🖥️ Proxmox Home Lab
Built and maintain a Proxmox virtualization environment to gain hands-on experience with enterprise infrastructure, virtualization, Linux administration, storage, networking, and self-hosted services. This environment serves as the foundation for all of my home lab projects.
Overview
This home lab serves as my personal environment for learning enterprise infrastructure technologies through hands-on experience. Rather than using cloud-based labs, I built and maintain my own virtualization platform using Proxmox VE, allowing me to safely deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and rebuild systems as I learn.
The lab has become the foundation for experimenting with Linux administration, Docker containers, networking, storage, automation, and self-hosted applications.
Architecture
Technologies Used
- Proxmox VE
- Ubuntu Server
- Docker
- Linux
- Git & GitHub
- PowerShell
- TCP/IP Networking
- SMB File Sharing
Highlights
- Built and manage a Proxmox virtualization environment.
- Deploy Linux virtual machines for testing and development.
- Host multiple Docker services.
- Practice networking and storage configuration.
- Document infrastructure using GitHub.
- Continuously expand the lab with new technologies.
Challenges
- Learning Linux permissions and file ownership.
- Understanding Docker networking.
- Configuring shared storage.
- Troubleshooting container deployments.
- Managing virtual networking inside Proxmox.
What I Learned
Building this home lab has significantly improved my understanding of virtualization, Linux administration, Docker, networking, storage, and troubleshooting. It has reinforced the importance of documentation, backups, version control, and solving technical problems through careful testing rather than guesswork.