Lately we've setup a new Proxmox 4.4 Server. For this we upgraded our former ESXi 5.5 Host with more RAM, a RAID-10 Array (from RAID-1 w. Hot-Spare) and two Dual-Port 1Gbit/s NICs (therefore 4x 1Gbit/s in 2 PCIe Cards with Intel I350 Chipset) from two Single-Port…
Migrate VMWare ESXi Virtual Machines to Proxmox KVM with LVM-Thin Logical Volumes
Recently we decided to move away from VMWare ESXi because we want to scale out but don't want to buy expensive licenses just for virtualization. We evaluated different solutions and got stuck with Proxmox and it's KVM virtualization. We have always used Debian-based VMs so KVM was a logical decision.…
Securing and Customizing Filecloud Server and Clients
Update 2017-06-15: The configuration parameters below still work with the latest Sync Clients in v15.x (tested on macOS and Windows). Sadly, the default is still TLSv1 and not configurable in the UI or even better chosen automatically upon the first connection attempt to the server. This is more or…
Monitoring RAID on Sophos UTM Hot-Standby Clusters with Dell PERC/LSI MegaRAID Controllers
This is a somewhat special post this time for a somewhat narrow audience but my intention was splitted into creating a reminder for myself and to show how you can even monitor things that are normally closed for manual configurations like the Sophos UTM and to generally show you how…
Run a NTP server for the pool.ntp.org project with Debian
Update 2: I've changed the 5 source servers to 3 other's that are on the same continent as our NTP Server so the offset and jitter are much better. This helped this server to be more "stable". The server now uses clock.isc.org, clock.uregina.ca and subitaneous.cpsc.…
Introduction on how to use shellcheck and bashate with Travis-CI
Introduction Some time ago i've written about test-driven development, or TDD, for shell scripts using shunit2 and Travis-CI. This time i want to show you how you can further enhance your shell script testing capabilities with two useful tools for static analysis and style checking. TL;DR For anyone who…
Remove Proxmox 4.2 “No Valid Subscription” message
Update #2 (2017-04-03): janus57, Michael S. and Marcel G. pointed out, that there are new ways to disable the message. First by still modifying appropriate files - see in the first Link to the Comments - which i've tested by myself on a new 4.4-13 or by leading Proxmox…
Configuring IPv6 with Sophos UTM 9 and KabelDeutschland
With almost every private customer contract from KabelDeutschland (KD) you'll get DS-Lite with a Carrier-grade IPv4 NAT and an IPv6 Prefix routed to your very own IPv6 Gateway - in most cases this is just your cable modem or router. I'am using a Sophos UTM - formerly known as Astaro…
gokeepasslib - Reading a Keepass 2 file with Go
One can certainly argue about the security of Keepass. I for one am currently using it to store my passwords, mainly because I do not necessarily trust any web service to handle my passwords. At least with Keepass I can make sure that my file only goes to places where…
The Go Challenge - a fun way to learn and improve
There are many ways to learn a language and to improve your skills in it. Some gophers came up with the Go Challenge, a coding contest in which you have to solve an exercise using Go and send in your solution. All solutions will be reviewed and the best can…