Proxmox

  • Proxmox add disk storage space – NVMe drive

    Proxmox and NVMe storage is a great combination for the home lab or production environments. NVMe drives have gotten extremely inexpensive and you can buy large drives for low cost. However, how do you add an NVMe drive to Proxmox…

  • Proxmox Helper Scripts you can use

    Let’s take a look at Proxmox helper scripts that can save you as a Proxmox admin tons of time and effort in doing manual tasks through the GUI. Let’s see how they work, and some examples of Proxmox helper scripts…

  • Proxmox firewall setup and configuration

    The Proxmox firewall is a powerful part of the Proxmox virtualization solution and can do many things that admins can use to their advantage, such as controlling traffic and making sure certain things like allowing clients or hosts to connect…

  • Proxmox cluster installation and configuration

    After running a Proxmox single node server in your home lab or development environment, you probably want to graduate to using multiple nodes for high-availability. Creating a Proxmox cluster is a great way to have HA and have the option…

  • Proxmox scripts PowerShell Ansible and Terraform

    Proxmox is growing more and more popular, especially for home lab enthusiasts and those looking to spin up labs based on totally free and open-source software. Proxmox has a great API that allows throwing automation tasks at the solution and…

  • Proxmox firewall rules configuration

    In working with Proxmox, one of the cool features as part of the solution is the Promox firewall and firewall rules. Proxmox VE firewall is a firewall service that allows configuring firewall rules for filtering traffic to the Promox server,…

  • Creating either a new virtual machine or containers in proxmox

    Proxmox Container vs VM features and configuration

    Proxmox is an extremely versatile hypervisor that provides the ability to run a Proxmox Container vs VM as part of the native functionality built into the platform. This is a great way to have the best of both worlds. It…

  • Applying the new vlan configuration for the management interface

    Proxmox Management Interface VLAN tagging configuration

    If you have configured your Promox server in the home lab, most want to segregate their management traffic from the other types of traffic in their lab environment as part of their network configuration. Making the management interface VLAN aware…

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    Proxmox vs ESXi – ultimate comparison 2022

    There are many great hypervisors in use in the enterprise data center, in SMB environments, and home lab environments. Two of those hypervisors include Proxmox VE and VMware ESXi. Both are fantastic hypervisors with many strengths in hosting enterprise workloads…

  • Proxmox Create ISO Storage Location – disk space error

    If you are working with Proxmox in your home lab or otherwise, one of the first things you will want to do is upload ISO installation media to your Proxmox host. You can mount a physical CD to your Proxmox…