Change the repository and disable nag
Automatically
bash -c "$(wget -qLO - https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/raw/main/misc/post-pve-install.sh)"
Manually
Change the Proxmox repo to no-sub
/etc/apt/sources.list.d- backup (remove)
pve-enterprise.listandceph.list - make new list
pve-install-repo.listand add the following content - make sure the version ‘e.g. bookworm’ is correct
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription
The correct setting
Update and upgrade system and reboot
Change CPU scaling governor
Check available
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
Check current
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Set to powersave
echo "powersave" | tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Make it persistent at reboot (crontab)
@reboot echo "powersave" | tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor >/dev/null 2>&1Also run powertop --auto-tune
Packages to install
powertop htop iotop fio curl gnupg wget ntfs-3g neofetch
Configure local storage so that it can also store other stuff
HDD
lsblk and blkid to get the ntfs hard drive /dev name and the /dev/by-uuid/…
Edit the fstab to mount the drive
In Datacenter view, not storage view, add directory so the ntfs hard drive can be used
Refer to disk spindown to optimize disk usage
Configure smartctl (on or off), make sure periodic smart check is not causing hard drives to spin up or preventing hard drives to spindown
Download VirtIO
Convert VM to template which can be cloned
In permissions in DC view, configure TOTP (2FA with Google authenticator)
If making a folder as a lxc mount point for jellyfin
mkdir -p /root/transcode
chmod -R a+rw /root/transcodeset the transcode folder in jellyfin mount point