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Kestra’s Proxmox Plugin: Create a Workflow to Easily Spin-Up VMs

Manually spinning up VMs in Proxmox gets old fast. In this video, I’m using Kestra (an open-source workflow automation platform) to automatically clone a VM template and start it, all without touching the Proxmox UI! You’ll see the process of buiding the workflow, setting up the Proxmox API – and more! In this step-by-step video, you’ll be able to build this for yourself.

Thanks to Kestra for supporting this tutorial! You can self-host it and use it to automate entire workflows , so check it out!

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I Let AI Run My Sysadmin Tasks… Here’s What Happened

In this video, I explore how AI can be used for System Administration by integrating Claude Code. I walk through a real experiment where I tested AI against my infrastructure automation workflow to see how useful AI really is for sysadmins.

Is AI a blessing or a curse? Check out the video to learn more about this experiment as well as my findings.

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Provisioning Virtual Machines in Proxmox with Terraform – Full Walkthrough

“Infrastructure as Code” is a great thing – you can configure just about anything! In this video, we’ll explore how to use one such tool, Terraform, to provision virtual machines. We’ll explore how to set it up, create an API key, and then watch a VM come to life.

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How to Use The ls Command on the Linux Command Line

With the Linux Crash Course series on LearnLinuxTV, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to master the art of Linux. In each video, a single topic is covered in-depth. This time around, we take a look at the ls command – a command that many of you have probably already used, but there’s always more to learn!

Thanks to Linode for sponsoring today’s video! Definitely check them out – you can have your very own Linux server set up in mere minutes!

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Using nmap to scan networks (Awesome Linux Tools)

nmap is a network mapping utility that you can use to gather information regarding the nodes on your network. With nmap, you can perform port scanning, OS fingerprinting, and more! In this tutorial, you’ll learn the basics of using nmap.

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Linux Servers: Which Distro should you use?!

In the Linux community, there’s constant debate about which distribution is best for your desktop. However, there’s not as much discussion regarding Linux distros for your server. There are many good options for your Linux server project, and in this video Jay discusses his top 6 choices.

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Awesome Linux Tools – Cockpit

Having a dashboard installed on your Linux server can be a great way of enhancing remote management capabilities, as well as getting an overview of its resource usage. In this video, I’ll show you Cockpit which is an awesome management system you can install very easily.

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Linux Crash Course – sudo

When you need to run Linux commands with elevated privileges, sudo is the tried and true method to run commands as another user (such as root). In this introductory tutorial, we’ll take a look at some of the inner-workings of sudo.

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Proxmox Backup Server: Full Getting Started Guide!

Proxmox Backup Server is a custom Linux distro that you can run on your server to have it serve as a backup endpoint. It integrates quickly and easily with Proxmox Virtual Environment, making it a great solution to back up your virtual machines and containers. In addition to that, it can also be used to store non-VM backups too, so running Proxmox Virtual Environment is NOT a requirement. In this video, I’ll teach you everything you need in order to get started with Proxmox Backup Server.

You can download the Proxmox Backup Server ISO image from here. Also, feel free to check out the official documentation pages to learn even more.

Be sure to check out the Proxmox Full Course for Virtual Environment here if you haven’t already.

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 9 – DevOps
DevOps has changed the way many technology organizations work, by making the administrator the center of the development cycle (rather than an outside resource). In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss DevOps and how it’s changed the landscape.
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