So glad you found Home Lab Explorers! The community is what makes the technology field great. There are so many talented and dedicated individuals in the community that when brought together, they create something special. The thirst for knowledge and know-how is what brings us all together to cooperate and learn.

A set of worksheets and beginner checklists that help you get started thinking about and building out your first home lab or improving a lab that you already have underway. It covers defining goals, selecting your hardware, planning your network, deciding on your first project, home lab documentation, launching your first service, home lab security, storage, VMs, containers, and home lab backups.

This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about nested virtualization in your home lab using Proxmox, VMware ESXi, XCP-NG, and Harvester. Learn how to install and configure nested hypervisors, set up networking, optimize performance, troubleshoot common issues, and run advanced lab environments with vSphere, Kubernetes, and more. Perfect for learning, testing, and building complex setups without needing tons of physical hardware.

In the video I take a step-by-step approach to installing and configuring Ceph in Proxmox 8.x and show how you can configure this for shared storage between Proxmox nodes.

Proxmox Up and Running is a practical guide to help you install, configure, and manage your own Proxmox VE environment. Learn how to build virtual machines, set up storage, configure networking, manage backups, and even create clusters — all explained clearly and with real-world examples. I wrote this from a home lab perspective, but the concepts equally apply with building a production setup.

Learn how to create your first pull request for the official HomeLabExplorers Git repo!