Proxmox

How to Start Your Homelab

My first homelab was a laptop running Ubuntu as a webserver.

Then I discovered Proxmox. Here’s a video for getting a Proxmox HA cluster set up:

Now I run a 4 node Proxmox cluster with High Availability, ZFS replication, and automated backups to my TrueNAS Core NFS share.

Proxmox allows me to run multiple LXCs on a single device. This lets me run more than just a basic webserver. I now run the following setup:

Proxmox (containerization)

TrueNAS Core (network attached storage)
Docker (containerization)

Authelia (authentication)
Heimdall (dashboard)
Nginx Proxy Manager (reverse proxy / SSL certificates)
WikiJS (documentation)
LibreSpeedTest (internet speed test)
Docker Mail Server (mail)
WatchTower (automated docker updates)


Nextcloud (cloud storage)
Gitea (git version control)
Tailscale (vpn)
AstroJS (website)
Tdarr (transcoding)
Pterodactyl (gaming servers)