Docker or Proxmox? Something else entirely?
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New server has been acquired. Debian 13 has been installed.
GS308EP switches have been acquired and installed.
Now, I'm working to migrate to the new machine. 3 1/2 years ago when I started futzing with Docker, I sorta followed guides and guessed, abused it trying to make it do things it wasn't designed for, and flipped switches I likely shouldn't have flipped, so the set up is more than a little shabby.
As a result, I'll likely end more redeploying than migrating the containers.
So rather than go forward with Docker blindly, I want to reassess whether I shouldn't look into Proxmox, LXC, or Podman instead of Docker, or maybe something else entirely?
Work is just about done dumping ESX for Nutanix, but both of those seem overkill for my needs.
Of course the forums for any of the solutions make their own out to be the best thing since sliced bread and the others useless, so I'm hoping to get a more nuanced answer here.
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New server has been acquired. Debian 13 has been installed.
GS308EP switches have been acquired and installed.
Now, I'm working to migrate to the new machine. 3 1/2 years ago when I started futzing with Docker, I sorta followed guides and guessed, abused it trying to make it do things it wasn't designed for, and flipped switches I likely shouldn't have flipped, so the set up is more than a little shabby.
As a result, I'll likely end more redeploying than migrating the containers.
So rather than go forward with Docker blindly, I want to reassess whether I shouldn't look into Proxmox, LXC, or Podman instead of Docker, or maybe something else entirely?
Work is just about done dumping ESX for Nutanix, but both of those seem overkill for my needs.
Of course the forums for any of the solutions make their own out to be the best thing since sliced bread and the others useless, so I'm hoping to get a more nuanced answer here.
Proxmox is great. I run each service in its own lxc/vm. Many of the vms also run docker. Probably overkill, but backups and restores via Proxmox Backup Server are super easy when segregated this way
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Proxmox is great. I run each service in its own lxc/vm. Many of the vms also run docker. Probably overkill, but backups and restores via Proxmox Backup Server are super easy when segregated this way
where do you run PBS? in a vm on the main proxmox host?
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where do you run PBS? in a vm on the main proxmox host?
Yes that's exactly how I run it. I backup the PBS vm separately also, in case the host goes down