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What PegaProx adds over the Proxmox VE 9 GUI

PegaProx 0.9.x is an AGPL-3.0 panel that manages several Proxmox VE 8 and 9 clusters, plus XCP-ng, from a single screen. It adds live migration across clusters, OIDC with Entra ID, a CVE scanner and one-click hardening on top of the stock GUI, which only covers one cluster at a time.

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How to install Coolify on Docker (2026 step-by-step guide)

Coolify is an open source self-hosted deployment platform that replicates the Vercel or Heroku experience on your own Docker infrastructure. This guide installs Coolify 4.x step by step on Ubuntu 24.04, from the official script to the first Git deployment with automatic SSL and managed databases.

Artificial Intelligence

How to install a local MCP server for your editor

The Model Context Protocol has gone from proposal to de facto standard for connecting editors with external tools. This practical guide walks through standing up a local MCP server, wiring it into VS Code or your client of choice, and understanding exactly what you are exposing.

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How to install Uptime Kuma for basic monitoring

Uptime Kuma installs with Docker Compose in about ten minutes: define a service with the official louislam/uptime-kuma image, a persistent volume at /app/data and port 3001, bring the container up with docker compose up -d, then create the admin user on first access from the browser.

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How to install restic for encrypted backups

restic is the encrypted, deduplicated, incremental backup tool I run in production on several servers. A practical guide to installing it on Debian, setting up an S3-compatible repository, automating daily backups with systemd, and verifying that restore actually works before you need it.

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How to Install Authentik for Self-Hosted SSO

Authentik is one of the sturdiest self-hosted identity projects in the open-source landscape. A practical Docker Compose install guide, the Redis-free architecture since 2025.10, and the real friction points of a first install.

Architecture

How to install JuiceFS as a shared filesystem

JuiceFS is a distributed, POSIX-compliant file system that separates data, stored in an S3-compatible object store, from metadata, stored in a database such as PostgreSQL or Redis. This guide installs JuiceFS on a three-node Linux cluster to share files without relying on NFS.

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How to Install CrowdSec as a Community WAF

CrowdSec installs on Debian or Ubuntu with an official script and the crowdsec package; you then enable the Traefik, WordPress and Gitea collections, configure acquisition to read the right logs, and add the Traefik bouncer as a middleware to block or captcha-challenge IPs flagged by the LAPI in real time.

Architecture

How to Install PostgreSQL with pgvector Step by Step

This guide installs PostgreSQL 16 with pgvector on Debian or Ubuntu using the official PGDG repository, creates a dedicated role and database, tunes memory for production, and explains when the HNSW index beats IVFFlat depending on vector volume and the available maintenance window.