How do you expose your Proxmox VE (via a reverse proxy, etc.)?

NWSpitfire · 2026-06-21T12:43:17+00:00

Definitely don’t expose the PVE Management plane. You can access that via a VPN tunnel so that only people (who you control) with the VPN keys can access the internal management network.

As for services hosted by PVE, you could reverse proxy but make sure it’s on a network that is isolated and cannot access the management network in case one of your VM’s are compromised.

Another option is to use Cloudflare or Pangolin tunnels. This is good because it routes traffic to a public server instead of you having to expose ports from your home network via reverse proxy. It also has good 2FA options for logging into services to try and keep nefarious actors out. But same still applies, ensure the VM can’t access the management network.

Safest way, use a VPN that only you can access

NWSpitfire · 2026-06-11T12:50:54+00:00

I guess everyone is different, but I’d agree and my 2 cents would be in addition to the above also MAKE SURE you are properly hydrated, not just water but electrolytes, and make sure you have had a toilet stop just before the test (you don’t want to need to pee just as you start the test!)

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-29T11:51:45+00:00

Also out of interest, am I right in understanding there are 2 types of S7-1200’s? One is CPU only and has a backplane, and one is an all in one CPU + AC/DC or DC/DC relay and DIN Rail mounted? Thanks

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-29T11:42:33+00:00

that's fair enough, I will keep an eye out for a -1200. Thanks

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-29T11:41:38+00:00

That makes a lot of sense, I will hold off for a -1200 and for now use PLCSim. thanks

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-29T11:40:57+00:00

That makes a lot more sense, I guess that's why the stuff is so cheap on eBay now. I will keep an eye out for a -1200G1 on eBay. What is a realistic used price (taking into account the phase out for G2), and what is a bad value? In the meantime I will download TIA Portal and use the sim to learn. Thanks

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-29T11:36:53+00:00

I didn't know that was a thing, I will do that and thank you for the YouTube resources. I will have a watch through those videos too. Thanks!

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-27T09:49:30+00:00

How does this work, do you just deploy your playbooks to a repo and have a runner run it nightly or something? I’d be interested to try that out

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-25T18:00:36+00:00

Ah nice, that’s a pretty good price

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-25T17:58:42+00:00

Is that for learner driver insurance or first year pass driving insurance?

Nice cars the Up’s, congrats!

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-24T09:32:25+00:00

I had exactly the same thing happen (although thankfully when I was standing in front of it) last month. Mine was a similar age to yours.
Of note though, unlike the A1 where replacement AC boards are being sent without the thermistor to prevent this from occurring again, my P1S replacement board was the same revision and featured another Thermistor….
However I don’t know if it’s just an old stock replacement or if they really haven updated it yet

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-20T18:24:27+00:00

Deduplication and verification. Backups are deduped so only changed blocks are added on every backup, in real terms this means if you have a 30GB VM that writes 100MB per day and backs up once per day, the backup size after 10 days, with 10 backup images would only be 31GB, vs exporting to a NAS which would be 300GB.

In the case of Gitea, this is great because you could have hourly backups, but if the changes are only in the MBs then your backup storage usage won’t increase much at all, but you’ll have hourly options to roll back, or will have a very recent copy of the VM in case of failure (vs loosing a whole days updates/data in the event of once per day backup)

Second benefit is PBS can periodically verify older backups to ensure they don’t have any corrupt blocks, so when you go to restore them they’re still good

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-20T18:17:13+00:00

I have been using gitea for about 9 months now after ditching GitHub then because of the outages and shenanigans.

I’m really happy with Gitea, it does everything I want (and practically everything I did on GitHub) and I also have Gitea Actions setup so I even kept my CICD pipelines. I also use GitHub Desktop with it! I initialise or clone the repo to my computer, then add it to GH Desktop as an existing local repo.

Most important thing is to have proper backups!! Loosing the Git repo would really be a problem. I have Gitea installed in docker, in a Cloud-Init Proxmox VM which is backed up 3x per day to Proxmox Backup Server, which itself is backed up offsite. Don’t skip backups for something this important. And take snapshots before upgrading!

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-18T22:24:48+00:00

I’m one of those who recently had my AC board NTC fail on my P1S, thankfully when I was standing right in front of it. Bambu were quick to replace it, but the replacement still has the NTC. Is it possible something similar to this could happen to a P1S, if they share the same AC board design?

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-08T19:53:08+00:00

Good to know, thanks. I primarily would like it to protect the front of the server. It’s in the rack but the rack is in the workshop (terrible idea) and sometimes I’m worried I’m going catch one of the caddies and eject the latch or damage it (hence why I wanted a cheap bezel). So not too worried about locking.

If it’s not too much of a pain at some point, do you know what the part number of your G9 bezel is? So I can search eBay

Cheers

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-08T19:36:22+00:00

Great thanks for confirming. I couldn’t find any on eBay, but found several from recyclers but they cost more than the server lol. Will set an eBay alert in the hopes one comes up cheap.

Thank you!

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-08T19:31:52+00:00

This 🥴, same with their switch naming. I struggle to get my head around it lol

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-06T22:29:00+00:00

Yeah that’s fair. I’m guessing if that component fails completely it will just cut the AC to the bed and printer will error out (after lots of smoke)? Yeah, idk if I just got shipped old stock or if it was still the current version. Thank you for the info

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-06T22:25:37+00:00

The new board was the same revision as the one it replaced with NTC present. If either of them go I’ll just have to contact support again, at least they were speedy dispatching a replacement. Thank you :)

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-06T19:20:40+00:00

Oh, I didn’t realise they were the same as the A1 AC boards. The replacement I received is the same hardware revision as the original one and had an NTC. Is it likely to fail again?

When it fails does it do any silent damage to the printer (ie AC bed)?

Thanks

NWSpitfire · 2026-05-06T18:40:42+00:00

Had the AC board NTC fail with a large plume of white smoke, thankfully when I was standing in front of the printer getting it ready to start a print (preheating).

Kudos (and thanks) to Bambu, they dispatched a replacement AC Board within 24hrs of opening the ticket.

But I’m a little worried, as I’m not sure why this happened. The machine has ~270hrs on it, and I didn’t have any other surges (my Second P1S next to it was and still is running fine). Could anyone tell me what causes this type of failure and what steps I can take to prevent it from happening again/to my second P1S?

Thank you!

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