Which apps for Lemmy have a form of karma.

Voyager, for example, tracks how much you have upvoted or downvoted each user, which is so highly localized I can’t consider it a karma system.

The person you replied to is probably mad because they get down voted a lot for being shitty.

Probably any with tags is what they mean, considering I have them tagged as a transphobe, I’m sure lots of people have.

LXC is more focused on the OS than the application, where docker is more focused in the application. In general, I don’t recommend piping to bash, but take a look here for some lxc build scripts:

https://community-scripts.github.io/ProxmoxVE/

And you can still run docker with proxmox. You can make a VM and put docker in it, or you can run it in an LXC.

Regarding VMs, that’s purely an example of how I am doing things, and only for specific things. I start and stop VMs because I’m passing specific hardware (a discrete GPU) to the VM, its not a shared resource in this case. I’m not making a virt GPU, the VM gets to use the quadro that’s in there directly. I have other VMs (HomeAssistantOS for example) that run all the time.

LXC can be used to share resources with a host. VMs can be used to dedicate resources. LXCs are semi-isolated, and a VM is fully isolated.

My example of the iGPU/dGPU is because of my use cases, nothing more.

Clustering is easy and can be done over time. Your new host needs to join the existing server before adding any VMs or LXCs, that’s about it. A good overview of how to do it is here:

https://www.wundertech.net/how-to-set-up-a-cluster-in-proxmox/

My setup doesnt matter, I don’t use Unifi for my main home infra.

You can use the Unifi device itself. Teleport is just a single click Wireguard service, with no need for port forwarding or additional configuration.

Last I saw it, you can export the config from the browser for use with client devices, you can use that with wireguard tunnel and set it as always on.

I am, though I’m not using unifi.

Teleport is just Wireguard with unifi stacked on top. You can just export the config and its literally a Wireguard connection. Unifi Teleport is just using their online services to replace a step.

But teleport (which is Wireguard under the hood) is not meant for an always-on connection, its meant for ad-hoc connections.

So if you want always on, export the config and run it as a Wireguard tunnel. Its exactly the same service, running on exactly the same device, without using wifiman and allowing for an always on VPN.

If you want it to run all the time, I’d export the config file and use Wireguard tunnel rather than wifiman for teleport.

VPN only access for just you is a perfectly appropriate solution.

Unifi teleport is a Wireguard VPN.

If you want to access your internal devices/services from elsewhere, and dont require public internet access, yes, this is perfectly fine.

Traefik (and other proxy tools) are generally used for public internet based access, not VPN.

Yeah everything is a player (including the piano), and aside from the instruments themselves there are hundreds of rolls - originals (which my kids saw how they are made with an old Mr. Rogers episode I put on for them), customs my FIL made of his own music, and some modern pop we’ve picked up for them.

And yep, AMICA is a great option, my FIL is a member still I think. We are definitely going to take at least one of them, I have a feeling it will be the big pneumatic upright. Which I’m prepping a controller conversion for to allow him to do midi with it to test playback before making a new roll. The controls all work but I need to replace one of the relays…

And now you know why that’s the one we’ll likely end up taking (and its also one of the bigger ones).

Now that’s the kind of thing my wife would love to have. Maybe at some point we’ll take away someone else’s space occupier.

We’ve got a few pieces of furniture, the one in really not looking forward to is the musical instruments. We’re talking full grand piano, player piano, pneumatic uprights, etc. They are huge. There is no way my wife won’t want at least one, and I’m probably the only one who knows how to do the maintenance despite it being her parents stuff and she has a few siblings.

Depends on what youre using it for, though I don’t like external drives in general for anything I want stability for.

I have a NAS for my media storage (and backup NAS for that media plus another for miscellaneous), so the only thing on the drives in those machines are the VMs and LXCs themselves.

No worries

Like I said, I generally prefer lxc. LXC and docker aren’t too far off specifically in that both are container solutions, but the approach is a bit different. Docker is more focused on the application, while lxc is more about creating an isolated container of Linux that can run apps. If that makes sense.

LXC is really lightweight, but the main reason I like it is the security approach. While docker is more about running as a low privileged user, the lxc approach is a completely unprivileged container - its isolating at the system level rather than the app level.

The nice thing about a bare metal hypervisor like proxmox is that there isnt just one way to do things. I have a few tools that are docker containers that I run, mostly because they are packaged that way and I dont want to have to build them myself. So I have an lxc that runs docker. Mostly though, everything runs in an lxc, with few exceptions.

For example, I have a windows VM just for some specific industry applications. I turn on the VM then open remote desktop software, and since I’m passing the dGPU to the VM, I get all the acceleration I need. Specifically, when I need it - when I’m done I shut that VM off. Other VMs with similar purposes (but different builds) also share that dGPU.

Not Jellyfin though, that’s an lxc where I share access to my igpu - so the lxc gets all the acceleration, and I dont need to dedicate it to the task. Better yet, I actually have multiple JF instances (among a few other tools that use the iGPU) and they all get the same access while running simultaneously. Really, really handy.

Then there are other things I like as a VM that are always on, like HomeAssistant. I have a USB dongle I need to pass through (I’ll skip the overly complex setup I have with USB switching), and that takes no effort in virt. And if something goes wrong, it just starts on another machine. Or if I want to redistribute for some manual load balancing, or make some hardware upgrades, whatever. Add in ceph and clustering is just easy peasy IMO.

The main reason I use proxmox is its one interface for everything - access all forms of virt on the entire cluster from a single web interface. I get an extra layer of isolation for my docker containers, flexibility in deployment, and because its a cluster I can have a few machines go down and I’m still good to go. My only points of failure are the internet (but local still works fine) and power (but everything I “need” is on UPS anyway). Cluster is, in part, because I was sick of having things down because of an update and my wife being annoyed by it, once she got used to HA, media server, audiobook server, eBook server, music server (navidrome as well as JF, yes, excessive), so on.

Feel free to ask on any specifics

a shitty retail pharmacy

AKA pretty much every pharmacy these days, since these pharmacy companies are large enough to own the insurance companies.

What a fucking disgusting mess the US medical industry is.

I prefer lxc to docker in general, but that’s just a preference.

If you end up relying on it, you can expand your servers by adding another to the cluster, and easily support the more complex stuff without major changes.

The web interface is also extremely handy as is the CLI, and backups are easy. High utility for minimal effort.

Its also a lot easier to add a VM later if youre set up for it from the start IMO.

What exactly is proxmox?

Debian with a custom kernel, web interface, accompanying CLI tools in support of virtualization.

For one, I won’t touch Ubuntu for a server. Hard recommend against in all scenarios. Snap is a nightmare, both in use and security, and I have zero trust or faith in canonical at this point (as mentioned, I’m opinionated).

Debian itself is all I’ll use for a server, if I’m doing virt though I’d rather use proxmox to make management easier.

Business mini PCs with a decent amount of ram in them fit your use case well. And mine, which is why I have a bunch of them.

The only time ive seen heat be an issue is when they are stacked - to be clear, airflow on those is usually front to back, the problem is the chimney effect. Heat rises. So stacking can be a problem, but I just stick some thick nylon washers between, its worked quite well sticking them on a shelf in my rack. I generally put them in stacks of two, with two side by side, for a total of four per shelf.

You don’t need to do that right off though with just one.

If you do get a used one, look for units with 16 or more ram, or bump it to 32gb/64gb (model dependant) yourself. There is usually an unused m2 slot, great for a host os to live if you’ve got a spare (prices suck right now to buy), and typically there is a 2.5" data ssd though sometimes its mechanical or one of those hybrids. Useful storage, but use m2 if you can.

I prefer the Intel based units so I can use the igpu for general tasks, and if it has a dgpu (I have a few with a quadro in there) I use that for more dedicated transcoding tasks, or to pass through to a VM. For Jellyfin its using the igpu, no need to pass through if youre using an lxc for example.

Make sure to clean it out when you get it, and check how the fan is working. I’d pull the case, go into the bios, and manually change the fan speed. Make sure its working correctly, or replace it (pretty cheap, the last replacement I bought was ~$15). Any thermal paste in there is probably dried out, so replacing it isnt a bad idea either.

In terms of what to get, I’d lean towards 6th gen or newer intel cpu’s for most utility. One with a dgpu is handy obviously but not a requirement.

Personally I am a Debian guy for anything server. So I put Debian on, no DE, set up how I want. Then I convert to proxmox. If youre not overly specific about your setup (like most people, and how I should probably be but I’m too opinionated), you can just install proxmox.

Proxmox has no desktop environment. Its just a web GUI and the CLI, so once set up you can manage it entirely from another device. Mine connect to video switchers I have to spare, but you can just plug a monitor in temporarily if you need it.

Proxmox community scripts will show lots of options - I dont recommend running scripts off the internet though, but it will show you a lot of easy options for services.

Hope this helps!

Whatever i can get for cheap that’s not utter garbage. Usually that’s WD, I dont trust Seagate (yes, I had that 3TB drive. 5 of them to be specific).

And my enclosure of choice is whatever case will fit the shenanigans I want to put in, nothing specific. Well other than being rack mount or a case that fits neatly in my rack.

Personally I use NAS for a similar setup. Over 100TBs of storage, but kids movies (2.1TB) and TV (6.6TB) is just a small chunk of that.

… I could fill all 5.25* bay I have with DVD burners (some with lightscribe). I own five full tower cases.

MASS DUPLICATION

Card games is pretty much it for us. Though with 2 kids, events are generally out right now. Once they are a bit older that will probably change.

I used to self host a cards against humanity style game that was browser based, but cards are just easier. There are a few I think on the awesome self hosted list, like a mincraft clone and a scrabble one, so the games section there may be worth a look.

Unless the situation with the US and access for its citizens, which is the main driver being mentioned.