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virtual-machines

How to Migrate a VirtualBox VM to Proxmox VE (Step-by-Step Guide)

Move an existing VirtualBox VM to Proxmox VE without rebuilding it from scratch. Copy the disk, import it with qm disk import, and fix the boot and driver issues that trip up most migrations.

automation

How to Install n8n in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Workflow Automation for Beginners)

Skip the per-task billing of Zapier or Make. Learn how to install n8n, an open-source workflow automation tool, inside a lightweight LXC container on Proxmox VE and run it as a systemd service.

installation

Top 15 Proxmox VE Tips Every Beginner Should Know After Installing It

Fifteen small settings and habits worth adopting on a fresh Proxmox VE install, from understanding local-lvm to knowing why Stop and Shutdown aren't the same button. None take more than a few minutes, and a couple will save you a rough night later.

storage

How to Replace a Failed Disk in a Proxmox VE ZFS Pool (Step-by-Step Guide)

Your ZFS pool just went DEGRADED. Here's exactly how to identify the failed disk, swap it safely, and resilver a mirror or RAIDZ pool back to healthy on Proxmox VE 9.x.

virtual-machines

How to Enable IOMMU (VT-d / AMD-Vi) in Your BIOS and Proxmox VE for PCI Passthrough

IOMMU is the wall that makes GPU and NIC passthrough safe, and most beginners hit a dead end because the fix spans two places at once. Here's how to enable VT-d or AMD-Vi in BIOS, edit the right Proxmox VE bootloader file, and verify it actually turned on.

performance

How to Benchmark Your Proxmox VE Storage With fio (A Beginner's Guide to Testing Disk Performance)

Your Summary tab graphs won't tell you real IOPS or throughput. Here's how to install fio, run a random-write and a sequential-write test, and read the output without guessing what the numbers mean.

containers

How to Migrate an LXC Container Between Nodes in a Proxmox VE Cluster

Learn how to move a running or stopped LXC container between nodes in a Proxmox VE cluster using pct migrate, why containers can't truly live-migrate like VMs, and how to fix the local bind mount error that blocks most migrations.

monitoring

How to Monitor Proxmox VE With Prometheus and Grafana (Beginner's Setup Guide to the PVE Exporter)

Proxmox VE's built-in graphs stop being enough once you're running more than one node. Here's how to pull its metrics into Prometheus with the PVE exporter and build real Grafana dashboards.

monitoring

How to Monitor Proxmox VE With Zabbix (A Beginner's Setup Guide)

Proxmox's built-in graphs are fine for a quick look, but they won't alert you and don't scale past one node. Here's how to connect Proxmox VE to Zabbix using its official API-based template — no agent required on the hypervisor.

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