Hi all,
I must say: ChatGPT (or generative AI in general) is such a game changer for me doing SelfHosting.
Today, I wrote following scripts with GenAI:
- A bash script, that logins in all my LXC container on Proxmox, stops all currently running docker container, exports all persistent docker data to my Proxmox-Host, starts the Container again, and makes a backup via Borg. Afterwards, I get a success notification via Gotify.
- A python script, that uses the Portainer API to export the stack configuration of all my 10 docker environments into easy to backup .yml files ( e.g. backup-host_name-container_name.yml )
- A bash scripts, that checks if the defined containers are running on my docker hosts, and if not, sends a notification to Healthcheck.io
- Different Templates for Obsidian, e.g. Daily / Weekly / Monthly notes with Task-Management etc.
It’s really fun, as I now can find solutions to more complex problems, with just limited program knowledge. Not perfect yet, e.g. it used the Portainer API wrong, and I had to direct it to the right direction via “error messages” and “API documentations”.Sometimes, it also say’s “it’s not possible”, but when you gave some hints (e.g. could you use pct exec instead of ssh) it gives you the right solution .
What are your experiences? Are you using GenAI for your SelfHosting and if yes - where?
My next step will be Ansible, as I had to much respect for it yet, but with some GenAI support I might get everything running …
Maybe offtopic but why don’t you use the Proxmox backup feature? For me it creates a weekly backup of all my VMs and LXC container and restoring is easy-peasy. You can also make use of the Proxmox Backup Server if you have one for offsite backups (or just copy the backup archives).
Also you may be interested in Uptime Kuma for easy uptime / health overview and alerting.
Proxmox Backup
I’m using Proxmox Backup Server for my local daily backups.
But for external cloud backup, it’s 5 GB for docker config + persistent data vs. 60GB for the complete LXC containers. So it’s more convenient to just backup the data to the cloud that you really need for an emergency-restore.
Uptime Kuma
I try to minimize the number of applications that have access to the docker.socket, as this can be a high potential security risk (e.g. a malicious container update because of a hacked github account) .
If I can achieve the same goal with just a simple bash script and without additional software, it’s the better solution for me :)