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5 Home Lab Projects to Try This Weekend / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 23/10/202623/10/2026 by Cappu

Try these 5 home lab projects this weekend, from Proxmox and Docker experiments to Pocket ID passkeys and securing AI agent access with Octelium.

Source: 5 Home Lab Projects to Try This Weekend: October 23, 2026 – Virtualization Howto

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Your First Proxmox Server Can Do More Than You Think / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 23/10/202623/10/2026 by Cappu

Your first Proxmox home lab server can run Docker, Kubernetes, and virtual networks. Get more from one host before buying another.

Source: Your First Proxmox Server Can Do More Than You Think – Virtualization Howto

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Do You Really Need Proxmox If You Only Run Docker? Virtualization Howto

Posted on 23/10/202623/10/2026 by Cappu

Do you really need Proxmox to run Docker? Explore when bare-metal Docker makes more sense and when Proxmox is worth the extra complexity.

Source: Do You Really Need Proxmox If You Only Run Docker? – Virtualization Howto

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OPNsense Must-Haves: Settings & Plugins You Should Enable / YouTube Christian Lempa

Posted on 20/10/2026 by Cappu

Source: OPNsense Must-Haves: Settings & Plugins You Should Enable – YouTube

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7 Things You Don’t Need to Run a Great Proxmox Home Lab / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 20/10/2026 by Cappu

Building a Proxmox home lab? Here are 7 things you can skip, from enterprise servers to Ceph, and what I would prioritize instead.

Source: 7 Things You Don’t Need to Run a Great Proxmox Home Lab – Virtualization Howto

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Diese NetBird-Funktion macht deinen Reverse Proxy besser! YouTube netbird

Posted on 19/10/2026 by Cappu

Source: Diese NetBird-Funktion macht deinen Reverse Proxy besser! – YouTube

Categories: Container, Info, Security, Tools und WerkzeugeDiscussion: Leave a comment

Locally Hosted AI is Becoming Scarily Good… / YouTube Jims Garage

Posted on 19/10/202619/10/2026 by Cappu

Source: Locally Hosted AI is Becoming Scarily Good… – YouTube

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Don’t Give Your AI Agents Direct Access to Your Home Lab. Do This Instead. / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 19/10/202619/10/2026 by Cappu

Don’t give AI agents unrestricted access to your home lab. See how I use Octelium and zero trust policies to secure infrastructure access.

Source: Don’t Give Your AI Agents Direct Access to Your Home Lab. Do This Instead. – Virtualization Howto

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I Tried Pocket ID to Simplify Home Lab Logins. Here’s What I Found / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 19/10/2026 by Cappu

Want fewer logins for your self-hosted apps? I explore Pocket ID for home lab single sign-on with passkeys, Docker setup, and account recovery.

Source: I Tried Pocket ID to Simplify Home Lab Logins. Here’s What I Found – Virtualization Howto

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I Didn’t Know Linux Could Cache NFS Files Locally / YouTube Techno Tim

Posted on 17/10/2026 by Cappu

Source: I Didn’t Know Linux Could Cache NFS Files Locally – YouTube

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