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Basic Settings

The Basic Settings category focuses on foundational configurations for your Proxmox VE installation, including installing essential utilities, adding repositories, managing packages, and keeping the system up to date.

Available Optimizations

This optimization installs a set of common system utilities that are useful for system administration and troubleshooting.

Why it's beneficial: Having these utilities pre-installed saves time when managing your Proxmox VE system. They provide essential tools for monitoring system performance, managing files, and troubleshooting issues, enhancing your ability to maintain and optimize your virtualization environment.

Utilities installed:

  • axel: A light command-line download accelerator
  • curl: A tool for transferring data using various protocols
  • dialog: A tool for creating TUI interfaces
  • dnsutils: DNS utilities including dig and nslookup
  • dos2unix: Text file format converter
  • gnupg-agent: GNU privacy guard - password agent
  • grc: Generic colouriser for everything
  • htop: An interactive process viewer
  • btop: A resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes
  • iftop: A tool to display bandwidth usage on an interface
  • iotop: A tool to display I/O usage by processes
  • iperf3: A tool for active measurements of the maximum achievable bandwidth on IP networks
  • ipset: A tool to manage IP sets in the Linux kernel
  • iptraf-ng: An interactive colorful IP LAN monitor
  • mlocate: A tool to find files by name quickly
  • msr-tools: Tools for accessing CPU model-specific registers
  • nano: A small, friendly text editor
  • net-tools: A collection of programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating system
  • omping: An open multicast ping tool
  • software-properties-common: Provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories
  • sshpass: A tool for non-interactive ssh password authentication
  • tmux: A terminal multiplexer
  • unzip: A tool for extracting and viewing files in .zip archives
  • vim and vim-nox: A highly configurable text editor
  • wget: A utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web
  • whois: A client for the whois directory service
  • zip: A compression and file packaging utility
  • libguestfs-tools: A set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images

To apply this optimization manually, run:

This optimization configures APT to skip downloading additional language packages, which can save disk space and speed up package operations.

Why it's beneficial: By skipping unnecessary language packages, you can reduce disk usage and improve the speed of package management operations. This is particularly useful in server environments where multiple language support is often not required.

To apply this optimization manually, run:

This optimization configures the system to automatically synchronize its time, ensuring accurate timekeeping.

Why it's beneficial: Accurate timekeeping is crucial for many system operations, log consistency, and proper functioning of time-sensitive applications. Automatic synchronization ensures your Proxmox VE system maintains the correct time without manual intervention.

To apply this optimization manually, run:

This optimization updates the system's package lists, upgrades installed packages, and configures Proxmox repositories. It also includes additional steps to properly set up Debian repositories and disable certain warnings.

Why it's beneficial: Keeping your system up-to-date is essential for security, stability, and performance. This optimization ensures you have the latest patches and features, while also configuring the correct repositories for Proxmox VE, enabling access to necessary updates and tools.

To apply this optimization manually, run:

Automatic Application

All of these optimizations are automatically applied when selected in the Basic Settings section. This automation ensures that these beneficial settings are applied consistently and correctly, saving time and reducing the potential for human error during manual configuration.

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