Chris wrote:
That count is very likely your own rebuilds rather than three machines. Every fresh install registers a new install ID, so wiping and reinstalling the same server claims a new slot instead of reusing the old one — and you rebuilt that box more than once while we were chasing the Immich fault. Two things. Until v1.6.466 the Remove License button only blanked the key on the box and never released the slot upstream; that is fixed now, so run sudo sparkbox upgrade, and use that button before any future rebuild so the count stays honest. And tell me: is activation actually being refused, or is it only the Activations number that looks wrong? — Chris
Chris wrote:
That's the harmless version of it — good to know. If activation itself isn't being refused, nothing is blocked; those extra two are dead slots from your own rebuilds, not other machines. For the Proxmox move, one thing in order while you still have the UGREEN box. Run sudo sparkbox upgrade, then in your dashboard open Settings, License, and press Remove License before you wipe it. As of v1.6.466 that button actually releases the slot upstream, instead of only forgetting the key on the box. If you don't see a License section, or you forget entirely, no harm done — activating on Proxmox recycles the oldest slot by itself. Just use the same email you bought with, and keep brand-new installs to three in a day. — Chris
Chris wrote:
One more thing, and it only landed after I wrote that — Tom shipped a Proxmox runbook this evening in v1.6.475. Worth a read before you build the new box, because VM versus LXC matters. A VM needs no special setup and is the honest default. An LXC is lighter but needs host-side work: the tun and iptablenat modules, two lines in /etc/pve/lxc/<your container ID.conf, and FUSE plus keyctl ticked under Options → Features. Miss those last two and image pulls stall around 1MB while containers cycle — it reads as a network fault and isn't. sudo sparkbox doctor now prints the whole recipe, and the walkthrough is at tomsparkbox.com/guides/sparkbox-on-proxmox — Chris