fake-proxmox-subscription

A Debian package that disables the "No valid subscription" dialog on all Proxmox products (in theory), regardless of their version.

Based on Jamesits/fake-pve-subscription's work. There are a few key differences between his repository and this repository:

1. The name pve-fake-subscription has been replaced with fake-proxmox-subscription. This should have been done in the first place since the package covers all 3 Proxmox products.
2. Added proper Debian packaging so that dpkg-buildpackage could be used instead of nFPM nonsense.
3. Added GitHub Actions workflow to build and then publish .deb packages.

The 3rd point above is the most critical change here. This is because you wouldn't download and install a .deb that you can't verify has not been altered with, would you?

Features

This package should work and patch:

• Proxmox VE (5.x or later - 3.x and 4.x requires some manual actions)
• Proxmox Mail Gateway (5.x or later)
• Proxmox Backup Server (1.x or later)

What this package does is:

1. Non-Intrusive: Performs 0 modifications to the system files.
2. Future-Proof: Requires no adjustments between system updates & major upgrades.
3. Hassle-Free: Install (or uninstall) with ease.
4. Debian-ized: fake-proxmox-license is delivered as a proper Debian package, fresh from GitHub CI/CD to provide transparency and automation.
5. Fuck JavaScript: No JavaScript is involved in the whole process, because fuck JavaScript.

Usage

Installation

Download the latest .deb file from the releases page and install it with apt or apt-get:

# curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/arszilla/fake-proxmox-subscription/releases/latest | grep "browser_download_url.*deb" | cut -d : -f 2,3 | tr -d \" | wget -i - -O fake-proxmox-subscription.deb
# apt install ./fake-proxmox-subscription.deb

Uninstallation

To uninstall, run apt or apt-get with the remove flag and the package name:

# apt remove fake-proxmox-subscription

Build It Yourself

You can easily build the package yourself, assuming you have a Debian-based system:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential debhelper dpkg-dev
$ git clone https://github.com/Arszilla/fake-proxmox-subscription
$ cd fake-proxmox-subscription/
$ dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
$ ls -al ../fake-proxmox-subscription_*

While at it, you can view and validate the contents of your newly built .deb:

$ dpkg-deb --info ../fake-proxmox-subscription_*.deb
$ dpkg-deb --contents ./fake-proxmox-subscription_*.deb

Alternatively, if you want to use podman or docker to build the .deb, a Dockerfile is available:

$ podman build -t fake-proxmox-subscription .
$ podman run -it fake-proxmox-subscription:latest /bin/bash -c "ls -al /opt/fake-proxmox-subscription/debian/artifacts/"

Afterwards, transfer the generated .deb from /opt/fake-proxmox-subscription/debian/artifacts/.

The Dockerfile is basic and was primarily used for build testing, validating packaging, etc. I've only kept it in case someone might be interested in using it.