Homelab & Vietnam
Homelab, Proxmox, self-hosting — what broke, and what actually fixed it.
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Snapshots can make Proxmox VMs drop the TSC clocksource with that skew error. Here's the fix: switch to a paravirtual clock or pin the TSC.
Proxmox container no internet? Work from the host outward: check the bridge, then the CT's network config, then DNS.
Getting 'mkdir /mnt/vzsnap0: Permission denied' on Proxmox container backups? The problem isn't /mnt permissions—it's your storage not supporting
Jellyfin showing a picture of Dutch keyboardist Jacques Ogg for your Ogg Vorbis files? It's a metadata matching bug. Here's the fix that actually works.
The PVE cluster can connect to NFS via the dashboard on the frontend but fails from the backend? It's a routing issue. Here's the interface fix.
EDID has corrupt header on Proxmox is usually harmless, but the log spam is annoying. Here's the kernel parameter to suppress it and when to worry.
Self-hosting business process automation software like n8n means zero licence fees but real costs in upgrades, backups, and midnight pages. Here's the ledger.
Changing VMID of a VM in Proxmox? Backup/restore is the safe way, but config edit works if you know the snapshot and symlink gotchas. Here's both.
Unprivileged containers break when files are owned by UIDs above 65536. Remap the range in the container config and chown the data — here's the exact fix.
PXE booting Proxmox but the installer can't find the ISO? It's usually the NFS export or the rootwait kernel param. Here's the fix.
