The Vormox blog
Guides, deep dives and product news on automating Proxmox VE at scale.
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How to Set Up an SDN VLAN Zone in Proxmox VE (Manage VLANs Across a Whole Cluster)
Define your VLANs once in Proxmox VE SDN instead of configuring them by hand on every node. This beginner guide walks through creating a VLAN zone, adding VNets, applying the config, and attaching VMs.
How to Migrate a Virtual Machine from Hyper-V to Proxmox VE (VHDX to qcow2, Step by Step)
Moving a Windows Server VM off Hyper-V and onto Proxmox VE? Here's how to convert the VHDX disk, rebuild the VM shell, and avoid the blue-screen-on-first-boot mistake most people hit.
How to Install Proxmox Mail Gateway on Proxmox VE (Beginner's Guide to Self-Hosted Spam Filtering)
A beginner's walkthrough for installing Proxmox Mail Gateway as a VM on Proxmox VE, then configuring Relay Domains and Transports so it actually filters spam and viruses in front of your real mail server.
How to Automatically Schedule VM Snapshots in Proxmox VE With Cron (No Built-In Scheduler Required)
Proxmox VE has no built-in snapshot scheduler, only backup jobs get one. Here's how to automate regular VM and LXC snapshots yourself using qm, pct, and a simple cron job, plus how to prune the old ones automatically.
How to Install Open WebUI in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted ChatGPT-Style Interface for Beginners)
Open WebUI gives you a clean, ChatGPT-style chat window for the AI models running on your own hardware. Here's how to install it in a lightweight LXC container on Proxmox VE, step by step.
How to Install Garage in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted S3-Compatible Storage for Beginners)
Run Garage, a lightweight open-source S3-compatible object store, in an LXC container on Proxmox VE. Config file, systemd service, buckets, access keys, and troubleshooting for beginners.
How to Install Traefik in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Automatic Reverse Proxy for Beginners)
Learn how to self-host Traefik on Proxmox VE using the community-scripts LXC installer, so your homelab services get automatic routing and free Let's Encrypt certificates without hand-editing Nginx configs.
How to Install Excalidraw in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Whiteboard for Beginners)
Learn how to self-host Excalidraw on Proxmox VE using the community-scripts LXC installer, so you get a private, hand-drawn-style whiteboard for diagrams and sketches with no account or rate limits.
How to Install FileBrowser Quantum in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted File Manager for Beginners)
The original File Browser project is being archived on September 1, 2026, with no more security fixes. Here's how to run its actively maintained fork, FileBrowser Quantum, in a lightweight Debian LXC container on Proxmox VE.
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