A Proxmox Container Born, Configured, and Destroyed From Code
Prove your homelab's infrastructure code with a scratch container — OpenTofu creates it, Ansible configures it, a destroy removes it, production untouched.
Ansible for a Cluster You Built by Hand: Capture, Then Assert
Bring hand-configured Proxmox nodes under Ansible without changing them — capture live config into roles and make check mode your acceptance test.
Rebuild Your Homelab From Zero: What Survives a Total Loss
A Proxmox disaster-recovery walkthrough — what survives losing every node, the restore order that unblocks itself, and two commands that prove the rebuild.
Turn a Hand-Built Proxmox Cluster Into Code Without Breaking It
IaC guides assume an empty account. Here's the import-first approach for a Proxmox homelab already running things you cannot afford to lose.
Import a Live Proxmox Cluster Into OpenTofu With Zero Changes
Bring running Proxmox containers under OpenTofu without restarting one: import blocks, the generated-config cleanup, and a clean plan that becomes your drift detector.
Homelab Capacity Planning: What If a Node Dies Tonight?
I built a read-only simulator that answers whether a dead node's containers fit on the survivors — using the RAM they actually use, not the RAM you configured.
Proxmox Cloud-Init Templates: New VMs in 30 Seconds Flat
Turn an Ubuntu cloud image into a Proxmox template and clone ready-to-boot VMs in seconds — user, SSH key, and IP pre-configured by cloud-init, no installer wizard ever again.
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.
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.
Docker on Proxmox: LXC vs VM, Done Right
The right way to run Docker on Proxmox — why a dedicated VM beats a privileged LXC, how to set both up, and Portainer for a web UI. Avoid the docker-in-LXC pitfalls that cost real downtime.
Pi-hole on Proxmox LXC: Network-Wide DNS and Ad Blocking
Run Pi-hole in a Proxmox LXC container for network-wide ad blocking and local DNS — install it, point your router at it, add local hostnames, and avoid the one mistake that takes your whole network offline.
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.
Proxmox VM vs LXC: When to Use Each
A practical guide to choosing between a Proxmox VM and an LXC container — kernel sharing, isolation, density, performance, and a decision flowchart for every workload.
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.
Node Exporter + pve-exporter: Complete Proxmox Metrics in Grafana
Install node_exporter on every Proxmox node and pve-exporter for cluster-level metrics, wire both into Prometheus, and import production-ready Grafana dashboards — with alert rules for the metrics that actually matter.
Proxmox Backup Server: Automated CT and VM Backups with Deduplication
Deploy Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) in a dedicated LXC container, configure scheduled backups for all containers and VMs, and set retention policies — with verified restore procedures.
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.
Proxmox Firewall: Securing a Home Cluster with Zone-Based Rules
A practical guide to the Proxmox built-in firewall — cluster-level rules, node-level rules, container-level rules, IPSET groups for your trusted subnets, and the exact rule order that keeps your cluster safe without locking yourself out.
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 LXC Networking: Static IPs, VLANs, and Bridge Configuration
A practical reference for Proxmox LXC container networking — assigning static IPs, configuring the Linux bridge, setting up VLAN-aware bridges, and troubleshooting the common mistakes that cause connectivity failures.
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.
Proxmox Storage Guide: local-lvm, ZFS, NFS, and When to Use Each
A practical breakdown of Proxmox storage backends — what local-lvm actually is, when ZFS makes sense, how to add NAS storage over NFS, and the storage layout decisions that affect your cluster's performance and reliability.
Vaultwarden on Proxmox LXC: Self-Hosted Bitwarden-Compatible Password Manager
Deploy Vaultwarden (the lightweight Bitwarden-compatible server) in an unprivileged Proxmox LXC container with HTTPS, automatic backups, and mobile client access via Tailscale.
Wiki.js on Proxmox LXC: Self-Hosted Knowledge Base in 30 Minutes
Deploy Wiki.js in an unprivileged Proxmox LXC container with a PostgreSQL backend, HTTPS via a reverse proxy, and automatic backups — the exact setup powering this homelab's documentation.
Building a Native Proxmox Dashboard in Flutter: Linux Desktop + iOS
How I built MyOfficeLab (since renamed HomeLab) — a Flutter app with native Proxmox API integration, live CT metrics, Riverpod 3 state management, CEF webviews, and a dual-mode brass design system — targeting both Linux desktop and iOS from one codebase.
Proxmox Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana: Full Stack Setup
Deploy a complete observability stack for a Proxmox cluster: node_exporter on all hosts, pve-exporter for cluster metrics, Prometheus scraping everything, and Grafana dashboards with email alerting.
Hermes Agent: Self-Hosted AI Agent with Fallback Model Chains
Deploy Hermes Agent on Proxmox LXC — a fully autonomous AI agent with tool use, Anthropic primary routing, and OpenRouter fallback chains. Includes the Kanban integration and CLI delegation setup.
Fabric Minecraft Server in a Proxmox LXC Container: Mods + JVM Tuning
Run a Fabric 1.20.1 Minecraft server in an unprivileged Proxmox LXC container with performance mods (Lithium, Starlight, Carpet), JVM garbage collection tuning, and systemd service management.
CPU-Only Ollama Cluster on Proxmox LXC: 3-Node Setup with Load Balancing
Run local LLMs across three Proxmox LXC containers with Ollama, expose them via Open WebUI's built-in load balancer, and avoid the Docker-in-LXC pitfalls that cost me two sessions to fix.
Building a 4-Node Proxmox Cluster on HP EliteDesk Mini PCs
How to assemble a production-grade Proxmox VE 9 cluster from four HP EliteDesk 705 G4 mini PCs — hardware selection, quorum strategy, firewall, and the gotchas that cost a Saturday.