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containers

How to Install Metabase in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted BI Dashboards for Beginners)

Set up Metabase, a self-hosted business intelligence tool, in a Debian 12 LXC container on Proxmox VE. Covers the correct Java runtime, a systemd service, and the errors that actually trip people up.

containers

How to Create an LXC Container From an OCI Image in Proxmox VE (Run Docker Images Without Docker)

Proxmox VE 9.1 can pull OCI (Docker-format) images straight from a registry and boot them as native LXC containers, no Docker install required. Here's the full walkthrough, GUI and CLI, plus the errors and limitations beginners actually hit.

containers

How to Install Tautulli in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Track Your Plex Server's Statistics)

Tautulli watches your Plex server and turns its activity into watch history, bandwidth graphs, and notifications. Here's how to install it in its own lightweight LXC container on Proxmox VE.

containers

How to Install NocoDB in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Airtable Alternative for Beginners)

NocoDB turns a database into an editable spreadsheet, giving you a free, self-hosted Airtable alternative. Here's how to run it in a Docker-powered LXC container on Proxmox VE, step by step.

performance

How to Limit Migration and Backup Bandwidth in Proxmox VE (Stop It From Saturating Your Network)

Nightly backups and daytime migrations can max out a shared network link and slow down everything else. Here's how to set real bandwidth limits in Proxmox VE, from the datacenter-wide bwlimit dialog to per-job CLI overrides and the separate per-VM rate limit.

containers

How to Install SearXNG in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Private Search Engine for Beginners)

Run your own private, ad-free metasearch engine on Proxmox VE. This beginner guide walks through creating a lightweight LXC container with SearXNG using the community-scripts installer, securing it, and fixing common startup issues.

security

How to Install Authentik in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Single Sign-On for Beginners)

Tired of a separate login for every self-hosted app? Authentik is a free, open-source identity provider that gives you one login for all of them. Here's how to install it in a Docker-enabled LXC container on Proxmox VE, from container creation through your first admin login.

backup

How to Install Duplicati in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Encrypted Backups for Your Files and Documents)

vzdump and PBS back up whole VMs and containers. Duplicati backs up the actual files inside them, encrypted, to cloud storage like Backblaze B2 or S3. Here's how to install it in a lightweight Debian LXC container on Proxmox VE and run your first encrypted backup job.

monitoring

How to Install Healthchecks in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Cron Job and Dead Man's Switch Monitoring for Beginners)

Cron jobs fail silently. Learn how to self-host Healthchecks in a Debian 13 LXC container on Proxmox VE with Docker Compose, so a missed backup or renewal job triggers an alert instead of going unnoticed for weeks.

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