hey!

I have a Zimaboard and I currently have some containers running on it, namely Grafana, Pi Hole, Jellyfin, etc...

Since the beginning I wanted this server to be "replicable" so I went all in IaC: set up the server with Ansible and configured the Docker containers with Kamal.

Here is my problem: Kamal is not built exactly for this, it is tool for app deployment and with the new release, it forces all container to run in a custom docker network, which doesn't work for me since some of my containers like Homebridge require host network.

I think it's time to move away from Kamal but I really want to keep all in code as much as possible so I'm looking for a tool like Kamal, where I can define and configure containers programatically and run/update them from my personal computer.

I think the closes thing might be Docker Composer and create a context that points to my homeserver. Does that make sense? Are there any other tools?

I don't want to move to proxmox or portainer tho

So I'm looking for a cheap Switch, mostly to power devices like cameras APs and whatnot. I'd love 24+ ports, and like 10gb Uplink, 1gb data ports are fine.

I've seen a few that look to be aimed at security with FE ports with GB uplink that are fairly cheap, but most the cheap switches have only 1gb SFP uplink.

I'm currently considering an old Ubiquiti 48 port switch that's it a few dead banks (like 4 or 8 of the ports are dead) because I can pick it up for cheap.

so i plan on getting this rack https://a.co/d/367v0NW

i want put 2-3 pc builds in it and i want to put those pcs into 4u cases.

I'm not sure what 4u cases i should get and idk if i also need rails for those 4u cases.

any help would mean a lot since this is my first time building in a server rack and idk what im doing lol

I am looking for enterprise drives that I can use for unraid cache(mirrored zfs), I have found the Kingston DC600M for a good price but it seems too good to be true. I cant see any reason not to get them but it's priced much lower than other 8tb enterprise drives.

Like I think all the Q series chipsets do (right? or are there exception even to that? ) but also looking around I hear some other dell desktops or whatnot that dont have Q chipset mobo also support AMT with mesh commander.

Also do all NUCs support it and which other similar SoC or mini PCs do ? Do those chinese mini ones with N100 CPUs usually support it?

Hello, newbie question here, and sorry if it has been posted before. I am trying to use Nginx Proxy Manager to expose my jellyfin docker to the internet using Cloudflare. So far, I keep getting the 522: Connection timed-out error message on my website. When I disabled the proxy for the site on the Cloudfare website and left it on DNS only, `jellyfin.domain.xyz` will redirct to my router's homepage on my local network. However, outside of my network, I get the standard Connection_Timed_Out error. Any advice would be great. Thank you, and have a wonderful day.

Hi! I have a server with following spec:

Dell PowerEdge R430 2x 6C Xeon E5-2620 v3 2.4GHz 32GB 4xLFF 2x2.5" Server H730

I am planning of setting up a raid 1 with two 12 TB storage drives. I want to move my existing 12 TB:s storage drive(with data on it) from another server to the 430 and set up a raid 1together with an identical blank drive without losing the data from the first drive. Is this possible?

Have been thinking for a while what the best solution would be and looking for a little help to decide on which route to go.

Hard requirements - 3 Nodes, 3u, x64 (no arm/pi5) and low noise (~normal PC)
The Cluster will run Proxmox with only a k3s cluster (3 master, 3 worker with longhorn, low resource stuff) and two of them a PFsense firewall (with pcie quad 1G nic passed through)
so 8 VMs in the entire cluster

1. Idea
   Get three 1u Supermicro Chassis, put a low power ~200w flex psu, 3-4 Nocutua 40mm and asrock n100 microatx board with 32gb module memory in. For Storage use 2x 480gb intel dc in zfs raid1 for Proxmox + VM Disks and a higher endurance 1-2tb m2 ssd for longhorn. Two of them would get a intel quad Port 1g NIC passed to PFSense.
   My thoughts: I know 1u and quiet usually doesnt mix, but i am using those 40mm Noctuas already in some networking gear and they are perfectly silent, the n100 is also <10w and is even run passive in some systems, so the stock heatsink with 2-3 fans should be fine, i guess, what do you think?

2. Idea
   Get three N100 Mini PCs and 3dprint rackmounting.
   My thoughts: Should also work but the PFSense would need to use virtual adapters instead of pcie passed nic and i would need mini pcs with at least 3 network ports. Not really a fan of it tbh

3. Idea
   Three Zimaboards, similar setup to number 1, but way slower cpus and i would need to figure out a custom case / rack mount.

4. Idea
   Some Custom 3u Case that would fit three Micro or MiniATX Boards. I already looked through the usual vendors (alibaba) for weird niche cases but could only find 2 node 2u cases with two mini atx next to each other not three node designed.

What would you do?

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