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Proxmox PVE Host Config Backup Script

This script can be used to backup essential configuration files from the Proxmox Virtual Enivronment (PVE) host.

The script will create backups using tar with specified backup prefix and date and time stamp in the file name. Script will also delete backups that are older then number of days specified.

Create backup script file

To create backup script that will be executed every day we can create backup script in /etc/cron.daily/ folder. We need to make it writeable by root (creator) only, but readable and executable by everyone:

touch /etc/cron.daily/pvehost-backup

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Backup a Raspberry Pi to Proxmox Backup Server using the Proxmox Backup Client

This works on a Pi 4, and should work on a Pi 3, but to work on a Pi Zero you would have to figure out how to compile your own client. More info in this thread on the Proxmox forums.

Determine if your Pi is 32bit or 64bit

Run the following command. If you get arm64, it's 64bit, otherwise you'll see armv7l which is 32bit.

uname -m

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WARNING MAY BE INCORRECT AND INCOMPLETE, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Install Proxmox, RancherOS, in a VM with Rancher 2.0 and Portainer

Setup Proxmox

1. Install Proxmox 5.3
2. Console/SSH into Proxmox
3. nano /etc/apt/sources.list
4. edit the file to look like this

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#!/bin/bash

cat > /usr/local/etc/pf-nat.conf << EOF
nat on en0 from vnic1:network to any -> (en0)
EOF

sudo pfctl -d
sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
sudo pfctl -f /usr/local/etc/pf-nat.conf -e

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Self Hosted Nightscout Instance

This document describes making a self hosted nightscout instance, with SSL encryption and certificate with Let's Encrypt.

Ubuntu Machine

Make a fresh instance of Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS as a VM or on a physical machine Download from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server/thank-you?version=16.04.1&architecture=amd64

VIrtual machine host options :

1. Virtualbox - https://www.virtualbox.org/