What's everyone's server naming scheme?
Proxmox1-n
[Servicename]-ctr for containers
[OS/arch]-dev dev vms
That's about it.
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I name everything after celestial objects. Stars, galaxies, constellations, and nebula are all good sources of names. Not the ones with the random number names, stuff like Andromeda and Sirius
Hey I'm kinda struggling to get my stuff self hosted. I set proxmox up and now I don't know what to do with it :D. Any suggestions?
Soooo, proxmox is just the base of the ecosystem, it allows you to load a bunch of containers and virtual machines.
If you're not sure what you want yo host check this page out.
https://www.turnkeylinux.org/lxc
They have a bunch of container templates that are ready to host.
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