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        • SSL Cert in all internal Webinterfaces
      • 2025
        • Nutanix and ControlUp
        • SuSE Rancher on Nutanix
      • 2024
        • Proxmox Backup and Server Manager in Place
      • 2023
        • New 1 Gbit HomeLab Uplink
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      • 2022
        • Stufe 24 – Unifi Geräte und Grafana
        • Stufe 25 – QNAP SNMP in Prometheus
        • Stufe 26 – Unifi Protect
        • Stufe 27 – Kasm Workspace
        • Stufe 28 – UXG-PRO
        • Stufe 29 – Unipoller und UXG Pro – GEHT
        • Stufe 30 – ESXi 8.0 auf unsupported Hardware via USB updaten
        • Stufe 31 – ESXi Host mit eigenem LoginBanner
        • Stufe 32 – WingetUI
      • 2021
        • Stufe 17 – QNAP Ausbau
        • Stufe 18 – UNIFI 10 Gbit
          • 18.1 Unifi Adopt Fehler
          • 18.2 Port Aggregation (LACP)
          • 18.3 – Topology mit neuen Switchen beeinflussen – Priority
        • Stufe 19 – PiHole
        • Stufe 20 – Youtube Downloader
        • Stufe 21 – SaaS mit DataDog
        • Stufe 22 – SaaS mit Netdata
        • Stufe 23 – SaaS mit Papertrail
      • 2020
        • Stufe 12 – vSphere 7 und ESXi 7
        • Stufe 13 – Unify only
        • Stufe 14 – More Storage
        • Stufe 15 – Prometheus
        • Stufe 16 – Nutanix Monitoring
          • 16.1 Nutanix SNMP Monitoring
          • 16.2 CheckMK / Dynamic Inventory
          • 16.3 Metriken loggen mit Prometheus und Grafana
          • 16.4 PRTG – The Windows Way
      • 2019
        • Stufe 5 – Expansion
        • Stufe 6 – Orchestrierung und Automatisierung
        • Stufe 7 – 10Gbit
        • Stufe 8 – HYCU
        • Stufe 9 – K3S auf Raspberry 4
        • Stufe 10 – Proxmox VE
        • Stufe 11 – Linux Hostmonitoring
      • 2018
        • Stufe 1 – Status Quo
        • Stufe 2 – Netzwerk
        • Stufe 3 – Monitoring
        • Stufe 4 – Backup
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I Built My Ultimate TrueNAS Storage Setup for Proxmox / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 28/09/2026 by Cappu

I built a TrueNAS Proxmox setup on the F8 SSD Plus with three mirrored ZFS VDEVs, tested the new plugin, and benchmarked VM storage over 10GbE.

Source: I Built My Ultimate TrueNAS Storage Setup for Proxmox – Virtualization Howto

Categories: Proxmox, Tools und Werkzeuge

The Dockhand Security Setting You Should Turn On in Your Home Lab Now / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 28/09/2026 by Cappu

Turn on Dockhand container image scanning to check Docker images for vulnerabilities before updates and block images that fail your security rules.

Source: The Dockhand Security Setting You Should Turn On in Your Home Lab Now – Virtualization Howto

Categories: Container, Security, Tools und Werkzeuge

5 Home Lab Projects to Try This Weekend / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 28/09/2026 by Cappu

Try 5 home lab projects this weekend: test Proxmox backups and quorum, explore Docker management, and build TrueNAS storage and Pangolin HA labs.

Source: 5 Home Lab Projects to Try This Weekend: September 25, 2026 – Virtualization Howto

Categories: HomeLab

I Wiped My Proxmox Host to See If This Backup Tool Could Bring It Back / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 25/09/2026 by Cappu

I tested ProxMenux host backup and restore by wiping a Proxmox server and seeing what it could actually recover after a clean reinstall.

Source: I Wiped My Proxmox Host to See If This Backup Tool Could Bring It Back – Virtualization Howto

Categories: Proxmox

#09 Nutanix Storage Architecture Explained | Storage Pools, Containers, Disks & CVM / YouTube Labs Hands On

Posted on 24/09/2026 by Cappu

Source: #09 Nutanix Storage Architecture Explained | Storage Pools, Containers, Disks & CVM – YouTube

Categories: Info, Nutanix

openITCOCKPIT 5.7.0 released /openitcockpit.io

Posted on 24/09/2026 by Cappu

openITCOCKPIT is a configuration interface for Nagios, Naemon and Prometheus. It is an easy to use yet still deep tool.

Source: openITCOCKPIT 5.7.0 released

Categories: Observability

Portainer 3.0 Changes Direction. What Does It Mean for Docker Home Labs? Virtualization Howto

Posted on 24/09/2026 by Cappu

Portainer 3.0 is shifting toward Kubernetes. See what KubeSolo, D2K, and its new direction mean for Docker home labs.

Source: Portainer 3.0 Changes Direction. What Does It Mean for Docker Home Labs? – Virtualization Howto

Categories: Container, Hersteller, HomeLab

Pangolin 1.23 Just Made High Availability Clustering Self-Service for Home Labs / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 22/09/2026 by Cappu

Pangolin 1.23 makes high availability clustering self-service. See how its nodes, database, tunnels, DNS, certificates, and failover work.

Source: Pangolin 1.23 Just Made High Availability Clustering Self-Service for Home Labs – Virtualization Howto

Categories: Info, Tools und Werkzeuge

Minisforum MS-S1 P495 Workstation Revealed / YouTube NASCompares

Posted on 21/09/2026 by Cappu

Source: Minisforum MS-S1 P495 Workstation Revealed – YouTube

Categories: Hersteller, Info

Bonsai 2 27B: Lokale KI auf Windows und Mac einrichten / YouTube IchBinFabian

Posted on 21/09/2026 by Cappu

Source: Bonsai 2 27B: Lokale KI auf Windows und Mac einrichten – YouTube

Categories: Container, Hersteller, HomeLab, Info

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