I wanted to be able to organize my virtual machines in folders, as you can in ESXi.

A folder for templates, one for an Openshift install, or any older project I might be working on at that time.

In Proxmox, there is an indirect way of accomplishing this by creating Pools, then adding the virtual machine(s) to that …

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I have a huge sweet tooth, but I've always found that traditional buttercream frosting is tooth achingly sweet.

I searched for a frosting recipe that met these requirements:

1. Wasn't overly sweet, which eliminated traditional buttercream frosting.

2. Held up well after 24 hours, and to stacking multiple cake layers, …

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Ubuntu Server to Proxmox

I recently switched from an Ubuntu server for my home lab usage to Proxmox.

I found myself spending more time administering the server than using the server for home lab testing.

A few years back, I switched from TrueNAS to just an Ubuntu Server, as TrueNAS was overkill, and had enough of their …

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Hugo posts with a Table of Contents

For some of my lengthier posts, a table of contents (TOC) would help with reading the post, and especially when going over certain parts of the posts.

A good example is the original 'Wireguard VPN access' post I made (https://www.nodinrogers.com/post/2022-01-01-wireguard ), which had …

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One of the (few) things I liked about using Windows in the lab was being able to use bginfo to show basic host information as the background.

For my lab machines, I like being able to see basic information, without a resource-heavy application doing the display.

Conky meets that need.

Highly configurable, with a lot of …

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I have a few virtual machine deployed on in my home lab, and my general OS of choice is Ubuntu Mate.

Not as barebones basic as XFCE4, and not as resource-intensive as Gnome3 or KDE.

One of the first things I do after rolling out a virtual machine is to disable the screensaver and lock screen on any OS.

On Ubuntu Mate, …

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