Best of Proxmox — 2025

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·41w

    Over engineering my homelab so I don't pay cloud providers

    A detailed guide on setting up a home virtualization environment using Proxmox Virtual Environment on encrypted Debian, with full automation through Ansible playbooks. The author migrates from cloud VPS to a local mini PC setup, implementing disk encryption, bridged networking, and infrastructure-as-code practices to create a flexible homelab for experimenting with Kubernetes while maintaining production service stability.

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    All the open source software i use in 2025!

    A comprehensive overview of open source software tools used in 2025, covering operating systems, virtualization, networking, monitoring, backup solutions, and productivity applications. The content explores Linux as a desktop OS, Proxmox for virtualization, Netbird for VPN, Home Assistant for automation, NextCloud as a Microsoft 365 alternative, and various other self-hosted solutions for personal and business use.

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    Self-Host Weekly (8 August 2025)

    Weekly roundup of self-hosting news featuring Proxmox VE 9.0 release with Debian 13 upgrade and mobile interface improvements, Proxmox Backup Server 4.0 with S3 support, Ghost 6.0 with integrated analytics and ActivityPub support, and spotlight on iSponsorBlockTV for automatically skipping YouTube sponsored segments on network devices.

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    How I Organize My Self-Hosted Apps and Dev Environment

    A practical guide to organizing self-hosted infrastructure using Proxmox for virtualization, Docker containers managed through Komodo, automated backups with Proxmox Backup Server, and monitoring via Grafana. The setup includes ByteStash for code snippets, Docmost for documentation, and n8n for workflow automation. The author shares lessons learned about maintaining a clean, scalable homelab environment while avoiding common pitfalls like over-reliance on application dashboards.

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    MacRimi/ProxMenux: ProxMenux An Interactive Menu for Proxmox VE Management

    ProxMenux is an interactive command-line management tool for Proxmox VE that simplifies server administration through a menu-driven interface. The tool can be installed with a single bash command and provides an easy way to execute commands and scripts on Proxmox VE 8.x systems. It automatically handles dependencies including bash, curl, wget, jq, whiptail, and python3-venv, with translation support through a Python virtual environment.

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    How to Automate Proxmox Virtual Machine Configuration with NetBox and Ansible AWX/Tower/Automation Platform (AAP)

    NetBox is a popular Network Source of Truth (NSoT) that can be integrated with Proxmox to automate and manage virtual machine (VM) states using Ansible AWX/Tower/Automation Platform (AAP). This integration leverages event-driven automation with webhooks and event rules in NetBox to trigger automated actions in Proxmox using predefined Ansible playbooks. Version 1.1.0 of netbox-proxmox-automation facilitates this setup, requiring a running AWX instance, defined projects, credentials, and job templates. Users must configure necessary scripts and settings to ensure seamless automation.

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·31w

    More random home lab things I've recently learned

    A collection of homelab lessons learned covering NVMe SSD installation on Raspberry Pi 5, ARM64 Proxmox deployment challenges including OOM kills and BIOS configuration, Proxmox Backup Server deadlock issues when ZFS volumes fill completely, and various tools including CyberPower UPS management software, Davis CalDAV server, and Mealie recipe manager. Includes practical solutions like using kpartx for VM disk mounting, fixing PBS storage deadlocks by removing ZFS snapshots, and configuring kernel page size for ARM virtualization.

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    Avatar of theregisterThe Register·36w

    Proxmox delivers datacenter manager beta

    Proxmox has launched a beta version of its Datacenter Manager, a centralized management tool that allows administrators to control multiple hardware clusters from a single console. This development positions Proxmox as a stronger alternative to VMware, particularly for organizations seeking cost-effective virtualization solutions. The tool addresses a key limitation where Proxmox clusters previously operated as isolated islands, now enabling centralized oversight and virtual machine migrations across clusters without network requirements.

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