I Tried This Home Lab App Store and It Made Podman Much Easier
I have been flirting around with Podman in my home lab and have been testing it more than in the past as of recently. You may have seen my recent…
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This Proxmox Restore Portal Helps You Find the File You Actually Need
There are really two kinds of restores when it comes to your backups. You can restore an entire VM when needed which is the scenario that we tend to think…
7 ZFS Things I Wish I’d Known Before Using It on Proxmox
If there is one thing about Proxmox storage to note, it is that it fully embraces ZFS storage. ZFS is a native storage type in Proxmox and it has a…
Microsoft Just Gave WSL Its Own Container Engine. Do You Still Need Docker Desktop?
I have been on a containerization journey in my home lab for a number of years now and have been using Docker to run containerized workloads in the home lab…
7 Linux Commands Most People Discover Too Late in Their Home Lab
One of the primary learning exercises that I think can benefit most in the home lab is getting more familiar with Linux. Linux though, has a way of letting you…
I Tried This New Proxmox Dashboard, and the Self-Service Features Got My Attention
We have seen an explosion of dashboards for Proxmox VE Server that hold the promise of giving us a more modern view of Proxmox. There are many really good ones…
I Put TrueNAS on a Grafana Dashboard. Then It Showed 12.7 PB of ARC.
I recently finished building a new TrueNAS configuration for use with my Proxmox VE server for additional iSCSI storage in the home lab. Take a look at my build post…
I Built My Ultimate TrueNAS Storage Setup for Proxmox
As you all know if you have been following here, I have been knee deep with TrueNAS with the new Proxmox plugin the last couple of weeks and have been…
The Dockhand Security Setting You Should Turn On in Your Home Lab Now
With all of the news lately with Portainer and a change of direction, many are revisiting which container management tool they are using in the home lab. There are definitely…
5 Home Lab Projects to Try This Weekend: September 25, 2026
This past week for me in the home lab has included a LOT of cool things and really good learning experiences. It has covered the gamut from wiping out my…
