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Proxmox VE Installation on Hetzner Server via Rescue System

Follow these steps to install Proxmox VE on a Hetzner server via the Rescue System. The Rescue System is a Linux-based environment that can be booted into to perform system recovery tasks. We'll be using it to install Proxmox VE.

In order to complete the process, it is indeed necessary to first boot into the Rescue System and then connect to it via SSH. This will allow you to run the commands for installing Proxmox VE. Here are the steps:

Starting the Rescue System

Log into the Hetzner Robot.
Under "Main Functions; Server" select the desired server and then open the tab "Rescue".

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Creating a custom ESXi install ISO for HPE gen7 servers

Avoids broken smx driver that is present in the HPE 6.5 U3 image.

All below powershell commands must be run in a VMWare PowerCLI (version 6.5) session

Download the HPE PreGen9 Custom Image for ESXi 6.5 U3 Offline Bundle from https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=OEM-ESXI65U3-HPE&productId=614
Download the smx provider:
wget https://vibsdepot.hpe.com/sdx/downloads/nov2016/gen9v4/esxi-600-vibs/hpe-smx-provider/hpe-smx-provider-600.03.11.00.9-2768847.vib
Add the original 6.5 iso as a depot:

ProxMox Cluster - Soup-to-Nutz

aka what i did to get from nothing to done.

note: these are designed to be primarily a re-install guide for myself (writing things down helps me memorize the knowledge), as such don't take any of this on blind faith - some areas are well tested and the docs are very robust, some items, less so). YMMV

Purpose of Proxmox cluster project

Required Outomces of cluster project

Browser Based

Web Wormhole https://webwormhole.io/ https://github.com/saljam/webwormhole
Localsend https://web.localsend.org/
FilePizza https://file.pizza/
~~ShareDrop sharedrop.io https://github.com/szimek/sharedrop~~ (SOLD, not recommended, use one of the forks)
1. ~~A clone SnapDrop snapdrop.net https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop~~ (SOLD, not recommended, use one of the forks)
  1. A fork PairDrop https://pairdrop.net/ https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop
ToffeeShare https://toffeeshare.com/
Instant.io https://instant.io/

	#!/bin/bash
	set -o errexit

	clear
	printf "\n* This script will download a cloud image and create a Proxmox VM template from it. *\n\n"

	### HOW TO USE
	### Pre-req:
	### - run on a Proxmox 6 server
	### - a dhcp server should be active on vmbr1

	import requests
	import re
	import sys

	# Initial work from: https://mpetroff.net/2016/07/new-amazon-dash-button-teardown-jk29lp/

	h = requests.Session()

	BASE_URL = "http://192.168.0.1"

	#TLS Setting
	[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

	#Trust PowerShell Gallery - this will avoid you getting any prompts that it's untrusted
	Set-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' -InstallationPolicy Trusted

	#Install NuGet
	Install-PackageProvider -name NuGet -Force

	#Install Module

	# --------------------------------------------------------------------
	# Recursively find pdfs from the directory given as the first argument,
	# otherwise search the current directory.
	# Use exiftool and qpdf (both must be installed and locatable on $PATH)
	# to strip all top-level metadata from PDFs.
	#
	# Note - This only removes file-level metadata, not any metadata
	# in embedded images, etc.
	#
	# Code is provided as-is, I take no responsibility for its use,