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blog/amazon-ebs-csi-driver-terraform/index.html

@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ UPDATE: This approach can also be used for the aws-efs-csi-driver
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>  policy_arn <span style=color:#f92672>=</span> <span style=color:#e6db74>&#34;arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicy&#34;</span>
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>  role       <span style=color:#f92672>=</span> <span style=color:#66d9ef>aws_iam_role</span>.<span style=color:#66d9ef>ebs_csi_driver</span>.<span style=color:#66d9ef>name</span>
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>}
-</span></span></code></pre></div><p>The above configuration follows the docs, binding an IAM role to the service account <code>kube-system/ebs-csi-controller-sa</code> using an OpenID connect provider.</p><p>After applying the changes above, I deployed <a href=https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/ebs-sample-app.html class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>the sample application</a> and noticed that the persistent volume claims were bound to EBS volumes.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.79d82f8f8851722700ec10b4607df0599f8111b2089a6928c4b75be0b2f3df3f5899e0f8f2de14cf37bc3a0d39c6f6aa0ba3ca91281b187c4fab5f8cfd117bad.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>
+</span></span></code></pre></div><p>The above configuration follows the docs, binding an IAM role to the service account <code>kube-system/ebs-csi-controller-sa</code> using an OpenID connect provider.</p><p>After applying the changes above, I deployed <a href=https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/ebs-sample-app.html class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>the sample application</a> and noticed that the persistent volume claims were bound to EBS volumes.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.54e62f115c028b4d6cace76e12fd3f8b58b8cbac37e36a76f6d87c5ca08229e848675aae4ace2ba7011354a2fa45ca8fad7bbc21cc99a7adf6368da2649c0c24.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>

blog/appgate-sdp-on-arch-linux/index.html

@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ Let&rsquo;s try to run it.</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=color:#
 </span></span></code></pre></div><p>This is a breaking change in Python3.8.</p><p>So what is calling <code>platform.linux_distribution</code>?</p><p>Let&rsquo;s search for it:</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4><code class=language-shell data-lang=shell><span style=display:flex><span>$ sudo grep -r <span style=color:#e6db74>&#39;linux_distribution&#39;</span> /opt/appgate/linux/
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>/opt/appgate/linux/nm.py:    <span style=color:#66d9ef>if</span> platform.linux_distribution<span style=color:#f92672>()[</span>0<span style=color:#f92672>]</span> !<span style=color:#f92672>=</span> <span style=color:#e6db74>&#39;Fedora&#39;</span>:
 </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Aha! So this is in the local AppGate source code. This should be an easy fix. Let&rsquo;s just replace this line with:</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4><code class=language-python data-lang=python><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#66d9ef>if</span> <span style=color:#66d9ef>True</span>: <span style=color:#75715e># Since we are not using Fedora :)</span>
-</span></span></code></pre></div><h1 id=wrapping-up>Wrapping up<a href=#wrapping-up class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h1><p>It turns out there are <a href=https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/platform.html#platform.linux_distribution class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>breaking changes</a> in Python3.8.</p><p>The docs say <code>Deprecated since version 3.5, will be removed in version 3.8: See alternative like the distro package.</code></p><p>I suppose this highlights one of the caveats of relying upon the system&rsquo;s python, rather than having an isolated, dedicated environment for all dependencies.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.79d82f8f8851722700ec10b4607df0599f8111b2089a6928c4b75be0b2f3df3f5899e0f8f2de14cf37bc3a0d39c6f6aa0ba3ca91281b187c4fab5f8cfd117bad.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>
+</span></span></code></pre></div><h1 id=wrapping-up>Wrapping up<a href=#wrapping-up class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h1><p>It turns out there are <a href=https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/platform.html#platform.linux_distribution class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>breaking changes</a> in Python3.8.</p><p>The docs say <code>Deprecated since version 3.5, will be removed in version 3.8: See alternative like the distro package.</code></p><p>I suppose this highlights one of the caveats of relying upon the system&rsquo;s python, rather than having an isolated, dedicated environment for all dependencies.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.54e62f115c028b4d6cace76e12fd3f8b58b8cbac37e36a76f6d87c5ca08229e848675aae4ace2ba7011354a2fa45ca8fad7bbc21cc99a7adf6368da2649c0c24.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>

blog/replacing-docker-with-podman-on-macos/index.html

@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>0
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>podman start -a davegallant.github.io_hello_world_1
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>Hello world
-</span></span></code></pre></div><p>This should more or less provide the same results you would come to expect with docker. The README does clearly state that podman-compose is under development.</p><h3 id=summary>Summary<a href=#summary class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h3><p>Installing Podman on macOS was not seamless, but it was manageable well within 30 minutes. I would recommend giving Podman a try to anyone who is unhappy with experiencing forced docker updates, or who is interested in using a more modern technology for running containers.</p><p>One caveat to mention is that there isn&rsquo;t an official graphical user interface for Podman, but there is an <a href=https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/11494 class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>open issue</a> considering one. If you rely heavily on Docker Desktop&rsquo;s UI, you may not be as interested in using podman yet.</p><blockquote><p>Update: After further usage, bind mounts do not seem to work out of the box when the client and host are on different machines. A rather involved solution using <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHFS class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>sshfs</a> was shared <a href=https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/8016#issuecomment-920015800 class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>here</a>.</p></blockquote><p>I had been experimenting with Podman on Linux before writing this, but after listening to this <a href=https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/164-podman/ class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>podcast episode</a>, I was inspired to give Podman a try on macOS.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.79d82f8f8851722700ec10b4607df0599f8111b2089a6928c4b75be0b2f3df3f5899e0f8f2de14cf37bc3a0d39c6f6aa0ba3ca91281b187c4fab5f8cfd117bad.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>
+</span></span></code></pre></div><p>This should more or less provide the same results you would come to expect with docker. The README does clearly state that podman-compose is under development.</p><h3 id=summary>Summary<a href=#summary class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h3><p>Installing Podman on macOS was not seamless, but it was manageable well within 30 minutes. I would recommend giving Podman a try to anyone who is unhappy with experiencing forced docker updates, or who is interested in using a more modern technology for running containers.</p><p>One caveat to mention is that there isn&rsquo;t an official graphical user interface for Podman, but there is an <a href=https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/11494 class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>open issue</a> considering one. If you rely heavily on Docker Desktop&rsquo;s UI, you may not be as interested in using podman yet.</p><blockquote><p>Update: After further usage, bind mounts do not seem to work out of the box when the client and host are on different machines. A rather involved solution using <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHFS class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>sshfs</a> was shared <a href=https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/8016#issuecomment-920015800 class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>here</a>.</p></blockquote><p>I had been experimenting with Podman on Linux before writing this, but after listening to this <a href=https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/164-podman/ class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>podcast episode</a>, I was inspired to give Podman a try on macOS.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.54e62f115c028b4d6cace76e12fd3f8b58b8cbac37e36a76f6d87c5ca08229e848675aae4ace2ba7011354a2fa45ca8fad7bbc21cc99a7adf6368da2649c0c24.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>

blog/running-k3s-in-lxc-on-proxmox/index.html

@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ As of 2021/11, it is still defaulting to the 1.19 channel, so I overrode it to 1
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#960050;background-color:#1e0010>
 </span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#960050;background-color:#1e0010></span>NAME                                                           REFERENCE                             TARGETS   MINPODS   MAXPODS   REPLICAS   AGE
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>horizontalpodautoscaler.autoscaling/tekton-pipelines-webhook   Deployment/tekton-pipelines-webhook   9%/100%   1         5         1          12h
-</span></span></code></pre></div><p>I made sure to install Tailscale in the container so that I can easily access K3s from anywhere.</p><p>If I&rsquo;m feeling adventurous, I might experiment with <a href=https://rancher.com/docs/k3s/latest/en/advanced/#running-k3s-with-rootless-mode-experimental class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>K3s rootless</a>.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.79d82f8f8851722700ec10b4607df0599f8111b2089a6928c4b75be0b2f3df3f5899e0f8f2de14cf37bc3a0d39c6f6aa0ba3ca91281b187c4fab5f8cfd117bad.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>
+</span></span></code></pre></div><p>I made sure to install Tailscale in the container so that I can easily access K3s from anywhere.</p><p>If I&rsquo;m feeling adventurous, I might experiment with <a href=https://rancher.com/docs/k3s/latest/en/advanced/#running-k3s-with-rootless-mode-experimental class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>K3s rootless</a>.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.54e62f115c028b4d6cace76e12fd3f8b58b8cbac37e36a76f6d87c5ca08229e848675aae4ace2ba7011354a2fa45ca8fad7bbc21cc99a7adf6368da2649c0c24.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>

blog/setting-up-gitea-actions-with-tailscale/index.html

@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>          <span style=color:#f92672>from</span>: <span style=color:#ae81ff>RFD Notify</span>
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>          <span style=color:#f92672>body</span>: |<span style=color:#e6db74>
 </span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#e6db74>            ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_number }}</span>            
-</span></span></code></pre></div><p>And voilà:</p><p><img src=gitea-workflow.png alt=image></p><p>You may be wondering how the gitea runner is allowed to connect to the other hosts using ansible? Well, the nodes are in the same tailnet and have <a href=https://tailscale.com/tailscale-ssh class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>tailscale ssh</a> enabled.</p><h2 id=areas-for-improvement>Areas for improvement<a href=#areas-for-improvement class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>One enhancement that I would like to see is the ability to send notifications on workflow failures. Currently, this <a href=https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/23725 class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>doesn&rsquo;t seem possible</a> without adding logic to each workflow.</p><h2 id=conclusion>Conclusion<a href=#conclusion class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>Gitea Actions are fast and the resource footprint is minimal. My gitea instance is currently using around 250mb of memory and a small fraction of a single cpu core (and the runner is using a similar amount of resources). This is impressive since many alternatives tend to require substantially more resources. It likely helps that the codebase is largely written in go.</p><p>By combining gitea with the networking marvel that is tailscale, running workflows becomes simple and fun. Whether you are working on a team or working alone, this setup ensures that your workflows are securely accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.</p><p>Check out my gitea instance exposed via Funnel <a href=https://gitea.snake-cloud.ts.net class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>here</a>.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.79d82f8f8851722700ec10b4607df0599f8111b2089a6928c4b75be0b2f3df3f5899e0f8f2de14cf37bc3a0d39c6f6aa0ba3ca91281b187c4fab5f8cfd117bad.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>
+</span></span></code></pre></div><p>And voilà:</p><p><img src=gitea-workflow.png alt=image></p><p>You may be wondering how the gitea runner is allowed to connect to the other hosts using ansible? Well, the nodes are in the same tailnet and have <a href=https://tailscale.com/tailscale-ssh class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>tailscale ssh</a> enabled.</p><h2 id=areas-for-improvement>Areas for improvement<a href=#areas-for-improvement class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>One enhancement that I would like to see is the ability to send notifications on workflow failures. Currently, this <a href=https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/23725 class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>doesn&rsquo;t seem possible</a> without adding logic to each workflow.</p><h2 id=conclusion>Conclusion<a href=#conclusion class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>Gitea Actions are fast and the resource footprint is minimal. My gitea instance is currently using around 250mb of memory and a small fraction of a single cpu core (and the runner is using a similar amount of resources). This is impressive since many alternatives tend to require substantially more resources. It likely helps that the codebase is largely written in go.</p><p>By combining gitea with the networking marvel that is tailscale, running workflows becomes simple and fun. Whether you are working on a team or working alone, this setup ensures that your workflows are securely accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.</p><p>Check out my gitea instance exposed via Funnel <a href=https://gitea.snake-cloud.ts.net class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>here</a>.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.54e62f115c028b4d6cace76e12fd3f8b58b8cbac37e36a76f6d87c5ca08229e848675aae4ace2ba7011354a2fa45ca8fad7bbc21cc99a7adf6368da2649c0c24.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>

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@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ If this sounds more appealing, install <a href=https://github.com/antitree/krew-
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>using: image=serjs/go-socks5-proxy
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>Creating SOCKS5 Proxy (Pod)...
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>pod/davegallant-proxy created
-</span></span></code></pre></div><p>With the above proxy connection open, it is possible to access both the DNS and private IPs accessible within the k8s cluster. In this case, I am able to access the private database, since there is network connectivity between the k8s cluster and the database.</p><h2 id=caveats-and-conclusion>Caveats and Conclusion<a href=#caveats-and-conclusion class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>The above outlined solution makes some assumptions:</p><ul><li>there is a k8s cluster</li><li>the k8s cluster has network connectivity to the desired private database</li></ul><p>If these stars align, than this solution might work as a stopgap for accessing a private Azure DB (and I&rsquo;m assuming this could work similarly on AWS).</p><p>It would be nice if Azure provided tooling similar to cloud-sql-proxy, so that using private databases would be more of a convenient experience.</p><p><del>One other thing to note is that some clients (such as <a href=https://dbeaver.io/ class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>dbeaver</a>) <a href=https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver/issues/872 class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>do not provide DNS resolution over SOCKS</a>. So in this case, you won&rsquo;t be able to use DNS as if you were inside the cluster, but instead have to rely on knowing private ip addresses.</del></p><blockquote><p><strong>2025-01-16:</strong>: DNS over SOCKS now works with the latest dbeaver client.</p></blockquote></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.79d82f8f8851722700ec10b4607df0599f8111b2089a6928c4b75be0b2f3df3f5899e0f8f2de14cf37bc3a0d39c6f6aa0ba3ca91281b187c4fab5f8cfd117bad.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>
+</span></span></code></pre></div><p>With the above proxy connection open, it is possible to access both the DNS and private IPs accessible within the k8s cluster. In this case, I am able to access the private database, since there is network connectivity between the k8s cluster and the database.</p><h2 id=caveats-and-conclusion>Caveats and Conclusion<a href=#caveats-and-conclusion class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>The above outlined solution makes some assumptions:</p><ul><li>there is a k8s cluster</li><li>the k8s cluster has network connectivity to the desired private database</li></ul><p>If these stars align, than this solution might work as a stopgap for accessing a private Azure DB (and I&rsquo;m assuming this could work similarly on AWS).</p><p>It would be nice if Azure provided tooling similar to cloud-sql-proxy, so that using private databases would be more of a convenient experience.</p><p><del>One other thing to note is that some clients (such as <a href=https://dbeaver.io/ class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>dbeaver</a>) <a href=https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver/issues/872 class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>do not provide DNS resolution over SOCKS</a>. So in this case, you won&rsquo;t be able to use DNS as if you were inside the cluster, but instead have to rely on knowing private ip addresses.</del></p><blockquote><p><strong>2025-01-16:</strong>: DNS over SOCKS now works with the latest dbeaver client.</p></blockquote></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.54e62f115c028b4d6cace76e12fd3f8b58b8cbac37e36a76f6d87c5ca08229e848675aae4ace2ba7011354a2fa45ca8fad7bbc21cc99a7adf6368da2649c0c24.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>

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@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>        }
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>    ]
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>}
-</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Now the link <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU" class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU</a> will redirect to <a href="http://invidious:3000/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU" class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>http://invidious:3000/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU</a></p><p>I&rsquo;m still looking for ways to improve this invidious setup. There doesn&rsquo;t appear to be a way to stream in 4K yet.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.79d82f8f8851722700ec10b4607df0599f8111b2089a6928c4b75be0b2f3df3f5899e0f8f2de14cf37bc3a0d39c6f6aa0ba3ca91281b187c4fab5f8cfd117bad.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>
+</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Now the link <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU" class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU</a> will redirect to <a href="http://invidious:3000/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU" class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>http://invidious:3000/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU</a></p><p>I&rsquo;m still looking for ways to improve this invidious setup. There doesn&rsquo;t appear to be a way to stream in 4K yet.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.54e62f115c028b4d6cace76e12fd3f8b58b8cbac37e36a76f6d87c5ca08229e848675aae4ace2ba7011354a2fa45ca8fad7bbc21cc99a7adf6368da2649c0c24.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>

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@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>  };
 </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>}
 </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Save the file and run:</p><pre tabindex=0><code>home-manager switch
-</code></pre><p>You should see another wave of <code>/nix/store/*</code> paths. The new configuration should now be active.</p><p>If you run <code>zsh</code>, you should see that you have <a href=https://starship.rs/ class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>starship</a> and access to several other utils such as <code>rg</code>, <code>fd</code>, and <code>exa</code>.</p><p>This basic configuration above is also defining your <code>~/.config/git/config</code> and <code>.zshrc</code>. If you already have either of these files, home-manager will complain about them already existing.</p><p>If you run <code>cat ~/.zshrc</code>, you will see the way these configuration files are generated.</p><p>You can extend this configuration for programs such as (neo)vim, emacs, alacritty, ssh, etc. To see other programs, take a look at <a href=https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/tree/master/modules/programs class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>home-manager/modules/programs</a>.</p><h2 id=gateway-to-nix>Gateway To Nix<a href=#gateway-to-nix class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>In ways, home-manager can be seen as a gateway to the nix ecosystem. If you have enjoyed the way you can declare user configuration with home-manager, you may be interested in expanding your configuration to include other system dependencies and configuration. For example, in Linux you can define your entire system&rsquo;s configuration (including the kernel, kernel modules, networking, filesystems, etc) in nix. For macOS, there is <a href=https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>nix-darwin</a> that includes nix modules for configuring launchd, dock, and other preferences and services. You may also want to check out <a href=https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>Nix Flakes</a>: a more recent feature that allows you declare dependencies, and have them automatically pinned and hashed in <code>flake.lock</code>, similar to that of many modern package managers.</p><h2 id=wrapping-up>Wrapping up<a href=#wrapping-up class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>The title of this post is slightly misleading, since it&rsquo;s possible to retain some of your dotfiles and have them intermingle with home-manager by including them alongside nix. The idea of defining user configuration using nix can provide a clean way to maintain your configuration, and allow it to be portable across platforms. Is it worth the effort to migrate away from shell scripts and dotfiles? I&rsquo;d say so.</p><p>You can find my nix config <a href=https://github.com/davegallant/nix-config class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>here</a>.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.79d82f8f8851722700ec10b4607df0599f8111b2089a6928c4b75be0b2f3df3f5899e0f8f2de14cf37bc3a0d39c6f6aa0ba3ca91281b187c4fab5f8cfd117bad.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>
+</code></pre><p>You should see another wave of <code>/nix/store/*</code> paths. The new configuration should now be active.</p><p>If you run <code>zsh</code>, you should see that you have <a href=https://starship.rs/ class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>starship</a> and access to several other utils such as <code>rg</code>, <code>fd</code>, and <code>exa</code>.</p><p>This basic configuration above is also defining your <code>~/.config/git/config</code> and <code>.zshrc</code>. If you already have either of these files, home-manager will complain about them already existing.</p><p>If you run <code>cat ~/.zshrc</code>, you will see the way these configuration files are generated.</p><p>You can extend this configuration for programs such as (neo)vim, emacs, alacritty, ssh, etc. To see other programs, take a look at <a href=https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/tree/master/modules/programs class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>home-manager/modules/programs</a>.</p><h2 id=gateway-to-nix>Gateway To Nix<a href=#gateway-to-nix class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>In ways, home-manager can be seen as a gateway to the nix ecosystem. If you have enjoyed the way you can declare user configuration with home-manager, you may be interested in expanding your configuration to include other system dependencies and configuration. For example, in Linux you can define your entire system&rsquo;s configuration (including the kernel, kernel modules, networking, filesystems, etc) in nix. For macOS, there is <a href=https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>nix-darwin</a> that includes nix modules for configuring launchd, dock, and other preferences and services. You may also want to check out <a href=https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>Nix Flakes</a>: a more recent feature that allows you declare dependencies, and have them automatically pinned and hashed in <code>flake.lock</code>, similar to that of many modern package managers.</p><h2 id=wrapping-up>Wrapping up<a href=#wrapping-up class=post-heading__anchor aria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>The title of this post is slightly misleading, since it&rsquo;s possible to retain some of your dotfiles and have them intermingle with home-manager by including them alongside nix. The idea of defining user configuration using nix can provide a clean way to maintain your configuration, and allow it to be portable across platforms. Is it worth the effort to migrate away from shell scripts and dotfiles? I&rsquo;d say so.</p><p>You can find my nix config <a href=https://github.com/davegallant/nix-config class=link--external target=_blank rel=noreferrer>here</a>.</p></div><script type=text/javascript src=https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/widget/Widget_2.js></script><script type=text/javascript>kofiwidget2.init("Buy me a coffee","#32344a","F1F2S4LWI"),kofiwidget2.draw()</script><br><br><section id=comments class=comments><div class='container sep-before'><div class=comments><script>let theme="dark-blue",script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://utteranc.es/client.js",script.setAttribute("repo","davegallant/site"),script.setAttribute("issue-term","pathname"),script.setAttribute("theme",theme),script.setAttribute("crossorigin","anonymous"),script.setAttribute("async",""),document.querySelector("div.comments").innerHTML="",document.querySelector("div.comments").appendChild(script)</script></div></div></section></article></div><div class=sidebar></div></main><footer><div class=copyright>Dave Gallant</div></footer><script src=/js/main.c26c1b7b76f4923d8125720886ede9ca08bfe20b924683914ba4c1c35d53667c6c2d764f5482d3860d36b9e58a50255bc22a03ff145555979852c5ec74f15e51.js></script><script src=/js/flexsearch.54e62f115c028b4d6cace76e12fd3f8b58b8cbac37e36a76f6d87c5ca08229e848675aae4ace2ba7011354a2fa45ca8fad7bbc21cc99a7adf6368da2649c0c24.js></script><script defer src=https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js data-cf-beacon='{"token": "b96799f53f9940dca6f660e6052ba009"}'></script></div></body></html>

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 `,content:`For the past few years, I’ve been running pfSense (and more recently OPNsense) in a virtual machine within Proxmox. This has been running fine with a single onboard Intel NIC. A few months ago, I upgraded to a machine that has a CPU that supports hardware-accelerated transcoding, has more SATA ports, and has more PCI slots for future expansion. With the goal of having a dedicated NIC for WAN, I bought an inexpensive 1Gbps PCIe NIC (TG-3468) despite reading about some of the concerns around Realtek NICs (sluggish performance, driver instability, and in some cases system crashes).
 I’ve been running a Realtek NICs reliably on Linux and Windows desktops, so I figured I could make it work without too much effort, but it turns out Realtek NICs really can be problematic when it comes to FreeBSD-based routers, and some commonly documented workarounds did not solve my problems.
 Environment# My environment consists of:
-Proxmox 8.4 OPNsense 25.1 (Virtual Machine) Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15) Goal# The goal is to upgrade the OPNsense router from a single NIC to two NICs, where each NIC is dedicated to:
-WAN: the connection to the internet (via the ONT) LAN: the internal network for computers, phones, iot devices, etc. Having two separate physical interfaces for WAN and LAN creates clear, physical separation between the untrusted external network and trusted internal network at the hardware level. This also should improve performance and throughput since the same physical connection is no longer shared between WAN and LAN.
+Proxmox 8.4 OPNsense 25.1 (Virtual Machine) Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15) Goal# The goal is to upgrade the OPNsense router from a single NIC to two NICs. The NICs are responsible for:
+LAN: the internal network for computers, phones, cameras, printers, etc (NIC 1) WAN: the connection from the ISP (NIC 2) Having two separate physical interfaces for LAN and WAN creates clear, physical separation between the trusted internal network and the untrusted external network at the hardware level. This also should improve performance and throughput since the same physical connection is no longer shared between LAN and WAN.
 Device Passthrough# For maximum performance and reduced hypervisor overhead, passing through a physical NIC for WAN directly to the VM seemed to make the most sense, so I passed it through to the OPNsense VM.
-I added the PCI device and restarted the OPNsense VM and re-configured the WAN to use this device.
-I received the WAN IP and everything appeared to be working. I checked my instance of speedtest-tracker noticed that the download speeds were significantly slower than historical records:
-These tests were going through a mullvad relay (which occasionally dips), but these tests were too consistent to be a coincidence.
-I then switched the WAN back to the original shared NIC, and the download speeds returned to more average download speeds.
-Realtek drivers# I did some searching and read that installing the OPNsense plugin os-realtek-re can help with stability issues.
-After installing this plugin and ensuring the kernel module was loaded by following the post-install instructions, the throughput was still much slower than I was expecting.
-I was starting to think that there might be a problem with the NIC itself (and began the process to return it to the vendor).
+I added the PCI device and restarted the OPNsense VM and re-configured the WAN in OPNsense to use this device.
+I received the WAN IP and everything appeared to be working. I ran a few speed tests and noticed that the download speeds were a lot lower than normal on multiple devices. I checked my instance of speedtest-tracker noticed that the download speeds were significantly slower than historical records:
+These speeds tests were going through a Mullvad (which occasionally dips), but the results were too consistently low to be a coincidence.
+I reverted the WAN back to the original NIC, and the download speeds returned to more average results immediately so it became obvious that something was not right with this setup.
+Realtek drivers# I did some web searching / LLM prompting and discovered that some people have had improved results after installing the OPNsense plugin os-realtek-re.
+After installing the plugin and ensuring the kernel module was loaded at boot by following the post-install instructions, the throughput was still signicantly slower than before adding a second NIC.
+I was starting to think that there might be a problem with the hardware and began the process to return it to the vendor.
 Virtualized NIC with a Linux bridge# As one last shot, I created Linux Bridge in the Proxmox GUI with the Realtek NIC and passed it through to the OPNsense VM:
 I re-configured the WAN interface in OPNsense to use the newly added network device, and the download and upload speeds returned to average levels. This also bypasses the need for installing Realtek FreeBSD drivers on the OPNsense VM, since the network device is virtual and managed on the Proxmox host (debian-based).
 Conclusion# Although I am not sure why passing through a Realtek NIC to an OPNsense VM causes so much degradation in throughput, I am glad that there is a workaround. If I get my hands on another NIC, I will try to see if the issue can be reproduced.