I Built a Podman Server in My Home Lab This Weekend and This Surprised Me
I have written a lot about Docker in the home lab as well as Kubernetes. Both are awesome tools and arguably the enterprise standard. Docker is simple and VERY widely…
Author: Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
I Almost Gave Up on Proxmox iSCSI Storage in My Home Lab Then This Worked
Many organizations are looking at moving from VMware over to a different hypervisor. For many, they have settled on Proxmox as their target. However, if you have been running with…
I Added This to My Docker Compose and It Changed Everything
All of us use Docker compose extensively in our home labs to run containers and self-host services. I love it. It is THE way to deploy your containers when you…
5 Operating Systems I Wouldn’t Run My Home Lab Without in 2026
Outside of Proxmox or your hypervisor of choice, in the modern 2026 home lab, the operating systems you choose matter more than just about anything else. The OS’s you run…
10 Ceph Commands I Use in My Proxmox Home Lab
I have been running Ceph in my Proxmox powered home lab now since the beginning of this year and it is an amazing storage solution. It provides the backend storage…
I Thought My Kubernetes Backups Worked in My Home Lab but I Was Wrong
This weekend I went down an absolute rabbit hole that I think most home labbers eventually hit when they start getting more and more into Kubernetes and that is backups.…
I Still Run These Docker Containers Every Day in 2026 (After Moving to Kubernetes)
One of the assumptions that I think many make when moving to Kubernetes is that when you migrate, it is “all or nothing” from Docker. I probably thought that too…
I Replaced Docker with Kubernetes in My Home Lab and It Wasn’t What I Expected
It has taken me quite a long time to get my home lab where it is today. You struggle, you learn, you struggle, and then you learn more. This is…
I Built My Own S3 Storage in My Home Lab (And It Actually Works)
Lately, I have started to introduce more tooling into the home lab that utilizes S3 storage. I have already had some of this in the home lab. When I stood…
Why Your Home Lab Feels Slow (And What I Found)
Have you ever had those frustrating moments when running a home lab and you know that everything looks like it is “technically” working, but things just “feel” slow? It is…