SRE: Noun;

Building a Debian 13 (Trixie) LXC Template for Proxmox Debian 13 (trixie) was released, but (at least as of 2025-08-12) there isn’t a LXC template available for it on proxmox. I wanted a Debian 13 LXC container, so I made a template of my own. Install tooling We’re going to use Debian Appliance Builder to create a Debian 13 LXC template. First, install the tooling: apt update apt install -y dab wget Download Debian 13 configuration mkdir dab cd dab # Get the debian 13 dab configuration wget -O dab.conf "https://git.proxmox.com/?p=dab-pve-appliances.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian-13-trixie-std-64/dab.conf;hb=HEAD" # Get a Makefile to make builds easier wget -O Makefile "https://git.proxmox.com/?p=dab-pve-appliances.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian-13-trixie-std-64/Makefile;hb=HEAD" Build the template Now we can build a template. ...

Nodered, Home Assistant and Tailscale I’m moving my Home Assistant from a docker container to a proxmox VM running HAOS, and as part of that I’m moving Node-RED to its own container so I can move it to other proxmox hosts independently of HAOS. I’m setting up a new Node-RED instance as part of moving Home Assistant out of docker and onto an HAOS VM. My requirements were: Run Node-RED in a separate VM so I can move it to other proxmox hosts if there is resource contention or I need to fail over Proper SSL certificate Easy access via my tailnet Pre-requisites To follow these instructions, you will need: ...

Advice for New Neocaridina Keepers Here’s my advice for someone starting out with neocaridina shrimp. I don’t pretend to be an expert, but my colony is thriving so I’m doing something right. ...

It seems like everyone has their own recipe for home made food to feed their shrimp. Here’s mine. ...

Released ha-mqtt-discoverable 0.19.1 A lot of code cleanups Dependency updates Thanks for your contributions and maintenance work, @kratz00 What’s Changed MegaLinter: fix linter errors by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/323 Update Pydantic to version 2.10.6 by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/322 Update pyaml to version 25.1.0 by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/324 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/326 Miscellaneous fixes and improvements by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/325 ruff: Simplifying Python linter usage by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/327 SensorInfo: Add ‘suggested_display_precision’ (fixes #179) by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/328 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/330 Misc2 by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/329 Package Updates by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/334 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/336 Update ruff to version 0.11.4 by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/339 Update ruff to version 0.11.5 by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/340 Update pydantic to version 2.11.3 by @kratz00 in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/341 Update to v0.19.0 for release by @unixorn in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/342 Full Changelog: https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0 ...

Released version 1.5.0 of https://github.com/unixorn/lima-xbar-plugin lima-xbar-plugin works with both xbar and SwiftBar to add a macos menubar item to control your lima VMs and containers. Thanks to new contributors pythoninthegrass and deepjia.

Nanotank Setup Advice You’ve seen some nice videos on YouTube of small tanks with fresh water shrimp. Here are some tips on setting a shrimp tank up for yourself. ...

I recently replaced a 2019 Intel MacBook Pro with a M3 Macbook Air, so I decided to wipe the MBP and install proxmox on it. It wasn’t as straightforward as installing on non-Apple hardware, so I’m documenting what I had to do here. Note that this post only covers getting things working on a MacBook Pro - look at the many online tutorials for what you should do once your node is up and running. ...

Released ha-mqtt-discoverable v0.16.2 and ha-mqtt-discoverable-cli v0.16.2 What’s Changed Added missing last_reset to sensor for metering (electricity,gas, water etc.) by @unl0ck in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/286 New Contributors @unl0ck made their first contribution in https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable/pull/286

I run PiHole for ad-blocking on my home network. I’m an SRE in my day job, so of course I’m not running a single instance of something as important as DNS. I also don’t want to have to update things like local DNS entries or blocklists in multiple places, that will cause weird and annoying inconsistencies in my DNS. Enter orbital-sync. ...