My last post detailed all the hardware I am running, so this post will list all the software that I run in VM's and containers. All of the following are virtual machines running on top of ESXi 7.0 U3 on three hosts. All containers are run within Virtual Machines.

Last time I posted a full writeup on my lab (The before before this) there was a lot of questions on what exactly I was running at home. So here is a full writeup on everything I am running, and how you can run it too

    • GiantPossum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Interesting, I’ll admit its been a little while since I went in there. My main concern was the ability to upload files. Text I don’t care about too much, but when random people start uploading files, thats a problem

  • Octavius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    With this amount of servers it seems to be quite a job running and managing all of these. I am running just a few containers and struggle sometimes when there is a major version upgrade to get everything back up running.

    How much time do you spend on maintenance for these machines and do you have a tool for it or is it just plain command line? 😯

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Monitoring is the key. I use Zabbix, but essentially you want to gather metrics and report on issues.

      Once things are set up and working, even with 10s of VMs and applications, it’s quite reliable. The biggest things that catch you out are updates breaking functionality, updates requiring additional manual steps, running out of disk space or expired certificates.

      I find I get a spurt of energy to recreate or implement a new system every few months but things just tick over in the meantime.

    • GiantPossum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Not really, I just update containers via Portainer and update the OS with a bash script. Once every few weeks I just roll through them all, only takes 30 mins at most

      • ZuriMuri@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        For automated container updates I can highly recommend watchtower. It also works with updates for specific releases/versions where you’re not using the :latest tag. It was also relatively easy to configure for my small setup of 15 containers.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    2 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 11 acronyms.

    [Thread #98 for this sub, first seen 31st Aug 2023, 13:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • herrfrutti@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Very nice write up. Thank you for sharing. One thing I like to add.

    I’ve personally moved away from nginx proxy manager, because I read an article that it has some vulnerability that don’t get fixed in time. Also there are a ton of issues open on git hub. So I move to caddy, witch also is super easy to set up.

  • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    That is quite an extensive network you got there at home.

    Lots of servers, VM’s and docker containers working together.

    Mine is just 1 small server with a bunch of docker containers running.