In this guide, I show you how to install NUT on Proxmox and protect your servers during a power failure. Network UPS Tools (NUT) can monitor an uninterruptible power supply and shut down the Proxmox host before the battery runs out.
Looking for homelab ideas? Here are 25 projects I either run in my own lab or have planned next, organized by where you start and how your lab grows.
When I started building my home lab, choosing the right server was only half the story. The other half? Picking the best hypervisor. After all, it’s the hypervisor that actually runs your virtual machines—so it plays a huge role in how flexible, efficient, and manageable your home lab setup is.
If you are looking to run the best mini PC for Proxmox, you are not alone. Mini PCs are increasingly popular among homelab enthusiasts seeking a powerful, compact, and energy-efficient virtualization setup.
I run a FortiGate at the edge of my own homelab, in front of a Proxmox cluster and several VLANs. Before updating this guide, I asked the homelab community what they actually run in 2026.
As a system administrator, securing SSH access is crucial for protecting my servers. That's why I've implemented two-factor authentication (2FA) on my Linux and Proxmox systems. In this guide, I'll walk you through the process of securing SSH with 2FA, step by step.
For years, Fail2ban was the first thing I installed on any server I put online. It is light, it is simple, and it just works. I never had a reason to look further. Then CrowdSec kept coming up in homelab circles, and I wanted to know if it was hype or a real upgrade over the tool
A home lab is great for getting hands-on experience with different technologies. It is the ideal setup for testing products or configurations in a quiet environment.
Is your Proxmox Backup Server verify slow? Mine ran for 8.5 hours every single day. Backups were fine. Restores worked. But the daily verify dragged on from morning into late afternoon. I assumed it was my gigabit network. I was wrong.
Knowing how to update Proxmox manually keeps you in control of when patches and kernel updates hit your server. This guide covers both the command-line and the web GUI approaches.
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