Recently I added a new HDD to my proxmox system, and I started to realize the HDD was running warm. Was thinking for a second, and having a dashboard with temps and general hardware health would be useful for the server, but I do not find a solution from within proxmox to do this.
Does anyone here added this kind of dashboarding in a proxmox installation? And if so, how or what did you use?
Another option: Zabbix.
Sounds like overkill initially, but works fine and can be automated fairly well. Once installed (as a LXC/VM or on a seperats device if you want independent monitoring), you can setup a API acess for monitoring Proxmox (which will monitor all LXCs,etc. automatically) and then add the agent on top to monitor the underlying machine. There are dozens of ways to monitor Zabbix hosts temps, HDDs,etc. available online.
In theory you could also let a zabbixproxy collect all your hosts data (e.g. your Proxmox Host, your switch,etc.) in your network and then send it to a VPS outside your network so you monitor offsite and can be alerted when not at home.
I did know about zabbix before, and I actually did try to install it before using the proxmox helper scripts page. Somehow, by the end I got a blank page. Hence I made this post to see more alternatives.
I do know zabbix is super recognized in this area. I just did not install it successfuly on my previous attempt
Tbh, I have given up on Proxmox Helper Scripts for more demanding things recently as I had similar issues.
You can use the fully packed VM appliance or iso as well. Or Docker.
Or,tbh,try the manual install,it’s somewhat straight forward. If you need help let me know.