10 Open-Source AI Models You Should Try In Your Home Lab (August 2025)
I am loving being able to try out so many cool new AI models in 2025. There are so many great options to choose from now. Who would have thought…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…