux
    Limit proxmox backup disk speed

    nano /etc/vzdump.conf add bwlimit: 12207 save This will limit read/write speed to 12 MiB/s during backup  

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  • 2021-12-05 Linux
    IP Tunnel (GRE) in LXC proxmox Container

    After container is created, you need to edit the configuration file to add the /dev/net/tun device. # pct config 123 arch: amd64 hostname: CT123 memory: 512 net0: name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,hwaddr=FE:75:64:2A:A3:58,ip=dhcp,type=veth ostype: debian rootfs: local-lvm:vm-123-disk-0,size=4G features: nesting=1 swap: 512 unprivileged: 1 # nano /etc/pve/lxc/123.conf Add the following lines at the end (if you're using PVE < 7.0, change…

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  • 2021-11-30 Linux
    WireGuard in Proxmox LXC

    in Proxmox Host: apt update apt install pve-headers nano /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main Save. apt update apt install -t buster-backports wireguard-dkms modprobe wireguard echo "wireguard" >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf In LXC Container: apt install wireguard or use piVPN curl -L https://install.pivpn.io | bash

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