I Tried Termius for My Home Lab and Replaced My SSH Client
I am always on the lookout for the next tool that makes sense for me to use in my home lab environment or that brings new features or capabilities to…
Tag: home lab
Docker on Windows Server Finally Felt Easier After I Tried VisualDock Server
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…
The Home Lab Alerts I Refuse to Live Without
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”…
Before I Deploy Anything to My Home Lab, I Make These 8 Decisions
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…
Proxmox VE 9.2 Is Here: 7 New Features That Actually 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…
Why I Run Some Things in Docker, Some in VMs, and Some in Kubernetes
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…
The Proxmox VM Disk Settings I Change on Every New VM
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,”…
Don’t Ignore This Proxmox Warning Before June 2026
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…
The First 5 Things I Change on Every Docker Host
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…
The Best Infrastructure Decisions I Made This Year
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…