proxmox_toolbox

Tonton Jo - 2021

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This little tool aim to get smalls one-time configurations for Proxmox Virtual environement and backup server hosts in no time.

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Features are:

• Install usefull dependencies: ifupdown2, git, sudo
• Enhance security a bit with the following:
• • Enable fail 2 ban with default configuration for sshd, proxmox virtual environement and backup server (credits to inettgmbh)
• • Create another user with sudo rights
• • Disable root ssh login
• • Create another Proxmox administrator and disabling pve@root user
• Change swappiness value or disable SWAP
• Enable S.M.A.R.T self-tests on all supported drives
• • short: every sunday@22 - Long: every 1st of month @22
• Configure email service to send system and proxmox notifications (postfix)
• Enable SNMP V2 or v3 - you choose - with a default working configuration
• Hide enterprise repo and set no-subscription repository
• Update host, and when no-enterprise source is set - disable no-subscription message

USAGE

You can use this tool either with:

git clone https://github.com/Tontonjo/proxmox_toolbox.git

bash proxmox_toolbox/proxmox_toolbox.sh

OR

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tontonjo/proxmox_toolbox/main/proxmox_toolbox.sh

bash proxmox_toolbox.sh

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SOURCES:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Fail2ban
https://github.com/inettgmbh/fail2ban-proxmox-backup-server
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/how-do-i-set-the-mail-server-to-be-used-in-proxmox.23669/
https://linuxscriptshub.com/configure-smtp-with-gmail-using-postfix/
https://suoption_pickedpport.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255
https://www.howtoforge.com/community/threads/solved-problem-with-outgoing-mail-from-server.53920/
http://mhawthorne.net/posts/2011-postfix-configuring-gmail-as-relay/
https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/cloud-at-customer/occ-get-started/add-ssh-enabled-user.html
https://www.noobunbox.net/serveur/monitoring/configurer-snmp-v3-sous-debian
https://github.com/DeadlockState/Proxmox-prepare
https://blog.lbdg.me/proxmox-best-performance-disable-swappiness/

TODO:

settings for zram -> https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Zram
user creation fro PBS when available
make things stupid-proof (deny characters when numbers expected ans so on)
add "sleep" when needed to read output
Cosmetic corrections