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  • TailScale Subnet Router

    Introduction

    Last week, I faced a challenge when my Plex server crashed while I was away visiting family. Thankfully, I had a Tailscale Subnet Router installed, allowing me to remotely fix and restart the server without a hitch.

    Today we’ll set up a TailScale subnet router inside an LXC container on a Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) server. This configuration enables secure access to our local area network (LAN) devices from anywhere with a reliable internet connection via TailScale.

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  • Pi Hole and Unbound – Ad Blocking and Caching DNS

    Introduction

    Greetings! Today we will install both Pi-Hole and Unbound in a single Virtual Machine (VM) on a Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE). After that, we will configure this VM to function as both a Network Ad Blocker and Local Area Network (LAN) Recursive Caching Domain Name Service (DNS).

    I attempted to run Pi-Hole and Unbound in a Linux Container (LXC) mainly because it is more resource-efficient than a Virtual Machine (VM). This approach generally works well for applications like Plex, which do not rely on system calls from the host system. However, both Pi-Hole and Unbound depend on these system calls. An LXC is lighter than a VM since these calls are part of the host system, while a VM functions with its own independent system calls. This independence is crucial for the operation of both applications.

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