Lost my Proxmox URL reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notdoreen · 2023-10-25 01:00 This might be the dumbest thing to happen to me. I've been running a home server for over a year now with Proxmox as my main OS and two VMs on it (Windows server 2019 & Ubuntu server). It has been a long time since I've needed to access Proxmox for anything and I recently lost all my browser history on Chrome. It just occured to me that I should probably save my proxmox ip address but for the life of me I don't remember what it is. I is not in my browser history because that was recently reset. I have access to both VMs so I'm hoping there's a way to find the proxmox IP address from them. ​ So far I have tried `ip route` on the Linux VM and `ipconfig` on the Windows VM. This is only getting me the ip of the VMs. Am I screwed or is there a way for me to get the Proxmox ip? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Calliico · 2023-10-25 01:09 Your router may have a usable list of IPs and names, one bound to be your Proxmox for a starting point perhaps? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DarkKnyt · 2023-10-25 01:11 If you are runnign proxmox with a bridged nic, it should.have it's own ip address logged in your router. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legitimate_Farm_3095 · 2023-10-25 01:12 check your routers connection list. you can also scan your ip range and narrow it down that way ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lesigh · 2023-10-25 01:21 Plug in a monitor into your host? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notdoreen · 2023-10-25 01:52 That did it. Thank you. I do have the host physically but it would be a pain to plug in a monitor to it because it it's location. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notdoreen · 2023-10-25 01:52 Thank you. I was able to find it in the router. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notdoreen · 2023-10-25 01:52 Thank you. It was there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Calliico · 2023-10-25 01:53 I totally get ya, bookmark it ASAP! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notdoreen · 2023-10-25 01:53 Thank you. Ended up finding the address in my router. Plugging in a monitor would have been really inconvenient because I don't have any extra ones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _Answer_42 · 2023-10-25 02:20 You can also use Nmap: `nmap 192.168.1.0/24 -p 8006` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- alphabuild · 2023-10-25 03:13 This should be the top answer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytepond · 2023-10-25 04:45 For future reference, Angry IP Scanner exists for Windows ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brancliff · 2023-10-25 07:44 Having not used proxmox, I'm surprised that this is a problem that can even happen at all Is there no official tool to help people with this? I usually do my self-hosting through my NAS and it has an official program to detect NAS from that brand on the LAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheMightyClamUK · 2023-10-25 09:28 What he said. But yeah, logs is where I'd go first also ---------------------------------------------------------------------- agentdurden · 2023-10-25 09:46 I know it has been answered with a better answers than what I am about to give, but I use Fing on my smartphone for stuff like this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BarServer · 2023-10-25 10:03 That made smile. Glad you found help here and solved your issue! So... You are going to set up a small DNS-Server next too? ;-) No really, I can recommend PiHole for DNS-AdBlock and it allows to set DNS entries too. That's why I use for my 2 Raspberries and the few VMs + network equipment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notdoreen · 2023-10-25 15:48 Thank you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pcs3rd · 2023-10-25 18:42 Dashy is pretty solid also ---------------------------------------------------------------------- olibui · 2023-10-25 20:09 Team Homepage! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nitsky416 · 2023-10-25 21:14 That's my go-to for anything with DHCP turned on. Static addresses are more difficult but monitoring for broadcast traffic with pcap or scanning the subnet range with an IP scanner have always gotten me out of a bind ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notdoreen · 2023-10-25 21:15 I put everything on Flame and Heimdall ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unable-University-90 · 2023-10-26 16:53 Official tool? Oh, you mean some UPNP thingy that spews all over the network in an attempt to protect the end-users from having to think? Some people are allergic to that, y'know. I'm sorta middle of the road myself, it sure is handy sometimes, but I'm not the biggest fan. See [https://nordvpn.com/blog/what-is- upnp/](https://nordvpn.com/blog/what-is-upnp/) for the tale of a non- fan. Of course, there are other tools out there: IPAM - properly record the layout of your network and all IP addresses in the first place Wiki - generally document everything network scanner (nmap or other) - for finding the devices that have snuck onto your network without being documented or those that have gone rogue As for Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE), though it is very popular in the self-hosted world, given the dual-licensing and the usability on a insanely wide range of hardware, Proxmox positions it as an enterprise product, and us enterprise network folks aren't much for UPNP.