The First Hardware I Always Buy for Any Home Lab
Recently, I covered the first services that you should spin up in a home lab, including core services that are needed to make sure things work as expected with apps…
Author: Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
Nginx Proxy Manager vs NPMplus Which One is Better for Your Home Lab?
I have been testing a lot of reverse proxies lately, comparing features, and thinking about which ones are best for which use cases. For a long while, I have thought…
Best Docker containers for Docker Desktop in 2025
Docker Desktop is a great tool to run containers locally. It also provides a great interface to work with your containers and many features. While we may choose to run…
5 Things You Should Know About OPNsense Before You Install It
One of the first things that you will want to do when it comes to building out your home lab or home network in general to go beyond the basics…
Windows 11 25H2 ISOs and Enablement Package Download Released Ahead of Launch
In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft is getting things ready to release the latest version of Windows 11, Windows 11 version 25H2. In this one, Microsoft isn’t just dropping a…
Why Your Mini PC’s NVMe Drive Isn’t as Fast as You Think
I have been all-in on mini PCs now for the past couple of years and have since gotten rid of my enterprise 2U servers and that create a lot of…
The First Services I Always Spin Up in Any Home Lab
Sometimes it is hard to know where to start when building a home lab. It can be overwhelming with all the choices and services that you know you may need…
Proxmox Enhanced Configuration Utility (PECU): The Ultimate Proxmox VE GPU Toolkit for 2025
I have to say that I am a sucker for tools and utilities, especially when these are good and add value to a platform. Not long ago, I did a…
Why Talos Omni Kubernetes Has Changed My Home Lab
There are a lot of great ways to run Kubernetes in your home lab. I have covered many of these from running k3s to running a Minikube cluster on Ubuntu…
Caddy Reverse Proxy in 2025: The Simplest Docker Setup for Your Home Lab
If you have been keeping up with my home lab projects lately, you know I have been playing around with a lot of different reverse proxies and learning as much…