@modeh We should talk - I am using Proxmox and #openwrt. I am setting up a dmz for publoc services with external ports exposed. (but failing)

@modeh Id love to meet others who are just starting out with Proxmox and do some casual video calls/chats European tomezones to learn together /try stuff out.

@modeh Certainly no expert but would starting with setting up some cloudint image templates be somewhere in there?

@JeanValjean I am not in a position to judge but Id be interested to hear comments on this position.

From the Proxmox Discussion Forum

Linux Containers (= LXCs) and docker containers are something completely different. LXCs are system containers. These contain a full OS except for the kernel which is shared with the host. You will have to administrate them like you would do it with a VM.
Docker containers are application containers where you containerize a single appliance. You don’t individualize/upgrade them. You just throw them away and create a new one. So you are quite limited what you can do with them, as all you can configure is what the container creator wants you to be able to change.

So if you want a service as secure and independent as possible, or if you want to use Win/Mac/FreeBSD, use a VM.
If you want something like a VM running Linux, but you want less overhead, at the cost of security, use a LXC.
If you just want to run some services but you don’t want to invest time on learning how they work or administrating them, then running a VM with docker would be a good choice.

@sem @portnull The one you want to use as an exit node is a commercial vpn provider right?

whatever you want - its pretty much achievable with openwrt, wireguard and some routing (maybe using policy based routing)

Bonus there is a wireguard client app for android that automatically switches off the tunnel back to your home server if you are on its Lan. Its called WG Wireguard.

@Creat @JeanValjean Alot of apps seem to come with Docker images - can you use those with Podman?

@Vendetta9076 @JeanValjean I happened to be searching on running docker inside lxc today. There were quite a few suggestions on configs to make them not go kurplunk. I think i might follow them…

@tofu Yes looking at some …

@koala Quisas esta bajando por el verano. Muchos grupos tomar un descanso en agosto. (Mi clase del castellano por ejempo).

@frongt Yeah. i like aking for advice but some of the joy is the discovery and figuring out things. its a.balance right? I get heaps of support online but working something out by talking with someone can be fun.

@portnull I’m basically doing that with #Openwrt and #Policybaserouting - I’ve got different wifi ssIds that each have a different default gateway routed via different remote Openwrt routers - I can’t say that I have it perfectly configured yet but it works. Internal traffic is routed across the VPNs depending on where the device is located so my server in one location is accessible from computers in the other two locations.

@suzune @tuxec Its quite good. You can copy over all your account configurations from the Desktop app.

@Godnroc @Natal Something like this that you could flash a custom ROM on?
a.aliexpress.com/_EumxSoE

@warmaster I was just agreeding and suggesting that their monetisation strategy is licencing hence the reason for improvements for Enterprise clusters rather than focusing on Self Hosting is the money.

@warmaster @Shimitar Their licencing suggests they are targetting larger infra.

@catloaf This I need to learn more about. In terms of managing networks/routing how would that work - Use #openwrt in a container?

@bizdelnick Oh I love Openwrt andnfor router functionality its great. But I am trying to have my cake and eat it by seeing what applications I could also selfhost on the box as well. e.g. anything such as email, file sharing, activitypub server or homeassistant

@poVoq Yeah I was thinking that the overhead of a Hypervisor was a bit much hence something that is a bit more lightweight.

@rikudou Its open source. The owner will die … the software can live forever.

@KazuchijouNo Just install something like WordPress which generates RSS of posts automatically. Bonus you can add the Activitypub plug in and syndicate your content with Mastodon etc.