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home lab
8 Virtual Machine Projects You Need to Build This Weekend!
I have been focused a lot on containerized development and DevOps lately and many of the weekend projects I have written about have been focused there. However, for those that love projects involving virtual machines, these are still very much…
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Containers
Docker Compose Tricks I Wish I Knew Sooner
Most likely when you start playing around with and using Docker containers in your home lab and production environments, you will eventually start becoming familiar with Docker Compose. Docker compose is generally the go-to tool that many use when working…
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Proxmox
Testing Proxmox 9 Snapshots as Volume Chains on iSCSI (Tech Preview)
One of the new features I was really excited about when looking into the features of Proxmox 9 VE Server was the snapshot capabilities on thick provisioned LUNs with iSCSI and NFS. I think for many VMware admins, it really…
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Containers
10 Common Docker Container Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Running Docker containers is an absolute game changer for your home lab and production environments where they make sense. If you are wanting an easy way to spin up new environments and host apps and services, running containers has so…
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Proxmox
How to Upgrade from Proxmox VE 8 to 9 Fast and Hassle-Free
I have had some questions in the comments about showing the upgrade from Proxmox VE 8 to 9. The official documentation is there, but can be a little hard to follow at times. So, here you go, my how to…
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home lab
5 Secure Networking Projects for Your Home Lab This Weekend!
Man so many projects to try and most of us feel like we don’t have enough time. However, I hope you have been enjoying my “weekend” series blog post I have been releasing each Friday to spur on some project-based…
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Proxmox
Proxmox VE 9’s New Mobile Web UI: Manage Your Cluster from Anywhere
In case you haven’t heard, Proxmox 9 has officially dropped and it contains some great new features like LVM thick LUN snapshots, SDN fabric enhancements and more. However, one of the features that has flown under the radar is a…
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home lab
12 Essential Steps I Take on Every New Docker Host
I get excited when I am spinning up a new Docker container host as I think about all the new, cool workloads and projects that can be ran on it. Building up your Docker container host the right way and…
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Proxmox
Instant VMs and LXCs on Proxmox: My Go-To Terraform Templates for Quick Deployments
Terraform is one of the defacto tools when it comes to being about to quickly deploy both virtual machines and LXC containers on Proxmox or any other environment for that matter. I have used it for years in VMware vSphere…
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home lab
New UniFi OS Server Lets You Self-Host the Full UniFi Experience
If you have been following the news lately, Ubiquiti just released something very exciting, UniFi OS Server. This will likely change how we self-host our Unifi controller and network application moving forward. Let’s take a deep dive into what this…
