Virtualization, Cloud, DevOps, Reviews
Running containers on Linux feels pretty normal and I have a LOT of it running in my home lab, especially for my Docker container hosts. However, Windows Server or workstation…
I have shared quite a bit of content on the tools I use in my current monitoring stack. However, I haven’t really shared the details of what I actually “alert”…
When you start spending enough time self-hosting applications in your home lab, you stop “just deploying” stuff because they look cool. We all still do some of that, no matter…
It seems like Proxmox has been moving fast lately with lots of new functionality, improvements, bug fixes, etc. Each release seems to bring great new features along. Proxmox VE 9.2…
I have been very transparent about the fact that I still have Docker hosts in my home lab in addition to running Kubernetes. If you haven’t seen my post on…
When I first started running Proxmox seriously in the home lab, I mostly accepted the default virtual machine disk settings. If a VM booted successfully and performance felt “good enough,”…
Recently while migrating a Windows VM in my home lab running Proxmox VE, I noticed a warning message that honestly caught me off guard. At first glance, it looked like…
Getting a Docker host up and running is a great thing to do in your home lab environment. It allows you to start running containers and testing out things much…
It has been quite a year already in my home lab when it comes to infrastructure and the decisions I have made so far. This year I have made some…
From the beginning of 2026, I have written a lot about my journey of moving away from VMware which you can read about here: I Spent a Year Running Proxmox…
