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How to install Apache Guacamole in Docker

Apache Guacamole is a web-based RDP, VNC, and SSH client. You can use it to access your servers from a web browser, without requiring any software to be installed on client devices. The installation process of Guacamole is relatively straightforward and takes a matter of minutes when using Docker.

Install Home Assistant OS in Proxmox

Home Assistant OS is a minimal operating system containing Home Assistant that can be run on bare metal or in a VM. If you would like to run Home Assistant OS on Proxmox VE, there is some manual setup that must be done to use the virtual appliance they provide.

Installing PiVPN on an unprivileged Proxmox LXC Container

PiVPN is an easy to manage VPN server that can be run on a Raspberry Pi, or in a virtual machine or container. Today, I will be walking you through the process of configuring an unprivileged LXC container in Proxmox to use PiVPN. With newer releases of Proxmox, this process is quite simple and allows you to use an unprivileged container without needing to fiddle around with cgroups.

Creating a wireless bridge using a MikroTik router

I have some devices on my local network that are wired-only, or have unreliable Wi-Fi. Instead of running ethernet to the room that contains these devices, I opted to create a wireless bridge using a MikroTik hAP ac2 wireless router I had lying around. When configured as a wireless bridge, the MikroTik router will connect a wired network to a wireless network.