Home Assistant on Proxmox with ZFS

Home Assistant is only provided as qcow2, but it is easy to convert it to a ZVOL. Let's directly start. Creating a temporary local dir storage We will later attach the normal qcow2 storage to convert it afterwards. Proxmox does not come any more with a default storage…

Tunneling Traffic of Containers Through a VPN

In a previous post I described how to route traffic for a single Linux user through a VPN. For containers, the process is much simpler. To begin, create a docker-compose file (or a Portainer stack). This should include the containers you wish to protect, as well as a container connecting…

From Plesk to Containers: Pterodactyl on Docker

Back in the day, Plesk was the go-to platform for many developers and administrators who wanted to manage their web services in an intuitive manner. Today with the advent of container technology, I have completely transitioned from Plesk to a container-centric setup. In sync with this evolution, Pterodactyl now offers…

Tunneling traffic just for one Linux system user through a VPN

Namespaces One Open-Source software to easily to the job: https://github.com/slingamn/namespaced-openvpn It can be even used with systemd (source): Before=systemd-user-sessions.service After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target Documentation=https://github.com/slingamn/namespaced-openvpn [Service] Type=notify WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/namespaced-openvpn --namespace %i…

Monoblock Klimaanlage: Umrüstung auf Zweischlauch?

In Wien wird die Hitze immer unerträglicher (besonders Extreme nehmen zu). Nicht umsonst plant eine hohe Anzahl den Kauf von Geräten (siehe kurier Artikel). Alle neuen Monoblockgeräte werden nur mit einem ausgehendem Schlauch verkauft. (Ältere- und Industriegeräte mit zwei Schläuchen werden noch verkauft.). Im Internet findet man jede Menge Erfahrungsberichte…

Gastherme mit Homematic IP und CCU ansteuern

Bei klassischen Altbauten hat man meist ein Raumthermostat (zB im Wohnzimmer), sowie einfache Ventile an den Heizungen. Das Raumthermostat steuert, ob die Gastherme Heizwasser liefert. Wenn man nun nur im Schlafzimmer heizen will, so muss man das Raumthermostat hochdrehen, die Ventile im Wohnzimmer alle zudrehen und die Ventile im Schlafzimmer…

Installing Pterodactyl for Plesk

Pterodactyl is a software for managing game servers. As it’s still in development, installing it in some environments is not straight-forward. You should read the official docs along. The guide is written for Plesk with CentOS but could be helpful for other panel users like cPanel too. Originally published…