#homelab
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How to Set Up a VLAN-Aware Bridge in Proxmox VE
A beginner-friendly guide to VLANs in Proxmox VE — what a VLAN-aware bridge does, how to enable it, how to tag individual VMs, and the trunk port setting that trips up almost everyone the first time.
What Is a Proxmox Cluster? (And Do You Actually Need One?)
Clustering sounds like something only data centers need, but it's really just several Proxmox nodes agreeing to share one view. Here's what Corosync and quorum actually mean, and when you genuinely need a cluster versus when you don't.
How to Create Your First LXC Container in Proxmox VE
Virtual machines feel heavy for small Linux services. Here is how to create, start, and manage your first LXC container in Proxmox VE using the web interface and the pct command line tool.
How to Add a Second Hard Drive to a Proxmox VM
A step-by-step guide to adding a second virtual disk to a Proxmox VE virtual machine, from the Proxmox GUI through partitioning, formatting, and mounting it inside Linux.
How to Resize a Virtual Disk in Proxmox VE (Linux and Windows Guests)
Learn how to grow a VM's virtual disk in Proxmox VE and extend the partition and filesystem inside Linux and Windows guests so the extra space is actually usable.
How to Mount an NFS Share in Proxmox VE (Add NFS Storage Step by Step)
A beginner's guide to adding NFS network storage in Proxmox VE, covering the GUI and pvesm command-line methods, what each field means, and how to fix common mount errors.
How to Set Up Email Notifications in Proxmox VE (SMTP Targets)
Learn how Proxmox VE's notification system works, and set up SMTP targets and matchers so backup failures and system alerts actually reach your inbox.
How to Mount an NFS Share as Storage in Proxmox VE
Learn how to export a folder from a NAS or Linux server and mount it as NFS storage in Proxmox VE, so you can store ISOs, backups, and templates without filling up your host's local disk.
How to Enable the QEMU Guest Agent in Proxmox VE (And Why You Should)
A blank IP field and a VM that won't shut down cleanly both trace back to one missing service. Here's how to enable the QEMU Guest Agent in Proxmox VE, step by step, on Linux and Windows guests.