What Is a NAS? (And Which Kind Your Homelab Actually Needs)
NAS explained in plain English — what network-attached storage does, commercial box vs DIY server vs a share on your Proxmox host, and how to choose the right one for your budget.
The Complete Proxmox Homelab Guide (2026)
A start-to-finish roadmap for building a Proxmox homelab: hardware, install, clustering, networking, storage, security, backups, and the self-hosted services worth running — each step linked to a full walkthrough.
Your First Docker Compose Stack: From Zero to a Running Service
A true beginner's guide to Docker Compose. Learn what images, containers, ports, and volumes actually are by deploying your first real service — the foundation every self-hosted app is built on.
Run Home Assistant on Proxmox the Right Way (HAOS in a VM)
The correct way to run Home Assistant in a Proxmox homelab: Home Assistant OS in a dedicated VM, installed with the community helper script. Covers why a VM beats a container, and full onboarding.
Shared Storage for Your Homelab: Samba and NFS File Shares Done Right
How to set up network file shares in a Proxmox homelab using Samba (for Windows/macOS) and NFS (for Linux). A beginner guide to a central file server your media, photos, and backups can all read from.
Never Lose a Homelab Note Again: A Git + Markdown Vault
Build a homelab knowledge base on Git and Markdown — the substrate that gives you version history, plain-text durability, and one authoritative copy. Includes the SSHFS-over-bashrc mount pattern.
Your Homelab Needs a Second Brain — Here's Why
You've solved the same homelab problem three times because you forgot how you fixed it. Here's the case for a single source of truth — and the payoff that compounds over years.
Never Move a Note When a Project Ends
When a project ends, don't move its notes to an archive folder — you break every link and bookmark pointing at them. Put lifecycle in frontmatter, not the file path.
Already Made a Mess of Your Notes? Here's the Fix
Already have split-brain repos, a secret in history, and pages moved on a whim? The recovery playbook: quarantine divergent copies, pick one authority, reconcile, and rebuild every projection clean.
Never Commit a Secret to Your Knowledge Base
Never commit a password to your knowledge base — and if you already have, scrubbing it from the working tree isn't enough. Here's the store-pointers-not-values rule and the Git history purge.
Creating Your First Proxmox LXC Container: Step-by-Step
Create your first Proxmox LXC container from scratch — download a template, run the wizard the right way, choose privileged vs unprivileged, and do the first-boot setup. The homelab workhorse, explained.
Creating Your First Proxmox VM: A Complete Walkthrough
Create a full virtual machine on Proxmox VE from scratch — upload an ISO, configure the VM wizard the right way, install the OS, and add the QEMU guest agent for clean shutdowns and live stats.
Choosing Homelab Hardware: What Actually Matters and What to Ignore
A practical hardware guide for building a multi-node homelab — CPU, RAM, storage, and power requirements explained without the jargon, with specific recommendations at three budget levels.
Choosing a Network Switch for Your Homelab: Speed, Managed vs Unmanaged, and VLAN Basics
What a network switch actually does, the real difference between 1GbE and 2.5GbE for homelab use, why managed switches matter for clustering, and how to wire up multiple Proxmox nodes correctly.
Forming a Proxmox Cluster: Quorum, Corosync, and Joining Multiple Nodes
How to create a Proxmox VE cluster from multiple nodes — what Corosync and quorum actually mean, the exact commands to form and join the cluster, what to verify, and how to avoid the split-brain scenarios that corrupt data.
Installing Proxmox VE: Complete Step-by-Step Guide from USB to First Login
How to download Proxmox VE, write a bootable USB drive, install it on your hardware with the correct network settings, and complete the essential post-install configuration — including fixing the subscription nag and switching to the free package repository.
Proxmox Security Hardening: SSH Keys, Firewall, and Locking Down a New Cluster
Essential security configuration for a new Proxmox cluster — SSH key-based authentication, disabling password login, configuring the built-in firewall, securing the web UI, and the audit steps to verify nothing is exposed that shouldn't be.
Ventoy: One USB Drive for Every ISO You Own
Stop reflashing your USB drive for every OS install. Ventoy lets you boot any ISO by dropping it onto a drive — perfect for homelabbers juggling Proxmox, Ubuntu, GParted, and more.
What Is a Homelab? (And Why You're About to Fall Down a Wonderful Rabbit Hole)
A homelab is your own private cloud running on hardware you control. Here's what a homelab actually is, why people build them, what you can run, and how to start — explained for complete beginners, no jargon.