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This article walks through downloading the Proxmox VE ISO, creating a bootable USB drive, and installing Proxmox on your server hardware. Note: Proxmox VE is a bare-metal installer. The entire target drive will be erased. Back up any important data before proc...

This article covers the Proxmox web interface, the primary tool for managing your server, VMs, and containers. Also, best practices for first login.   Post-Install Configuration (Highly Recommended)   Disable the Enterprise Repository (No Subscription) In the...

This article covers creating and configuring a full virtual machine in Proxmox. The example uses Ubuntu Server as the guest OS. Ubuntu Server is best lightweight option for running server as virtual machine. Unlike Ubuntu Desktop, this VM is accessed via comma...

LXC containers are a lightweight alternative to full VMs. They are ideal for running Linux services with minimal overhead. However they are running as rootless, so there is little more risk to compromising hypervisor itself as it shares kernel, unlike VM. Best...

Proxmox supports multiple users, roles, groups, and authentication realms. This is essential for any shared or production environment, as well as keeping access limited and secure. Authentication Realms available in Proxmox Linux PAM-  uses the host OS users ...

Protecting your VMs and containers with regular backups is essential. Proxmox includes built-in backup and snapshot tools. Also, it's good idea to connect Proxmox Backup Server if you have an option of running another server. This way backups are stored off si...

Proxmox includes a built-in firewall that can be configured at the Datacenter, Node, and VM/Container level. Firewall Hierarchy Datacenter — rules that apply to all nodes in the cluster Node — rules specific to the Proxmox host itself VM/Container — rules sp...

This article covers how to create additional network bridges and set up an isolated network for your virtual machines — separating VM traffic from the Proxmox management interface. After installation, Proxmox creates one Linux bridge: vmbr0 — connected to you...

Shared storage allows multiple Proxmox nodes to access the same storage pool, enabling live migration of VMs and centralized backup storage. Also, if you have multiple devices clustered together, this can enable High Availability. Storage Types in Proxmox Dir...

A Proxmox cluster groups multiple Proxmox nodes together, enabling centralized management, live migration (moving VMs between nodes), and high availability. When second node is connected to a cluster, it will assume primary cluster roles and authentication. Pr...

High Availability (HA) ensures that critical VMs are automatically restarted on another node if the node they are running on fails. Prerequisites: A working cluster with at least 3 nodes Shared storage accessible by all nodes (so the VM disk can be accessed a...

Update Proxmox apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y List all VMs qm list List all containers pct list Check storage pvesm status Check cluster status pvecm status Check HA status ha-manager status View running services systemctl list-units --type=se...

Update Proxmox apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y List all VMs qm list List all containers pct list Check storage pvesm status Check cluster status pvecm status Check HA status ha-manager status View running services systemctl list-units --type=se...

This is a step-by-step document on how to connect a server directory to a Synology NAS using NFS. This guide assumes you have access to both the server and the Synology NAS. Prerequisites     Access to a server (Linux-based).    Access to a Synology NAS.    NF...

Search Engine Around this point in my homelab journey, I had the baseline established and was ready to focus on applications that would bring more meaning to my homelab and actually be of use. Throughout graduate school, a big focus of mine was cybersecurity a...

Security was at the forefront of this project — an idea that sparked a huge part of the build, and the topic I enjoyed most during graduate school. In the Foundation chapter, the focus was around access control at the firewall level, making sure that only spec...