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gyptazy Aug 23, 2025

as always, highly depends on your personal needs. I'm a huge Proxmox fan, but there're of course several different cool solutions. Next to #Proxmox, I also often use #incus [0] in personal labs but I'm also a huge fan of #XCPng with #Orechstra. #SuseHarvester 's [2] approach is also a great solution (similar to #Platform9) if you want to go into the modern world (in the end, they're also using KVM). If it's just single node, I really would also consider #bhyve on #FreeBSD (maybe even via #ClonOS / #cbsd).

[0]: https://gyptazy.com/incus-for-containers-and-vms-a-powerful-proxmox-alternative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-build-a-cluster/
[1]: https://gyptazy.com/blog/xcpng-a-more-professional-alternative-to-proxmox-based-on-xen/
[2]: https://gyptazy.com/blog/harvester-a-more-modern-alternative-to-proxmox/

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Incus for Containers and VMs: A Powerful Proxmox Alternative? A Step-by-Step Guide to build a Cluster

Is Incus a better solution than Proxmox? Features and usage of Incus in detail.

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gyptazy Nov 11, 2024

@txt_file @marzlberger @BastilleBSD es gibt da auch viele andere Sachen, wie #ClonOS or #bhyvewebadmin (#BVCP). Aber ja, das größte Problem sind eher dann eh Sachen wie fehlende live Migrationen usw.

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Autolycus 🏴‍☠️Sep 30, 2024

@kta @mudala It would be nice if the FreeBSD Foundation would try to get some funding for #ClonOS. It appears to be just what they need but the project needs support.

I haven't used it yet because it don't trust its longevity, but now that iX has abandoned TrueNAS Core (including iocage), FreeBSD really needs a web GUI to manage VMs, jails, and basic system controls.

gyptazy Jun 22, 2024

Usually I post about things that follow a minimalistic approach - do only what is needed.

However, currently I'm playing around with some completely different things like #Harvester - running #SLE with #Kubernetes, #Longhorn and #KubeVirt. I spawned a three node cluster just in minutes and could use live migrations.

Multi tenant solutions are a bit more tricky and the #Rancher integration is not that easy as expected and took additional 30 minutes. Currently, I like the approach of #HCI and also the more modern one which feels more like infrastructure as a code. I'm aware that this might not fit all scenarios and use cases and it's just having a look aside of the typical solutions. But it looks pretty promising and interesting.

#cloud #virt #virtualization #proxmox #vmware #esx #esxi #clonos #bhyve #jails #container #linux

gyptazy Jun 21, 2024

#Proxmox but for #FreeBSD? Have a look at #ClonOS (based on #cbsd)!

https://gyptazy.ch/blog/clonos-an-alternative-to-proxmox-based-on-freebsd/

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ClonOS - An Alternative to Proxmox Based on FreeBSD

ClonOS is an open-source platform based on FreeBSD, designed for managing jails containers and bhyve virtual environments through an intuitive web UI which might become an alternative to Proxmox on Linux.

gyptazy Jun 17, 2024

Just pushed German translations to #clonos. So, if you’re into #FreeBSD #Jails (#cbsd) and #bhyve - this project might be perfect for you! #ClonOS is something like #Proxmox but on #FreeBSD and especially the live migration part is interesting. Happy to see more contributors there :)

https://github.com/clonos/control-pane/issues/65#event-13191075473

`Feature`: Create German translation for web control panel · Issue #65 · clonos/control-pane

General Currently, this project already provides multiple languages like Russian, Spanish and English for the web interface / control panel. It might be great to cover more language like German and...

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