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27 August 2025
Efficient Storage Automation in Proxmox with the proxmox_storage Module
Efficient Storage Automation in Proxmox with the proxmox_storage Module Managing various storage systems in Proxmox environments often involves recurring tasks. Whether it’s creating new storage, connecting NFS, CIFS shares, iSCSI, or integrating more complex backends like CephFS or Proxmox Backup Server, in larger environments with multiple nodes or entire clusters, this can quickly become time-consuming, […]
21 July 2025
Automated Proxmox Subscription Handling with Ansible
Automated Proxmox Subscription Handling with Ansible When deploying Proxmox VE in enterprise environments, whether for new locations, expanding existing clusters, or migrating from platforms like VMware, automation becomes essential. These scenarios typically involve rolling out dozens or even hundreds of nodes across multiple sites. Manually activating subscriptions through the Proxmox web interface is not practical […]
23 June 2025
Efficient Proxmox Cluster Deployment through Automation with Ansible and the proxmox_cluster Module
Efficient Proxmox Cluster Deployment through Automation with Ansible Manually setting up and managing servers is usually time-consuming, error-prone, and difficult to scale. This becomes especially evident during large-scale rollouts, when building complex infrastructures, or during the migration from other virtualization environments. In such cases, traditional manual processes quickly reach their limits. Consistent automation offers an […]
30 May 2025
Puppet Custom Types and Providers
Introduction Puppet is a software configuration management solution to manage IT infrastructure. One of the first things to be learnt about Puppet is its domain-specific language – the Puppet-DSL – and the concepts that come with it. Users can organize their code in classes and modules and use pre-defined resource types to manage resources like […]
19 March 2025
Using FreeIPA and Certmonger with EC Keys
Overview Infrastructures that offer services via TLS often require an automated mechanism for the regular exchange of certificates. This can be achieved, among other things, by using Certmonger and FreeIPA. By default, a FreeIPA server is configured to create certificates using a profile with RSA keys. However, if cryptographic requirements exist that, for example, necessitate […]