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…
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I Thought ZFS Was Required for Proxmox Replication in My Home Lab but I Was Wrong
When it comes to Proxmox replication in the home lab or production for that matter, if you want to have replication you needed ZFS. That was just how the solution…
I’m Now Running Ceph and iSCSI in My Proxmox Home Lab. Here’s Why
So at the first of the year when I built out my new Proxmox mini lab, I went all in on Ceph. Like most of us, I wanted to have…
I Almost Gave Up on Proxmox iSCSI Storage in My Home Lab Then This Worked
Many organizations are looking at moving from VMware over to a different hypervisor. For many, they have settled on Proxmox as their target. However, if you have been running with…
10 Ceph Commands I Use in My Proxmox Home Lab
I have been running Ceph in my Proxmox powered home lab now since the beginning of this year and it is an amazing storage solution. It provides the backend storage…
Proxmox Finally Has a Real RVTools-Style Report (This Is What Was Missing)
If you seem to remember that I wrote about a similar topic, you are correct! I had previously written about a particular tool in the cv4pve toolkit that reminded me…
Manage Proxmox Like Kubernetes? This CLI Tool Makes It Possible
If you have spent any amount of time working with Proxmox, you are probably super familiar with the web interface. The default web interface is clean and gives you good…
5 Mistakes I Made Building My Proxmox Cluster (So You Don’t Have To)
One of the best projects that you can build in the home lab in my opinion for learning and just overall fun is a Proxmox cluster (or any other hypervisor…
This Free Tool Feels Like RVTools for Proxmox (And It’s CLI-Based)
If you are like me and have a long history with VMware environments, there is a good chance RVTools was one of your go-to utilities. It gives you the instant…
7 hidden Proxmox features buried in the admin guide Your Home Lab Needs
Like most hypervisors, some of the best features of Proxmox are not the obvious ones when you first start using it. Some features and capabilities are buried deep inside and…