Building a Debian 13 LXC Template for Proxmox

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. ...

August 15, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Me

Nodered, Home Assistant and Tailscale

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: ...

July 15, 2025 · 7 min · 1415 words · Me

How to install Proxmox on a 2019 Macbook Pro

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. ...

February 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1300 words · Me