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    Is there some standard procedure to retrofit cloud-init on an existing VM?

    I have a VM with a lot of custom configurations I want to turn into a template with cloud-init configuration. Is that possible or permissible? If it is are there some start up time settings or scripts I have to disable initially to allow the cloud-init do its thing, like some crontab or...
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    systemd starts zfs-import-cache before al Harddisks are "online" after reboot

    Hallo zusammen, ich brauche mal eure Hilfe. Ich habe hier einenn Proxmox HA Cluster (backup), wo der zfs-import-cache vom systemd gestartet wird, bevor alle Festplatten "online" sind, was einen neustart der Maschine erfordert. Bisher haben wir das so gelöst, daß wir nach dem Reboot folgende...
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    [SOLVED] sshd refuses to start on LXC Ubuntu 23.10 after updating openssh-server

    Hello, thought I'd post my findings as I have no clue whatsoever why this happened. I eventually found the solution through google and a bit of trial and error. Problem: After apt -y upgrade the systemd service sshd.service shows an error starting and sshd is non-functional. Manually running...
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    [SOLVED] WARN: old systemd (< v232) detected, container won't run in a pure cgroupv2 environment! after modifying systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0

    Hello folks, I just installed Proxmox VE 8.2.4 on 2 machines and set them in a cluster: Machine 1: EXT4 configuration - Mini pc: 4 x Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz (1 Socket | 8GB RAM | SSD M2 240GB + SATA3 480GB in EXT4 configuration Machine 2: ZFS-RAID1 - Mini pc: 8 x Intel(R)...
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    How to automatically import a ZFS pool with ALTROOT?

    Hi everyone, I have a Proxmox setup which automatically imports the default created ZFS root pool and makes it available as /rpool. That works because a cachefile is used and there's a systemd service importing all pools part of that cachefile. Though, I have one additional pool which I would...
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    [TUTORIAL] Automate IP routing at power outings/reboot for lxc

    Prologue I googled a lot, and, there are so many scattered solutions that are poorly explained because everyone assumes that you are a linux expert. The problem Some of the inconveniences that I had, with lxc running with vpn network interface, is that you cannot access your service because you...
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    TASK ERROR: timeout waiting on systemd

    Hi, dear, I recently faced a big problem in a Proxmox 8 cluster. It all started when a Windows VM wouldn't start and displayed the following error in the task log: TASK ERROR: timeout waiting on systemd In some research on Proxmox forums, some reported that restarting the host solved the...
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    LXC Debian 12 brand new, issue with systemd-networkd-wait-online and APT

    Hi, I've created a brand new Debian 12 LXC from the official template on my Proxmox 8 server. I've installed logcheck on the LXC as I usually do. Thanks to that I've noticed that APT "cron" tasks are having some problem with systemd-networkd-wait-online. I've quoted "cron" because I think those...
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    LXCs show failed systemd service: sys-kernel-config.mount: Why

    Hello all, I run PVE 7.4-3 and use LXC containers. All containers show the systemd-service sys-kernel-config.mount as failed. They show no problems in practice, so I wonder if I should just diable this service. Any thoughts ? norbert@media-server:~$ sudo systemctl UNIT...
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    [SOLVED] SDN broken after underlying network change

    We ran into a very nasty issue a few days ago. Background: Systemd generates ridiculously long interface names (see https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/udev/systemd.link.5.en.html and referenced here https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkInterfaceNames#CUSTOM_SCHEMES_USING_.LINK_FILES) like...
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    mount ceph-fuse via systemd

    Hi, I want to mount a Ceph-FS via Systemd. with the default service template it didn´t start so I made an Override GNU nano 5.4 /etc/systemd/system/ceph-fuse@-mnt-ceph.service.d/.#override.conf4df7857ee6ef3e15...
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    systemd 100% CPU and zombie processes

    Hello - we have a number of standalone PVE and also some clusters - all running various different versions of PVE 7 pve-manager/7.3-4/d69b70d4 pve-manager/7.2-11/b76d3178 would be 2 examples. Last night after pveupdate ran all the systems are pretty locked up with sbin/init churning through...
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    Enable Core Dumps in Proxmox Containers?

    My PHP-FPM services are constantly crashing in my Containers. The PHP and syslogs aren't giving much insight, so I'm looking to enable core dumps inside the container itself. The Enable Core Dump systemd instructions on the wiki work fine for the host, but I need to produce and grab the core...
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    [SOLVED] "qm start 100" from a bash script

    Hello there, I've moved my SR-IOV start-up script out of a systemd unit and into a shell script invoked by a systemd unit after multi-user.target is reached. I did this as, at least on the 5.19 kernel, pve-guests.service seems to reset my NIC, or at least does something that causes SR-IOV to be...
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    systemd warning

    When I backup my containers and vms, I see the following warning message INFO: restarting vm WARN: old systemd (< v232) detected, container won't run in a pure cgroupv2 environment! Please see documentation -> container -> cgroup version. INFO: guest is online again after 163 seconds INFO...
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    Can i run Debian 8 LXC on Proxmox 7?

    Hello, i have some LXC debian 8 container on a Proxmox 6 cluster.. now i'm planning an upgrade to proxmox7, but i have read about cgroupv2 support only systemd version 231. (debian 8 has Systemd Version: 215..) Unfortunately we can't upgrade to Debian 9 .. Some ideas ? Thanks!
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    [SOLVED] Systemd dependencies for mail forwarding

    Piggy-backing off this thread: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/pvemailforward-loses-emails-if-mail-server-is-not-available.108893/post-495825 How should I set up the dependencies for a systemd service to ensure mail delivery during startup & shutdown of the system? From the thread linked...
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    [SOLVED] Ubuntu 22 VM in Proxmox - systemd-udevd: 154 blocked

    Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie to Proxmox, so please be patient. I'm trying to install an Ubuntu VM, but after handing on a black screen with a blinking cursor for 5 minutes, I have this error. I do get to the GNU GRUB bootloader where I select "Try or Install Ubuntu". But then the above happens...
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    [SOLVED] Passthrough USB device causes proxmox problems, time out waiting on systemd

    Proxmox Version: 7.1-11 Kernel: Linux 5.13.19-6-pve #1 SMP PVE 5.13.19-14 CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G I have a virtual machine for Plex, I want to pass through a USB TV tuner to the VM. I'm doing this by adding the USB device in the hardware section, using the USB Ven/Dev ID. When I attach the...
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    debian lxc - screen killed out logout

    So I've been struggling with this for a few hours and everything I've found online leads to huge arguments about how systemd (back in 2016?) changed a default to kill all user processes on logout. Well that sounds ok, but it kills things like screen. screen has been used for many many years...

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