Slight Shift

Alright, quick shift in priorities. Originally, I was deep in the weeds with refining configurations and tuning things manually, but now it’s time to step back and get serious about automation again.

Why? Because I need to add a MariaDB server to the core servers, and if I’m going to do that, I might as well do it right—which means automating the whole process. No more manual builds. This is the moment where we start automating the Proxmox deployment of a new database host. Once this is locked in, every future deployment—whether it’s another database node, an OpenSearch instance, or anything else—will be a fully automated, push-button process.

This isn’t a massive change in direction, just a necessary pause to build the foundation for future scalability. If you’ve been following along, you know this project isn’t about one-off fixes. Every step we take should eliminate repetitive work moving forward. So, for the moment, my focus is on getting Proxmox automation rock-solid, making sure Cloud-Init is doing its job properly, and ensuring that spinning up a new database server is as easy as running a single command.

Stay tuned. Once this piece is in place, things will move even faster.

--Bryan