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Providers using Proxmox
SolidxGaming
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What do providers using Proxmox use to assign IPs since Proxmox doesn't come with any inbuilt DHCP server.
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We use our own DHCP which works great with all kind of our servers.
How do you handle reinstalls?
PXE is your best choice, but for privat use I would easily create a VM as Image and create a copy if you need another Server.
I'd also advise using PXE. The template based system is meh. With DHCP to handle IPs.
Contabo also uses proxmox if im not mistaken x)
You can just use Cloud-init or DHCP they are good!
We're using Proxmox in internal clusters with cloud-init and in-house developed metadata server and DHCP server. They're written in Golang but I want to try Rust if possible.
What do you mean by metadata server? Thanks.
Have you take a look to Cloud-Init available from Proxmox 5.2?
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cloud-Init_Support
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cloud-Init_FAQ
Yeah I did, but I wanted something that can work in ISO installs as well :P
If I remeber correctly, @SolidxGaming is also looking for an IP management, which a DHCP would have.
I kinda figured out the DHCP part, just trying to figure out a way to reinstall operating systems quickly.
We're using cloud-init for VM provisioning.
You can check this document: https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/datasources/openstack.html