Rebuilding a Lost UniFi Controller With NetBox
My UniFi controller was gone. How I pulled the config back out of the devices, rebuilt it through the API and made NetBox the source of truth for the whole lab.
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My UniFi controller was gone. How I pulled the config back out of the devices, rebuilt it through the API and made NetBox the source of truth for the whole lab.
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Three Lenovo M720q nodes from bare metal to a Proxmox cluster with Ceph, backups and Let's Encrypt certificates, installed entirely through a KVM over IP.
Hands-on with the GL.iNet Comet X, the four-port KVM over IP that installed my Proxmox cluster without a monitor: unboxing, rack mount, setup, gotchas.
The parts and build for my Proxmox cluster: three M720q Tiny PCs with dual 10GbE, a DeskPi RackMate T1 Plus, 10GbE switch and PDU, plus one build-order lesson.
The Cudy TR3000 is a pocket OpenWrt travel router with a 2.5GbE WAN port and a built-in VPN client. Unboxing, setup, CloudConnexa VPN, and what I would improve.
A home NAS from recycled parts and Fygo OS: the hardware, the four jobs it has to do, the permission gotcha that hides your media, and the free tier.
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I Built a Proxmox Cluster Without Plugging In a Monitor
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