Is Proxmox SDN Worth It for a Home Lab?
Out of all the really great features that Proxmox offers for home labbers and production environments, one of the most underutilized features is Proxmox SDN. You have probably seen the…
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 Use Packer to Automate Ubuntu Server 26.04 on Proxmox and It Saves Me Hours
I am a huge fan of automation in the home lab and have long had pipelines running that automate deployments of virtual machines in my VMware vSphere and now Proxmox…
I Replaced My Monitoring Stack and This Just Works in My Home Lab
I am always on the lookout for new and better tools for monitoring in the home lab environment to keep an eye on self-hosted apps and services. There are a…
I Can Rebuild My Home Lab From Scratch in Hours and These 5 Habits Made It Possible
If you have ever worked at rebuilding your home lab from scratch or even part of it, you know how painful this can be. This could possibly turn into a…
I Tried Tainer for Proxmox and It Feels Like Portainer for VMs
I am constantly surprised by the number of new tools that are getting cranked out for Proxmox. It is hard to keep up sometimes with the growth and expansion of…
Proxmox 9.1.8 Finally Rebalances HA Workloads Automatically
For those migrating to Proxmox from “another hypervisor”, there are always the discussions around what features may be missing or work different from what they are coming from. If you…
I Deployed My Own Flatcar Linux Update Server and Here’s What Actually Happened
I have been having a blast trying out container-specific operating systems. As of recently I have tried out a couple including Lightwhale and Flatcar. Both have been very good in…
I Installed Flatcar Linux on Proxmox and It’s Not Like a Normal Linux VM
There are many great Linux operating systems that I have used in the home lab for running containers. You may have seen my recent post on Lightwhale in my home…
The Biggest Docker Mistakes I Still See in Home Labs (And How I Fix Them)
Docker is a super powerful tool that you can use in your home lab. I think for me personally, a turning point was when I started running mostly containerized services.…
I Thought I Had the Best Docker OS in My Home Lab Until I Tried This
For a long while now, I have felt like I have my Docker hosts dialed in. I have used a wide range of operating systems over the years, including Ubuntu,…