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Guides, deep dives and product news on automating Proxmox VE at scale.
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How to Check If Your Hardware Supports Proxmox VE Before You Install It
Before you install Proxmox VE, spend fifteen minutes checking your CPU, RAM, storage, and BIOS settings. This guide shows the exact commands and BIOS options to check first.
How to Find and Read Proxmox VE Logs: A Beginner's Guide to the Task Log, System Log, and journalctl
When a backup fails or a VM won't boot, the fix starts with finding the right log. This guide walks through Proxmox VE's Task History, System Log tab, and journalctl so you stop guessing and start diagnosing.
How to Use Resource Pools in Proxmox VE to Organize VMs and Delegate Access
Proxmox VE resource pools let you group VMs, containers, and storage together and hand out permissions to the whole group at once. Here is how to create one, add members, and assign roles from the GUI and the pveum CLI.
How to Add Extra Storage to an LXC Container in Proxmox VE (Mount Points Explained)
Learn how LXC mount points work in Proxmox VE and how to attach extra storage to a container through the GUI or the pct command, including bind mounts and resizing.
How to Set Up a UPS with Network UPS Tools (NUT) in Proxmox VE for Safe Automatic Shutdown
Set up Network UPS Tools (NUT) on Proxmox VE so a USB-connected UPS triggers a clean, automatic shutdown before the battery runs out, instead of the host just dying mid-write.
How to Pass Through a GPU to an LXC Container in Proxmox VE (For Plex, Jellyfin, and Hardware Transcoding)
Skip the IOMMU and VFIO setup. Learn the much simpler way to give an LXC container access to your GPU for Jellyfin, Plex, or Frigate hardware transcoding in Proxmox VE.
How to Automate Proxmox VE Installation With an Answer File (proxmox-auto-install-assistant)
Tired of clicking through the Proxmox VE installer every time you rebuild a node? Learn how to use proxmox-auto-install-assistant and a TOML answer file to install Proxmox VE completely unattended.
How to Create a Proxmox VE Cluster and Add Nodes (Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners)
Ready to move past a single Proxmox box? Here is how to actually create a cluster, join a second node, and confirm quorum is working, using both the web GUI and pvecm from the shell.
How to Fix "Login Failed. Please Try Again" in Proxmox VE (Realms Explained)
Typed the right password but Proxmox VE still says login failed? It's almost always the Realm dropdown, not your password. Here's what realms are and how to fix it.