with the demise of ESXi, I am looking for alternatives. Currently I have PfSense virtualized on four physical NICs, a bunch of virtual ones, and it works great. Does Proxmox do this with anything like the ease of ESXi? Any other ideas?

  • tofubl@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Very informative, thank you.

    I am generally very comfortable with Linux, but somehow this seems intimidating.

    Although I guess I’m not using proxmox for anything other than managing VMs, network bridges and backups. Well, and for the feeling of using something that was set up by people who know what they’re doing and not hacked together by me until it worked…

      • tofubl@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Okay, I think I found a bit of a catch with Incus or LXD. I want a solution with a web UI, and while Incus has one, it seems to have access control either browser certificate based or with a central auth server. Neither are a good solution for me - I would much prefer regular user auth with the option to use an auth server at some point (but I don’t want to take all of this on all at once.)

        I hope it’s okay that I keep coming back to you with these questions. You seem to be a strong Incus-evangelist. :)

        I guess I could only expose the web UI on localhost and create an SSH tunnel in order to use it…? Not so good on mobile though, which is the strongest reason for a webui.

          • tofubl@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Thanks for your patience. I appreciate it and I’m learning a lot. 🙏

            There’s a chance yet!

            edit: That actually seems simple enough and should integrate nicely with the rest of my network. Cool!