Debugging Proxmox VE Firewall Dropping TCP Reset Packets

A few days back when I was setting up a new VM to host some extra websites, I noticed an unexpected Nginx error page. As I don’t administer the new websites, I just added reverse proxy rules on the...

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Prolonging eMMC Life Span with Proxmox VE

Since my blog on installing Proxmox VE on eMMC, there’s been a lot of discussion over the Internet on this. I suspect that Proxmox decided not to include eMMCs in their hardware options by design, ...

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Centralized Linux authentication with OpenLDAP

LDAP, the #1 way to get your graduation delayed (as has always been the meme around Tsinghua University), is every SysAdmin’s dream tool for their servers. As mighty as its rumors fly, LDAP takes t...

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Install Proxmox VE on eMMC

Recently I bought a mini PC looking forward to setting up a home router. It started quite well except the specs were higher than I anticipated. 8 GB RAM plus 128 GB eMMC - too much waste for “just ...

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Reinstall Windows VPS into Linux with iPXE network boot

This November I found a discount from one of my favorite VPS providers, NETfront. They offered Linux VPS with 2 vCPUs and 2 GB RAM at HK$56/mo, and also Windows VPS with 4 vCPUs and 4 GB RAM at HK$...

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