Proxmox-prepare

About

Preparing Proxmox VE after installation

Screenshots

Compatibility

Tested on

• Proxmox VE 4.4
• Proxmox VE 5.0
• Proxmox VE 5.1

Features

• Disable "No valid subscription" pop-up message and remove Proxmox VE Enterprise repository from sources.list if you don't pay for Proxmox support subscription
• Install Fail2ban to protect Proxmox VE Web UI from too many connections attempts (default 4 max. retry and 12 hours of ban time you can modify it in /etc/fail2ban/jail.local)
• Disable SSH root access
• Change SSH port number
• Add a bridged network interface
• Generate a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate with auto renewals

Installation

Pre-requisites

Just a fresh install of Proxmox VE :)

Recommendations

Run this script just after installing Proxmox VE

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Punk--Rock/Proxmox-prepare/master/proxmox_prepare.sh

chmod +x proxmox_prepare.sh

./proxmox_prepare.sh

Troubleshooting

If you have problems with the Let's Encrypt SSL certificate you can uninstall it by executing fix_ssl.sh

More

If you use LXC containers (CT) and you want updated containers templates you can check this repository

Contact me

@Punk__R0ck