atzanteol, 1 year ago

As a general rule: One system, one service. That system can be metal, vm, or container. Keeping things isolated makes maintenance much easier. Though sometimes it makes sense to break the rules. Just do so for the right reasons and not out of laziness.

Your file server should be it’s own hardware. Don’t make that system do anything else. Keeping it simple means it will be reliable.

Proxmox is great for managing VMs. Your could start with one server, and add more as needed to a cluster.

It’s easy enough to setup wireguard for roaming systems that you should. Make a VM for your VPN endpoint and off you go.

I’m a big fan of automation. Look into ansible and terraform. At least consider ansible for updating all your systems easily - that way you’re more likely to do it often.