[-] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

I'll check it out, thanks for the pointer!

26
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

For occasional torrent creation, qBittorrent has Tools > Torrent Creator, but suppose one has hundreds of folders from which to create individual torrents. A quick internet search yields forum posts from more than ten years ago mentioning dead projects. For example, this Reddit post from 2013 mentions qMakeTorrent, which is no longer maintained.

How are people doing this in 2025? I reckon one could write a bash or python script for this, but are there any user friendly tools out there that are built for this purpose and still actively maintained?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

That's what I thought—thanks for confirming my suspicion.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I was wondering if anyone would bring up Incus. I'm still pretty new to all this. From what I can tell, there seems to be a larger community around Proxmox, but I've seen enough mentions of Incus to pique my curiosity. I'll have to explore this some more. Thanks for mentioning it.

17
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

One has a folder of original content that they'd like to share/upload across the multiple private trackers that they're a member of. In qBittorrent, there's Tools > Torrent Creator, with various fields and a "Create Torrent" button. The "Tracker URLs" field accepts multiple URLs.

When creating the new torrent file(s), does one add the announce URLs for all their private trackers and then click Create Torrent (a single torrent file for all trackers), or is it best to only include one announce URL at a time (a separate torrent for each tracker)? Thanks.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Good point, thanks for clarifying that. I suppose the theft scenario is iffy, but it'll still help in case I ever sell (or junk) the disk.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

These notes are gold—thank you so much for sharing!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

You swapped the kernel? I guess I'll find out soon enough when I attempt my setup, but as I gather up the motivation to dive in, I'm assuming it will be as simple as installing a proxmox package or something. I guess I should re-read the guides. 🤣

That would be dope if you wouldn't mind sharing your notes. There's a decent amount of documentation out there already, but I often find it extremely valuable to read different people's perspectives from real life experience in addition to the official guides. No pressure. Either way, thanks for chiming in!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Good to know. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Peace of mind.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Thanks for the tip. I have no experience w/ ZFS, but I'll keep this in mind in case I go that route. Thank you!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Thanks, I'll look into dropbear. I've seen it mentioned in other posts, and with a quick search I found what appears to be a nice, solid guide: Full Disk Encryption Reboot with DropbearSSH. Thank you!

47
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Background: I'd like to turn an old personal laptop into a Jellyfin server so that I can stream media to my living room TV. I want to be able to expand what I use this server for over time. I'm leaning toward Proxmox as the OS so that I can spin up new containers for various services instead of installing a bunch of services on a base Debian install. I also want full disk encryption so that any data on the OS drive is less likely to be compromised by theft or Craigslist.

Question #1: I gather the general accepted approach for this is to first install Debian as a base w/ full disk encryption enabled and then install Proxmox on top because there is no option for full disk encryption in the native installer for Proxmox. Is this still the case?

Excerpt from this tutorial from November 2023 on the Proxmox Forum:

This tutorial deals with encryption of an existing installation. If you are starting fresh, my recommendation would be to install Debian with full disk encryption and then add Proxmox to it.

Excerpt from this post from February 2019 on the Level1Techs Forum:

The easiest way to do an encrypted Proxmox setup is to start with a minimal, vanilla Debian install. Set up the encrypted partition using the installer like you would with any other Debian system. Once installed, reboot. Then follow the guide for installing Proxmox on Debian.

Question #2: I don't mind entering the key manually whenever I reboot the server, but will I be able to unlock the server remotely? For example, suppose I'm tinkering in the web admin panel or an SSH session and I want/need to reboot—will I have to physically go over to the laptop and enter the key every time?

Also, I appreciate any other tips from the community to help me think about this in the right way. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Fear No Peer (FNP) is open for another 2 hours 50 minutes today.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/46041559

view more: next ›

barnaclebill

0 post score
0 comment score
joined 1 week ago