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…
Tag: home server
I Wiped My Proxmox Host to See If This Backup Tool Could Bring It Back
There is a critical missing piece to most DR strategies in Proxmox. We all think first about backing up virtual machines and LXC containers that are running workloads and housing…
Portainer 3.0 Changes Direction. What Does It Mean for Docker Home Labs?
If there has been one name that has been synoymous with “container management”, that name has been Portainer. I have used it for years now and have always thought of…
I Installed the New TrueNAS Proxmox Plugin in My Home Lab. Here’s the Setup
So, in case you haven’t heard yet, TrueNAS has released their official plugin for Proxmox. It means they now have a sanctioned, official plugin that they develop and support for…
Pangolin 1.23 Just Made High Availability Clustering Self-Service for Home Labs
If you haven’t heard about Pangolin, I wrote up a full walkthrough with the solution back in September of last year. You can read that post here: Why Pangolin is…
I Wouldn’t Run a 2-Node Proxmox Cluster Without a Third Vote
Proxmox has the ability to run a two node configuration for a cluster. And for many home labbers this is a great setup since you don’t have to use as…
7 New Home Lab Projects to Try This Weekend: September 18, 2026
Well, as you all know, I love project based learning. I think it produces some of the best results of any type of learning you can do. When you have…
TrueNAS Just Fixed One of Proxmox’s Biggest Storage Headaches
It really feels like Proxmox is on fire lately with announcements and momentum behind the solution. We just came off the heels of Proxmox announcing they were bringing on 24×7…
I Gave AI Control of My Docker Home Lab With Komodo MCP
There are so many cool projects now that we have access to in the the realm of home lab, especially when it comes to automation and AI Ops for our…
I Added Break-Glass Accounts Before My Home Lab Locked Me Out
One of the coolest things that you can do is centralize your authentication in the home lab. So, instead of having all kinds of separate usernames and passwords that are…
