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Gemini CLI

Learn how to use Gemini CLI for your home lab AI workflows.

Self-hosting Local LLMs

Learn how to host your own private AI large language models in Proxmox.

Using MCP Servers with your Home Lab

A look at the MCP servers that are great in the home lab and how these are installed.

A look at infrastructure as code in the home lab, including Terraform, Packer, and Ansible.

Forgejo Docker Compose Installation

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How to Fork, Clone, Commit, and Create a GitHub Pull Request

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Docker Compose Tips and Tricks

Docker compose tips and tricks to try out in the home lab to streamline your experience.

Docker Network Troubleshooting with Netshoot

How to troubleshoot your Docker networking with a free and open source troubleshooting container called Netshoot.

Setting Up Docker Swarm, MicroCeph, and Portainer

What I think might be the ultimate Docker setup for home lab with Docker Swarm, MicroCeph, and Portainer.

02 – who is this course meant for

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03 – what you will need

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04 – What is a home lab?

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05 – what is the cost of a home lab?

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06 – Set specific goals and build your home lab around the goals

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07 – Choosing the Right Architecture – Bare metal, virtualized, cloud, hybrid?

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10 – Downloading and Burning the Proxmox ISO

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11 – Hooking up your mini PC

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12 – Installing Proxmox

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13 – Accessing the Proxmox Web UI

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17 – Downloading an LXC container image

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18 – Installing your first LXC container

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19 – Exploring Docker containers in your new home lab

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Technitium Clustering Tutorial

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FreeLens Kubernetes Desktop IDE

Learn about a free utility called FreeLens Desktop that allows you to manage and configure your Kubernetes cluster.

K3s with KubeVIP tutorial

Spinning up a Kubernetes HA configuration is made easy with two open source utilities, K3sup and Kube-VIP.

Microk8s and MicroCeph Tutorial

Learn how to run Microk8s Kubernetes distro with Microceph shared persistent storage.

Setting up Kubernetes with NFS Persistent Storage

A deep dive into NFS storage using NAS to provide storage for your Kubernetes workloads in the home lab for persistent storage.

Network Monitoring

A look at ARP and MAC flapping, SNMP and RMON interface stats, sFlow and NetFlow for traffic visibility, dns, latency, packet loss.

VLANs and Network Segmentation

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Add iSCSI storage in Proxmox VE Server

In this video, we take a look at adding Synology iSCSI shared storage to Proxmox and see how this can be done.

Adding Proxmox ISO storage

A look at how to create ISO storage in Proxmox VE Server.

Monitoring Proxmox with Pulse

A look at a great free tool for monitoring your Proxmox installation in the home lab.

Proxmox Ceph Installation and Configuration

A full video tutorial of how to install and configure a working Proxmox Ceph installation for HCI storage.

Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1

See new features of PDM 1.1 and how to manage your Proxmox environment with the official management tool.

Proxmox Home Lab Containers

We deep dive into LXC, Docker, and the new OCI containers in Proxmox VE Server 9.1.

Proxmox SDN

Getting started with Proxmox SDN in the home lab and getting similar functionality to vSphere Distributed Switches.

Proxmox VE 9 Security Hardening

See how to harden your Proxmox VE Server security posture.

Running pfSense on Proxmox

pfSense is a great home lab firewall. See all the details of running it in Proxmox in the home lab.

Upgrading Proxmox VE Server 8 to 9

Step by step upgrading from Proxmox VE Server 8 to 9.

Using the Proxmox Migration Wizard

Learn how to use the Proxmox Migration Wizard to migration from VMware ESXi to Proxmox.

Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL Tweaks

Learn about 10 tweaks I implement for Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL in the home lab.