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(NET)](/topic/cloudflare) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [FilesCoins Power Cu (FILECOIN)](/topic/files) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "5 Things Youre Not Monitoring on Your Home Lab Network (But Should Be) Your home lab runs on the network. If you are not monitoring it you are guessing. In this video I cover five areas of your network that give you real visibility so you can catch problems early and troubleshoot like a pro. We walk through ARP and MAC flapping SNMP and RMON interface stats sFlow and NetFlow for traffic visibility DNS queries and response times and latency and packet loss. I also show a simple tool stack you can run in Docker to get all of this stood up fast. [--] Home Lab Mini PCs I recommend: Minisforum MS-A2:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8Mdoprlkt8U) 2025-11-07T12:00Z 101K followers, 19.8K engagements "Before I do anything with VMware ESXi I do this first For those that are running VMware ESXi in their home lab or production environments there are many configurations that you will likely want to make on your ESXi host. Many of the configuration changes that need to be made will help to prepare your host for high availability proper time synchronization network configuration storage licensing and adding your ESXi hosts to vCenter Server. In this video I cover the first things I do on a VMware ESXi installation. Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-1BMiYZfz38) 2022-11-04T18:30Z 101K followers, 174.9K engagements "Best Docker Containers for Synology NAS A Synology NAS is a great platform for many services including running Docker containers. Many may not realize that you can use your Synology NAS as a container host. You can simply install your Docker container engine from the Synology Package manager. Once installed you can browse the Synology Docker container registry and pull many great containers for use in the home lab. This video covers a list of the best Docker container hosts for Synology NAS. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ApgO4P3DWc) 2023-01-17T17:30Z 101K followers, 109.1K engagements "Things I Stopped Self-Hosting (And Why Cloud Won in My Home Lab) In this video I share the real-world services I stopped self-hosting in my home lab and we look at why cloud or managed solutions ultimately made more sense for me for certain services in particular. For years my default answer was to self-host everything and while that mindset taught me a ton about networking DNS storage security and virtualization I eventually realized that not every service is worth the operational overhead. I walk through why I moved away from self-hosted email public DNS remote access gateways push" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-W-ayVXtFQs) 2026-01-09T12:00Z 101K followers, 122.5K engagements "Automate Your Home Lab with Terraform Packer Ansible & GitLab CI/CD (2025 Tutorial) We take a look at running your home lab with infrastructure as code. No more manual steps and other tedious operations. Do everything in code like a boss We look at Terraform Packer Ansible and GitLab CI/CD. Dive in with me and take your home lab to the next level. Take a look at the written article here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/07/run-your-home-lab-with-infrastructure-as-code-like-a-boss/ Get the Minisforum MS-A2 mini PC great for home lab https://geni.us/minisforum-ms-a2 Check out the VHT" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4iQ1E3oazoc) 2025-07-25T11:00Z 101K followers, 24.6K engagements "Best Docker Containers in [----] Docker containers provide an easy way to run your self-hosted applications in a home lab environment. With Docker and Docker Compose you can easily spin up multiple applications and stacks of apps to service your self-hosted needed. We look at the top Docker containers in [----] You can find code examples for all Docker Containers covered here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/03/best-docker-containers-for-home-server-in-2024/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8-IQAqIpT5s) 2024-04-17T15:00Z 101K followers, 242.8K engagements "15 Docker Containers That Will Instantly Improve Your Home Lab (2025 Guide) If you want to level up your home lab fast running the right Docker containers is one of the easiest ways to do it. In this video I walk through [--] Docker containers that instantly improve your home lab in late [----] These include tools for monitoring automation networking security backups dashboards and DevOps. We cover Dozzle Watchtower Pulse Komodo Netdata Uptime Kuma Bitwarden Homer Mailrise NetBox and more I will show you exactly how they work together to build a home lab stack on Proxmox or any Docker host. Be" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CaEgrQaPNvQ) 2025-11-21T12:00Z 101K followers, 157.3K engagements "Stop Drawing Network Diagrams Manually Scanopy Does It for You Keeping network diagrams up to date has always been one of the most frustrating parts of running a home lab or even a small production environment. In this video I walk through how I finally stopped drawing network diagrams by hand and started letting the network document itself using Scanopy. I cover why manual diagrams inevitably drift out of date how Scanopy scans your environment to build living topology maps and how it handles service discovery including Docker hosts and containers. I also dive into deployment strategies like" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F4SgNNWzbEA) 2026-01-02T12:00Z 101K followers, 49.3K engagements "Stop Using Pi-Hole Sync Tools Technitium DNS Clustering Is Better DNS is one of those things you barely think about until it breaks and when it does everything in your home lab suddenly is broken. In this video I walk through why I originally started running multiple Pi-hole servers with sync tools like Gravity Sync and Nebula Sync and why that approach started to feel limiting as my lab grew. I dig into what Technitium DNS Server brought to the table in the most recent version v14. We will look at how it actually works behind the scenes and why having a true primary and secondary model with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hz5n1TIUzik) 2025-12-19T12:00Z 101K followers, 38K engagements "I Replaced Nginx Proxy Manager with Traefik in My Home Lab (Heres Why Its Better in 2025) Do you use a reverse proxy for your Docker Containers You should. I really like Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) for beginners. However recently I have made the switch to Traefik and it has changed the game in terms of infrastructure as code and getting my home lab to a point where I can automate everything with my containers. In this video I take a look at the differences between the two and why I am making the switch to Traefik at this point in my home lab journey. Take a look at the written post for this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JQA7hpjZ4yQ) 2025-09-12T11:00Z 101K followers, 89.7K engagements "Proxmox Containers Explained: Docker VMs vs LXC vs New OCI Support in [----] Proxmox VE [---] just made containers in the home lab a lot more interesting by adding native OCI image support alongside the classic Docker VM and LXC approaches and in this video I walk through what changed in [---] how the new Pull from OCI registry feature works why it matters that Proxmox can now run OCI images inside LXC under the hood and how this compares to running full Docker or Podman in a dedicated virtual machine or using lightweight LXC containers for simple services. We will look at the pros and cons of each" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jzfm5OrLSvM) 2025-11-28T12:00Z 101K followers, 20.2K engagements "Container vs VM: Hypervisor War is Over I'm going all in on containerization in [----]. What is the state of container vs VM in [----] Take a look at a few of the advantages of containers vs VM and also how it is making the focus on hypervisors more and more irrelevant. We look at running a Kubernetes cluster across Proxmox and ESXi hosts to prove the point. Do you need to get rid of your hypervisor though Let's find out. Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L--eDYwWEdw) 2025-01-02T12:00Z 101K followers, 78K engagements "MINIX Elite EU715-AI Review: The Mini PC Built for AI and Home Labs Official website link: https://bit.ly/3IBx9l2 $110 off discount code: BLEU715 Best Buy product link: https://bit.ly/3IPdu11 My affiliate link: Buy the MINIX EU715-AI here: https://geni.us/zs83Eif In this video Im reviewing the MINIX Elite EU715-AI mini PC and putting it through its paces as a home lab node. It is a compact system that is built around the Intel Core Ultra [--] 155H processor with [--] cores and [--] threads. It has the integrated Intel Arc graphics and an Intel NPU for AI acceleration. Also it supports up to [---] GB" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MkbkoX-5SuY) 2025-10-03T11:00Z 101K followers, 10.5K engagements "ProxMenux Monitor: The New Proxmox Dashboard You Need to See ProxMenux Monitor is a brand new web based dashboard for Proxmox VE and in this video I walk through everything it offers. This is the latest release for the ProxMenux project and it brings real time monitoring for CPU memory storage SMART health network traffic VMs LXCs hardware details and system logs all from a clean modern interface on port [----]. I show how to install it how the dashboards work and what limitations you should know about in this first release. If you want a free and powerful way to monitor your Proxmox home lab" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SUkAnJBKTtQ) 2025-11-14T12:01Z 101K followers, 40.4K engagements "Stop Installing Docker Wrong on Proxmox (Here's the Right Way) In this video I walk through how to run Docker on Proxmox the right way and avoid the common mistakes that can break your home lab setup. Proxmox is an amazing virtualization platform and Docker remains the go-to for running containerized apps. But combining the two takes a little planning. Ill show you the best practices for running Docker inside Proxmox using virtual machines or LXC containers explain why you should avoid installing Docker directly on the Proxmox host and share my recommended settings for networking storage and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SanAGk6Sw50) 2025-10-17T11:01Z 101K followers, 110.9K engagements "The Free Proxmox Monitoring Dashboard Youve Been Waiting For In this video Im taking a look at Pulse which is a brand-new open-source monitoring tool built specifically for Proxmox VE and Docker. This free tool gives Proxmox a sleek real-time dashboard that I think its always needed. It shows you your nodes VMs LXC containers and even Docker hosts all in one place. Ill walk you through what Pulse is how to install it using Docker how to connect it to your Proxmox nodes and how to add Docker monitoring. If youve been searching for a simple but powerful way to monitor your home lab this is one" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TLuhw_ixbkc) 2025-10-24T11:00Z 101K followers, 50.1K engagements "VMware ESXi Free Once again with 8.0U3e See how to Download it Broadcom made major news today with the release of VMware ESXi 8.0U3e as a free hypervisor once again What is going on Did we just see Broadcom take away VMware ESXi free edition last year Yes we did but in a major shift they seem to have made a [---] on this decision and have once again released the hypervisor for free See the details and how you can go about downloading it now Written blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/04/vmware-esxi-free-edition-available-again-with-8-0u3e-download-now/ If you are still going with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VQUurvppnIg) 2025-04-11T22:45Z 101K followers, 61.7K engagements "The First Services I Always Spin Up in Any Home Lab When I set up a new home lab there are always a few key services that come first before anything else. In this video Im sharing the exact workflow I use and why these services matter so much. Ill walk you through how I handle layer [--] switching and layer [--] routing to build a solid network foundation why DNS is always the very first service I bring online how DHCP makes managing IP addresses painless and the reverse proxy setup that keeps access both simple and secure. We also talk about the importance of monitoring and VLAN security once the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WocNYt7PprM) 2025-09-26T11:01Z 101K followers, 57.9K engagements "Best DNS Server for Home lab - Pihole Unbound configuration If you want to have the ulimate control over name resolution in your home lab environment and home network in general and I want to show you guys an awesome DNS solution called Unbound you can use along with Pi-hole in your environment. With these you can to block ads malicious traffic and control DNS lookups. Let's look at Pi-hole unbound blackhole DNS configuration and see how you can easily configure unbound along with Pihole. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XbbziN_H71U) 2023-03-03T15:30Z 101K followers, 145.3K engagements "GMKtec Nucbox G3 Plus Low Power Home Server Review We take a close look at the GMKtec Nucbox G3 Plus as a low power home server that is also very affordable. The GMKtec Nucbox G3 Plus is very power efficient has great features and includes an Intel network adapter which means you can run VMware ESXi along with Proxmox. See the other features with the review of this unit. Buy the GMKtec Nucbox on Amazon here: https://geni.us/gmktecg3plus Join Home Lab Explorers here: https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/aboutref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21 Check out the VHT forums to get your questions" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aOGYIelmOgY) 2025-05-08T11:00Z 101K followers, 29.3K engagements "The Best Self-Hosted AI Tools You Can Actually Run in Your Home Lab In this video I walk you through the best self-hosted AI tools you can actually run in your home lab. From Ollama and OpenWebUI to n8n LocalAI AnythingLLM Whisper Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI I cover how each tool works how they fit together and how you can build your own private AI stack at home. If youve been thinking about running AI locally for privacy automation or just for fun check out this video to see where to start. Great home lab server: Minisforum MS-A2 - https://geni.us/HzwrN (affiliate link) VirtualizationHowto" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=illvibK_ZmY) 2025-10-31T11:01Z 101K followers, 248.7K engagements "10 Home Lab Mistakes I Made (and How You Can Avoid Them in 2025) In this video Im sharing the top [--] mistakes Ive made in my home lab so you dont have to repeat them. From wiping the wrong server and losing Docker-Compose files to running everything on a single drive exposing a Windows VM to the Internet and forgetting to label cablesthese lessons were hard-earned. Check out my full countdown of my personal crash and burns in the home lab Check out my affiliate links for my [----] Proxmox Build: - Minisforum BD795M https://amzn.to/3PQXFa8 - RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kGJrqjvb6tA) 2025-09-19T11:01Z 101K followers, 36.8K engagements "Low Power Proxmox Home Server Geekom A5 [----] Edition Looking for the ultimate low-power mini PC for your Proxmox home lab in [----] In this video we review the Geekom A5 [----] Edition. It is a compact and energy-efficient mini PC thats perfect for running Proxmox VE Docker containers or even Kubernetes nodes. With an AMD Ryzen [--] 7430U support for up to [--] GB of RAM dual storage options and ultra-low power draw (just 4W idle) this might be the best Proxmox box for 24/7 workloads. Watch the full review to see power usage upgrade tips and real-world use cases. 📦 Check it out here (affiliate link):" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m2XiHIEK08c) 2025-06-12T11:01Z 101K followers, 24.9K engagements "10 Killer Home Lab Projects You Can Build in a Weekend We take a look at [--] killer projects that you can spin up in your home lab for a weekend. These are practical and very educational projects that will take your learning to the next level. While some are more difficult than others most if not all can be at least stood up in a weekend of tinkering. Join up with Home Lab Explorers https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/aboutref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21 Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=prg6-sYlijM) 2025-05-02T11:01Z 101K followers, 105.4K engagements "Home Lab Automation with Terraform Ansible and CI/CD pipelines In this video we take a look at home lab automation to see how you can use Terraform Ansible and CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning with Proxmox VMware etc. Automation is easier than you think and we will walk through real-world examples of this in the video. How to update Linux with Ansible written with code samples: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/01/how-to-update-ubuntu-with-ansible/ Written blog on the subject:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r5RckLwzkfc) 2025-03-28T11:01Z 101K followers, 51.6K engagements "Stop Wasting Time - [--] Docker Projects Youll Actually Want to Keep Running In this video Im walking you through [--] Docker projects (containers) you can spin up in a single weekend and actually put to use in your home lab or self-hosting setup. From setting up Gitea for self-hosted code repositories to running Home Assistant for smart home automation well cover projects that are practical and provide real-world project-based learning youll want to keep running long after the weekend is over. Youll learn about other tools and projects involving Nginx Proxy Manager Vaultwarden Netdata Watchtower" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r7qmFX6O-UM) 2025-08-15T05:01Z 101K followers, 70.5K engagements "VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Now Free for Personal Use There is major news coming from VMware by Broadcom today. They have decided to release VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro for free. This is evidently to allow more to use the Workstation hypervisor apps for personal use. We explore this announcement and how you can download and install the new free for personal use VMware Workstation Pro. My written write up of the announcement: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/05/vmware-workstation-pro-free-for-personal-use-download/ The official VMware blog post:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rQHHqUDkf7M) 2024-05-15T04:15Z 101K followers, 179.2K engagements "Best Home Lab Automation Tool: Semaphore UI I think I have found the best automation tool for the home lab and you need to try it out. It is called Semaphore UI and it started out as an Ansible GUI that has evolved into a multi-purpose automation tool that can do Terraform Terragrunt and even PowerShell Very cool. In this video we go through what Semaphore UI is how you can set it up using Docker Compose code. Check out a great little home lab mini PC that can be your next low power server here (using my Amazon affiliate link): https://geni.us/geekoma52025-3 Read my written blog post on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rQpuiJ_owWI) 2025-07-18T11:01Z 101K followers, 21.6K engagements "Stop Port Forwarding Secure Home Lab Access with Modern Tools Heres why I stopped exposing my home lab to the Internetand what I use instead. In this video I walk through four secure modern remote-access options that let you reach Proxmox pfSense Portainer Gitea Grafana Home Assistant and more without opening ports or playing NAT roulette: Twingate Tailscale (WireGuard mesh) vanilla WireGuard and Cloudflare Tunnel. Written blog post on this topic: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/07/stop-exposing-your-home-lab-do-this-instead/ WG-Easy post:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sIH1RRdTjys) 2025-08-08T11:01Z 101K followers, 42K engagements "Proxmox VLAN Configuration: Linux Bridge Tagging Management IP and Virtual Machines Proxmox VLAN configuration can be challenging if you haven't seen how this is done. However we walk through this process step-by-step and show how to make Proxmox VLAN aware move the management IP and add VLANs to Proxmox virtual machines. You can find the code examples and written walkthrough here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2023/12/proxmox-vlan-configuration-management-ip-bridge-and-virtual-machines/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=stQzK0p59Fc) 2023-12-15T19:00Z 101K followers, 185.6K engagements "Top Proxmox VE [--] Hardening Tips You Shouldnt Skip In this video I walk you through the top security hardening steps I recommend for anyone running Proxmox VE [--]. No matter whether or not it is in your home lab or a production environment I cover everything from locking down SSH access and enabling the Proxmox firewall to configuring Let's Encrypt TLS certificates. Also we look at setting up 2FA and keeping your hypervisor properly patched. These are the exact steps I take to secure my own Proxmox nodes. Want a power efficient Proxmox [--] home server https://geni.us/geekoma52025-3 [---] GB RAM Kit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uMZIHDztsUY) 2025-08-29T11:01Z 101K followers, 36.2K engagements "Convert VMware to Proxmox // Use Veeam Community Edition for Migration Many are thinking about migrating from VMware ESXi over to Proxmox and there are starting to be many solutions and ways to migrate with many new tools including Proxmox migration including the built-in migration wizard that is native to Proxmox as of 8.x. However Veeam Community Edition provides a free way to migrate your VMware virtual machines over to Proxmox. It is freely available and makes the process super simple. I guide you through the process of adding your Proxmox VE server to Veeam backing up your VMs and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ugK_ETX9HRQ) 2025-02-13T12:01Z 101K followers, 21.6K engagements "Stop Struggling with Docker Compose Use These [--] Tricks Instead In this video Im sharing some of my favorite Docker Compose tricks I wish I knew sooner. When I first started running containers in my home lab I made a lot of mistakes like dumping all my configs in one folder hardcoding passwords and wondering why things would break. Over time Ive learned a ton of best practices that make Docker Compose cleaner safer and way more reliable. Written post on the tricks: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/08/docker-compose-tricks-i-wish-i-knew-sooner/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wSODnwNYglU) 2025-08-22T11:01Z 101K followers, 19.6K engagements "Best Proxmox Tool You are Not Using Yet - Proxmenux If youre running Proxmox in your home lab or production setup theres a hidden gem of a tool you need to know about: ProxMenux. In this video I walk you through what ProxMenux is how it works and why it might just become your favorite tool for managing your Proxmox VE servers. Topics Covered: What is ProxMenux Key features and capabilities How to install ProxMenux on your Proxmox VE server Full breakdown of every menu and option Why this tool is ideal for home lab admins and Proxmox newcomers 👉 Read the full blog post with screenshots and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xQhBEtTFUTw) 2025-06-19T11:01Z 101K followers, 105.2K engagements "Google Gemini CLI: AI in Your Terminal (Windows Linux macOS) In this video I walk you step-by-step through installing and using Google Gemini CLI on Windows Linux and macOS. Watch me translate Bash to PowerShell refactor Terraform on the fly and auto-generate Conventional Commit messagesall without leaving the shell. If you love productivity hacks for your home lab dev workstation or sysadmin toolkit this demo is for you. 🛠 Want an affordable box to test Gemini CLI on every OS Im using the GEEKOM A5 [----] Mini PC https://geni.us/geekoma52025-3 🔑 What I Cover Why Gemini CLI is a game-changer" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xqvprnPocHs) 2025-07-04T11:01Z 101K followers, 33.4K engagements "Host a Private AI Server at Home with Proxmox Ollama and OpenWebUI Building your own Private AI server is one of the most fun and exciting projects you can try out in your home lab environment. It is also a great way to learn more about AI LLM models and GPU passthrough configuration. Self-hosting and configuring your own AI environment is not as difficult as it might sound. Let's take a look at Proxmox Ollama and OpenWebUI as well as Docker Desktop GPU passthrough a my best practices and tips and tricks. I also show you what projects I am using Private AI servers for. Check it out GPU" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y5-6qww8uKk) 2025-05-23T11:01Z 101K followers, 56.8K engagements "Proxmox [--] Cluster with Ceph Storage configuration Are you looking to setup a server cluster in your home lab Proxmox is a great option along with Ceph storage. In this video we take a deep dive into Proxmox clustering and how to configure a 3-node Proxmox server cluster with Ceph shared storage along with Ceph OSDs Monitors and Ceph storage Pool. In the end I test a migration of a Windows Server [----] virtual machine between Proxmox nodes using the shared Ceph storage. Cool stuff. [--] Proxmox Builds below: Minisforum BD795M https://geni.us/bd795m RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-qk_P9SKYK4) 2023-06-30T14:30Z 101K followers, 195.8K engagements "Configure and Install OpenSSH Public key authentication in Windows [--] for remote connectivity OpenSSH server can be installed in Windows [--] and allows connecting using the SSH protocol to Windows [--] clients and Windows Server [----] hosts. Using SSH allows you to standardize on the connection protocol you are using for remote connectivity to remote Linux and Windows hosts. It also provides great interoperability between Linux and Windows. If you have a development pipeline running on a Linux box and it needs to connect to a Windows client or Windows Server SSH connectivity is much less" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9dhQIa8fAXU) 2022-02-21T03:55Z 101K followers, 55.8K engagements "Kubernetes Home Lab Storage with Microk8s Rook and Ceph Easy Kubernetes Storage with Microk8s Rook and Ceph. Who would have thought we could say that Kubernetes storage was easy In this video we explore Microk8s and shared storage using rook and microceph. We then create a pod to test creating a persistent volume claim for persistent storage. You can check out the written write up of this process here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2023/08/kubernetes-persistent-volume-setup-with-microk8s-rook-and-ceph/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BatCdEsJgEo) 2023-08-25T18:00Z 101K followers, 31.3K engagements "The [--] Home Lab Upgrades That Completely Transformed My Setup Over the years my home lab has evolved a lot but a few key upgrades completely changed how I build manage and enjoy it. In this video I share the [--] home lab upgrades that changed everything for me including moving to [--] GbE networking switching to mini PCs for virtualization migrating from VMware to Proxmox setting up Ceph shared storage and using containers and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. Gear and links mentioned: Mikrotik CRS309-1G-8S+IN Switch https://geni.us/OSuwb Minisforum MS-A2 Mini PC https://geni.us/HzwrN" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IOZDXJJjjvU) 2025-10-10T11:00Z 101K followers, 44.1K engagements "11-Drive Mini Monster NAS Aoostar WTR Max Review Ready to cram [--] drives dual [--] GbE + [---] GbE and an 8-core Zen [--] CPU into the tiniest footprint on your rack In this review we unpack and stress-test the Aoostar WTR Max to see if it deserves a spot in your [----] home-lab stack running Proxmox TrueNAS Docker or even VMware ESXi. Buy the Aoostar WTR Max here: https://aoostar.com/products/aoostar-wtr-max-amd-r7-pro-8845hs-11-bays-mini-pcvariant=50067345932586 🔗 Full Blog Review (photos charts & power logs):" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LLW8uUZ_4B8) 2025-06-27T11:00Z 101K followers, 15.1K engagements "Private AI With Ollama and OpenWebUI to host your own GPT models #oai #privateai #ollama #ai" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MSi_4X_eMgQ) 2025-05-26T15:35Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Beelink SER9 Max Review and Proxmox [--] Gig Mini PC Giveaway In this video I put the Beelink SER9 Max through real home lab testing to see if it deserves a spot in your [----] setup. This mini PC brings something that is still rare even today a native [--] gigabit Ethernet port along with DDR5 memory support PCIe [---] NVMe storage dual M.2 slots and AMDs newer Ryzen [--] H255 FP8 platform. I walk through performance thermals noise power consumption and how it behaves as a Proxmox VE node. AND I am giving it away To post your home lab pics and [----] plans visit the forum link here (can only ship to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VD2JKsRSL9M) 2025-12-12T12:01Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Nutanix vs VMware in [----] It is the battle of the titans in the virtualization world - Nutanix vs VMware. Up until recently most were fine with running VMware vSphere in their home lab and production environments. However with the Broadcom buyout many organizations are seeing a 10-15x increase in their VMware pricing. Nutanix has emerged as a very desirable platform with the enterprise polish many companies are looking for to pivot from VMware. In this Nutanix vs VMware comparison we compare both hypervisors and some of the things you should think about as we move through [----] and beyond" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WoIyjqaekhA) 2024-06-12T15:00Z 101K followers, 26.1K engagements "Best Home Lab projects to start building this weekend #tech #homelab #homeserver" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YrQQWCcU8c4) 2025-05-06T23:58Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "A Home Lab NAS That Actually Makes Sense in [----] #hardwarelabs #homelab #homelabnas" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dM7phRRwgz8) 2026-02-07T17:07Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Freelens vs Lens 2025: Which Free Kubernetes IDE Reigns Supreme Freelens is a completely free open-source Kubernetes IDE that delivers all the power of Lens without nagging for a subscription. In this video Ill show you how Freelens brings a slick GUI built-in kubectl & helm live metrics persistent terminals and a rich plugin ecosystem (FluxCD Argo CRD inspectors and more) to your clusters. If you are managing Kubernetes in Proxmox VMs EKS or edge Kubernetes Freelens makes context-switching port-forwarding and multi-cluster workspaces easy to manage. Check out the full blog post on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mp__FMq5SE8) 2025-07-11T11:01Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "15 Linux Troubleshooting Commands Every Home Lab Admin Should Know Linux troubleshooting is one of the most valuable skills you can build for a home lab especially as you start running Proxmox Kubernetes Docker containers and self hosted services. In this video I walk through the core commands you can use to diagnose issues quickly. This includes reading system logs and checking service health to spotting resource bottlenecks. Also tracking down storage problems and seeing kernel level errors. If you're trying to figure out why a container crashed why a disk vanished why a service wont start" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nKGdiflCzrw) 2025-12-05T12:01Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Best Docker Container Server Setup // Docker Swarm CephFS and Portainer I have been in search for the perfect docker setup for home lab and production environments when Kubernetes doesn't really make sense in every situation. Also especially for a lot of self-hosted services many of these do not work well with Kubernetes. Home Assistant is one that comes to mind among others. I have found arguably the best docker container environment in most cases is not Kubernetes but a Docker Swarm cluster with Microceph installed with distributed storage running CephFS and Portainer is the management tool" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nmas_zbcMeU) 2024-10-17T11:00Z 101K followers, 85.9K engagements "I Ran Proxmox and VMware Side by Side for a Year (What Surprised Me Most) I spent an entire year running Proxmox and VMware side by side in my home lab fully expecting VMware to come out on top. VMware had always been my default hypervisor both professionally and personally but after Broadcoms changes and the growing friction around hardware support and licensing I decided to give Proxmox a serious long-term test. In this video I walk through what surprised me after a year of real-world use. I looked at stability hardware compatibility the web interface centralized management with Proxmox" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pyAj_8YflsQ) 2026-01-16T12:01Z 101K followers, 37.6K engagements "My Top [--] Proxmox Home Server Builds I take you a comparison of three Proxmox builds based on Minisforum motherboards I have built in the past few months the BD790i X3D the BD795i SE and the BD795M. All of these builds have their strengths and weaknesses but overall I give you my thoughts on the overall winner I think in terms of features and capabilities offered by these boards. Build of materials for all three builds (these are Amazon affiliate links that I earn a small commission on) BD795M: Minisforum BD795M https://geni.us/bd795m RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z0zefPec22k) 2025-05-16T20:30Z 101K followers, 16.4K engagements "Top [--] Mini PCs for Home Server in early [----] Mini PCs are a great platform for running a home lab environment. We take a look at the top [--] mini PCs that I have tested for home lab in early to mid [----] and see which options I would pick. I have a write up on top mini PCs here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/02/top-5-mini-pcs-for-home-server-in-early-2024/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3G13mf2Tkzs) 2024-05-17T07:00Z 70.4K followers, 90.1K engagements "Proxmox and Gaming PC build with Minisforum BD790i X3D motherboard #proxmox #gamingpc #minisforum" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5rsbsz8RwQQ) 2025-04-11T16:49Z 71.8K followers, [----] engagements "Home Server Build [----] for Proxmox with Minisforum BD795i SE This is another Proxmox Server Build with a variation using the Minisforum BD795i SE motherboard and a few differences here. This is a great board that will allow building your own home server for self-hosting. Check out the links below for the build of materials. Written blog post: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/03/home-server-build-2025-run-proxmox-or-vmware-esxi-16-cores-and-128gb-ram/ Build of materials (below are Amazon affiliate links that I earn a small commission on): Link to motherboard on Minisforum site:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7vSrsWta9NM) 2025-03-14T11:00Z 70.2K followers, 10K engagements "DNS failover solutions for home lab" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A2f_niGFlEI) 2025-04-05T14:18Z 71.2K followers, [----] engagements "Terramaster D1 SSD Plus Review: The Fastest Portable Drive for Creators & Home Labs I got my hands on the new Terramaster D1 SSD Plus. This little portable SSD enclosure seriously impressed me. In this review I walk you through the design performance benchmarks compatibility and real-world use casesfrom editing 8K video to moving virtual machines between home lab hosts. It has USB4 [--] Gbps speeds an aerospace-grade aluminum body and support for NVMe drives up to 8TB. So definitely is built for creators and home labbers who need portable high-speed storage. 10% off the D1 SSD Plus:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A3yncS0FFj8) 2025-09-05T11:00Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Low Power server for home #techtok #tech #minipc #gmktec #homelab" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BrLxkqNNjtY) 2025-05-23T17:52Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "A UPS Battery that lasts forever" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CLi_JdOBI_s) 2025-03-21T20:19Z 70.4K followers, [---] engagements "AMD Ryzen [--] Home Server with AI // Geekom AE7 Mini PC Review A look at the Geekom AE7 Mini PC as a home server. This is a fantastic little mini PC with a lot of processing horsepower for home server workloads AI and just about anything else you want to do with it. In the video we deep dive into the performance power efficiency use cases and other thoughts about this Ryzen [--] 7940HS mini PC. Written review of the Geekom AE7: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/06/geekom-ae7-mini-pc-review-as-home-server/ Discount code links for the Geekom AE7: US" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E8Gmr_8mDDs) 2024-07-18T11:00Z 61.4K followers, [----] engagements "Hacking VMware Workstation networking to add VLAN tagging for virtual machines Have you ever wanted to hack your VMware Workstation networking In this video tutorial I show you an easy way to add VLAN tagging to VMware Workstation which is something you can't do natively. Using a combination of client Hyper-V PowerShell and VMware Workstation networking we can add VLAN tags to a virtual network adapter and bridge this virtual network adapter to a VMware Workstation virtual machine. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FMb_IIvFQfk) 2022-04-21T02:16Z 61.5K followers, 12.6K engagements "Best Synology Alternatives to Locked Down Hard Drives There is big news in the prosumer NAS market with Synology making the announcement they will be locking down the hard drives that you can use with the "plus" series and "enterprise" series NAS devices released in [----] moving forward. No longer will we be able to just throw in any brand of hard drive into an empty Synology NAS of these model lines. What does this mean How will this affect the home lab community Let's talk about the announcement and what it means and how it may impact your decision to purchase a home lab NAS in [----]. Written" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FgBdC4fDmlQ) 2025-04-25T11:00Z 101K followers, 10K engagements "A Forever UPS Goldenmate 1000VA/800W review with LiFePo4 battery I had a chance to check out a Goldenmate UPS unit that was sent over for testing. This battery is marketed as a 10-year UPS That is pretty incredible compared to most of the standard UPS units you can buy today that need a battery replacement every 3-4 years. Could this be a forever UPS battery that never needs replacing Check out the video and see my thoughts on this possibility for the home lab and home office. Buy the forever UPS unit Goldenmate 1000VA/800W LifePO4 battery backup: https://geni.us/goldenmate1000vaups" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Folx_6b1erQ) 2025-03-21T11:00Z 83.9K followers, [----] engagements "Custom Docker Dashboard for your Home Lab #homelab #techtok #tech #docker" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gp-vOh_0vR8) 2025-03-25T04:24Z 81.6K followers, [----] engagements "Server Monitoring DASHBOARD for inventory health metrics and alerts Building your own server monitoring dashboard manually can be tedious and time consuming. PRTG is a great solution allowing you to monitor your environment with automatic scans of your infrastructure and adds relevant monitoring sensors automatically. It is completely agentless and can provide tremendous value in your environment in no time. You have got to check out the server monitoring dashboard I have created with PRTG Download and try out PRTG here: https://www.paessler.com/prtg/download Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=H3e_VO2be70) 2023-01-31T21:15Z 84.4K followers, 25.2K engagements "Local LLM with Ollama LLAMA3 and LM Studio // Private AI Server Forget using public generative AI resources like ChatGPT. Use local large language models (LLMs) instead which allows you to create a private AI server. In the video we step through setting up a private AI server in Windows Subsystem for Linux and a few hacks that need to happen so that your API can be accessible to the open source frontend called Open WebUI. Written post on the steps: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/06/local-llm-model-in-private-ai-server-in-wsl/ Ollama download: https://ollama.com/download LM Studio:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HfyDHm3wqjo) 2024-06-19T15:30Z 81.7K followers, 18.7K engagements "Best Backup Solution You Haven't Heard About If you are looking for a great backup solution that can protect modern workloads both in the home lab and in production environments I am going to introduce you guys to quite possibly the best backup solution you have never heard of - NAKIVO Backup & Replication. Learn more about NAKIVO Backup & Replication here: https://bit.ly/3S65NF3 Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I7NxgQCI_UE) 2024-11-14T12:00Z 62.2K followers, [----] engagements "VMware Home Lab Build - tips for getting started The home lab environment is a great tool for getting started learning VMware and other technologies. It provides the basis to spin up workloads and learn at your leisure without worries of disrupting production environments. There are [--] recommendations I have for you to get started with your VMware Home Lab. They are: Start out small with the home lab Invest in good equipment Buy a VMUG subscription Leverage the Microsoft Eval Center Do backup your lab environment In this overview video we talk about each of these areas why they are important" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IRwFDz-mjuY) 2021-11-23T15:43Z 61.5K followers, 13.5K engagements "Best Server & Application Monitor for free with Checkmk Monitoring is an essential part of making sure self-hosted services are up and running and performance is as expected. Checkmk Raw edition provides a free and open source server & application monitor you can spin up in seconds in a Docker container. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KVRCpBI493Y) 2022-12-15T21:30Z 71.9K followers, 192.2K engagements "Synology DS1621xs+ iSCSI LUN configuration in VMware vSphere Recently I was able to get my hands on the Synology DS1621xs+ NAS device for use in the home lab. The unit I have in the lab features [--] gig network connectivity (2) NVMe drives for read/write caching and a [---] GHz Xeon processor. It is a speedy NAS for the home lab network environment. In this video walkthrough we take a look at how to provision an iSCSI LUN for VMware vSphere targeting the DS1621xs+ Synology NAS and the steps needed to setup the iSCSI target create the LUN add the LUN in vSphere and the VMFS datastore. Subscribe" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KZHOLlRelZ4) 2022-01-20T00:57Z 81K followers, [----] engagements "Best Windows Monitoring: Netdata [---] Native Windows Agent We take a look at the new native Windows monitoring found in Netdata. It is one of the easiest solutions you can choose to start monitoring your environment quickly now including Windows hosts. In just a few minutes you can install the Netdata agent and see your metrics streamed to the cloud. They also have a Netdata home lab license that is very cheap to monitor unlimited endpoints in the cloud dashboard. NAKIVO Backup & Replication [--] VM license winners (reach out to me on discord: https://discord.gg/Zb46NV6mB3) @gojdff @cbf305" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MGBIhMvxH4A) 2024-11-21T12:00Z 62.7K followers, [----] engagements "Minisforum MS-A1 Mini PC Review Is it a AMD Ryzen MS-01 Home Server We look at the new Minisforum MS-A1 Ryzen [--] 8700G mini PC workstation. Is this a Minisforum MS-01 with an AMD Ryzen processor Well sort of but not really. We will look at the details of this new Ryzen-based MS-01 and see if it is indeed an AMD MS-01 or something else. Link to the Minisforum MS-A1: https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-a1_pos=1&_psq=ms-a1&_ss=e&_v=1.0&variant=45707673338101 Read the written review of the Minisforum MS-A1 here:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MHQzeETE1p4) 2024-08-22T11:00Z 61.3K followers, [----] engagements "Protect against VMware ESXi Ransomware - [--] Ways VMware ESXi ransomware is becoming a bigger problem in the enterprise. A new ransomware gang is now targeting VMware ESXi. Black Basta is a ransomware variant that can target the VMFS datastores on your ESXi servers and encrypt virtual machine files found on the datastore. In this detailed overview we will take a look at Black Basta ransomware and [--] ways you can protect your VMware ESXi host from ransomware using VMware ESXi security best practices. Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NSNo_J5kgNg) 2022-06-08T20:39Z 73.3K followers, 13.6K engagements "Install vCenter Server [--] in VMware Workstation Step-by-step process and error workaround In this video we take a look at using VMware Workstation for your home lab environment to run vCenter Server [--]. How can you install VMware vCenter Server [--] in VMware Workstation We take a look at the process and a quirk to get this to work with vCenter Server [--]. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OJ1ol4hFbpc) 2022-10-21T23:45Z 78.8K followers, 24.7K engagements "Upgrade VMware Horizon 7.x Connection Servers to Horizon [--] [----] VMware Horizon [--] [----] has dropped to the masses. The upgrade process is fairly straightfoward in most environments. In this video I walkthrough the process to upgrade your Connection Servers from Horizon 7.x to Horizon [--] [----]. We also talk about the proper order of operations for your Horizon [--] [----] upgrade process and considerations you need to make when upgrading. Also you will see a quirky behavior at the end of the upgrade process that I discovered in the lab environment when trying to access the Horizon Administrator" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ocv9OQHLojA) 2021-12-02T15:24Z 60.4K followers, [----] engagements "NVMe NAS that is Tiny and FAST // Terramaster F8 SSD Plus I want to introduce you to a fantastic little NVMe NAS device that provides a high performance storage option for creators or home lab enthusiasts. Take a look at my thoughts on the unit pros and cons as well as some performance benchmarking with VMware vSphere and VDBench. The Terramaster F8 SSD Plus: https://amzn.to/41xtM5c The written review of the Terramaster F8 SSD Plus NVME NAS: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/08/terramaster-f8-ssd-plus-review-all-flash-nas-with-nvme/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SKqSVWbYevI) 2024-08-29T11:00Z 84.4K followers, 24.7K engagements "Beelink SEi12 Core i7 Review as a Home Server A full review of the Beelink SEi12 mini PC as a home server running enterprise hypervisors. Can this little mini PC with the P cores and E cores be used for a home server in your home lab We take a look at this and see which hypervisor is best to run with this unit. Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SMwOv10OJVQ) 2024-01-12T22:30Z 61.7K followers, [----] engagements "DNS Failover designs for Home Lab: Pi-Hole Unbound Windows Server Nebula Sync and more An in-depth discussion of DNS failover what it is and why you need this configured in your home lab environment along with production. We discuss and look at three different designs for DNS failover and which design you might use for which use cases and what components and solutions are involved. This will help to take your home lab name resolution resiliency to the next level We will look at things like Pi-Hole Unbound Windows Server DNS Nebula Sync and more. Written blog on this topic:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SgCv9Tn6WtQ) 2025-04-04T11:00Z 74.1K followers, [----] engagements "Speed Up Windows [--] with VMware OS Optimization Tool Many are now working with Windows [--] and are in the process of upgrading Windows [--] to this latest Microsoft client operating system. What if you want to tweak the last ounce of performance from your Windows [--] installation There is a free tool called the VMware OS Optimization Tool that provides a push button approach to speeding up your operating system. Although it is designed for use with VDI environments the performance benefits can be seen with standalone workstations and VMs as well. This video gives an overview of the process to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T-SuNdocch0) 2023-10-16T19:18Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements "Best Virtual Machine Creation tool to create and run Linux VMs like containers In this video we take a look at arguably one of the easiest tools to create new virtual machines. Multipass from Canonical gives you the same look and feel to creating and configuring virtual machines as we have with creating Docker containers. We look at installing configuring and creating virtual machines with Multipass. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=U_44gHyCcoc) 2023-01-09T19:30Z 69.3K followers, 40.2K engagements "vSAN [--] New Features - Express Storage Architecture Explained Learn more details about VMware vSAN [--] and the Express Storage Architecture that has many great advantages over the original storage architecture found in legacy vSAN versions we have today. Learn about 100X performance improvement using native snapshots Also learn about how disk groups are going away in favor of storage pools Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VwvCX7y6A4A) 2023-10-13T21:07Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements "Tips to get started with a Home Lab #techtok #tech #homelab" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YvAoh3yVXo8) 2025-03-23T04:28Z 70.4K followers, [----] engagements "This Tiny NAS Packs 24TB Beelink ME Mini NAS Review for Home Labs 🛒 Buy the Beelink ME Mini NAS: Amazon https://geni.us/beelinkmemininas Official Beelink Store https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-mini-n150 In this video we take a deep dive into the Beelink ME Mini NASa tiny but powerful NAS device that fits in the palm of your hand. Although it is super small it delivers serious performance and flexibility for home labs media servers and compact virtualization setups. 🧠 Well explore: Hardware specs including the Intel N150 CPU & 12GB LPDDR5 RAM 6x NVMe M.2 slots with up to 24TB of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_v1XIPJSmI8) 2025-06-06T11:01Z 101K followers, 19.9K engagements "Best Free Hypervisors in [----] As we deal with the death of the VMware ESXi free edition in this video we look at the best free hypervisor solutions now that VMware ESXi free edition is dead. Check out the written write up of this video here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/02/best-free-hypervisors-now-that-vmware-esxi-free-edition-is-dead/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bTTDBCCKQ2U) 2024-03-20T20:15Z 71.9K followers, 138.5K engagements "Home Lab Documentation // Tools Tips and Tricks I go through a lot of thoughts in this video on documenting a home lab environment. Why document your home lab What tools do you need to use to do this What types of documentation do you include We look at all of these questions and talk about some of the things that are very helpful to include in your break glass documentation that you will find helpful. Label maker I use: https://amzn.to/3Rpsjbm (amazon affiliate link I earn a small commission on) Written blog on this topic:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0OV_gODiqs) 2025-04-18T11:00Z 72.5K followers, 23.1K engagements "Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS Review: Beastly NAS for Home Lab or SMB I take a detailed look at the Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS device. This thing is a super beefy NAS device with lots of horsepower and drive bays along with [--] [--] gig network connections. It also has a complete backup suite of software that provides a backup solution for PCs physical servers files and virtual machines. Also it has really great bonding options for the multiple network connections. Does it live up to the specs on paper Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS: https://amzn.to/4hNDB47 Western Digital 10TB WD Red Plus NAS" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c9vWaXMOYqs) 2025-02-07T12:00Z 67.7K followers, [----] engagements "Ubiquiti Wifi [--] LR AP unboxing adopting in unifi controller firewall and firmware upgrade Due to the supply chain issues over the course of the past couple of years I have not upgraded to Wi-Fi [--] in the home lab environment. However I was able to get my hands on a couple of the Unifi U6-LR Access points and wanted to show you guys my unboxing of the unit adopting it into the Unifi Controller and how to do this if your Access Points and Unifi controller are on different subnets. Also what about firewall considerations and other configuration changes Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cBoyS2SeFYs) 2022-09-14T18:00Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements "Giving away this low power Proxmos mini pc to a commenter #homepc #minipc #pcenthusiasts #homelab" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d7qt5TFJuyU) 2025-06-14T02:06Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Ultimate Kubernetes Dashboard tool for beginners Openlens GUI If you are looking for the ultimate Kubernetes GUI tool to work with Kubernetes Openlens may be the solution you are looking for. It provides a beautiful GUI for interacting with multiple Kubernetes clusters and allows easily working with your cluster configurations management monitoring etc. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dKOdT91USwM) 2022-11-12T00:00Z 78.4K followers, 70K engagements "My best looking home lab server build for [----] #homelab #techtok #proxmox #minisforum #amdryzen This is @VirtualizationHowto This is my new server build that I have been working on the past couple of days now. I received in the Thermaltake Tower [---] case Minisforum BD790i X3D with the Ryzen [--] 7945X3D processor and other goodies including a light kit. Check out my blog post about the build here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/04/rate-my-best-home-server-build-aka-workstation/ Build kit: (amazon affiliate links that I earn a small commission on) Thermaltake Tower 200:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_jIGy5Neow) 2025-04-06T02:56Z 71.3K followers, [----] engagements "Best NAS right now in [----] #homelab #techtok #minipcs #tech #smallcomputers #nas #proxmox" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dnOXbQbxm18) 2025-07-09T03:50Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "I created a Custom Docker Server Dashboard Download Now Recently I took on a home lab project to create my own home grown docker dashboard to have a very simple and lightweight way to see all containers across all my docker hosts. There are many great docker management tools like Portainer that allows managing and configuring your docker containers. However there are limitations with Portainer and other tools to view all your containers with customizable information. I wanted just a simple web dashboard that can give me a searchable tool to get very quick information about my docker container" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eJHDyRV-0lk) 2025-01-09T12:00Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements "Home Lab Tour 2024: Servers Apps Docker and more It is that time again My home lab tour [----] takes a look at the journey my home lab has taken in [----]. I have fully migrated workloads to mini PCs in [----] focused on containerizing everything that is critical in my lab and doubled down on learning DevOps and GitOps as well. See what mini PCs I am using storage solutions networking applications DevOps and GitOps tools and more See the written blog post covering the home lab tour in [----] here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/12/home-lab-tour-2024-hardware-software-containers-and-more/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ewkhOF0m8G0) 2024-12-19T12:00Z 64.3K followers, 15.7K engagements "Beastly Home Lab NAS S #techtok #tech #computerstorage #homelab" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f28f3h6B3uw) 2025-03-22T22:39Z 70.4K followers, [----] engagements "CPU C States for Massive Home Lab Power Efficieny // VMware ESXi and Proxmox I have been on a quest to shrink the footprint of power consumption in the home lab as energy prices continue to go up around the world. There is a setting in the BIOS called C States that can lead to massive power savings and allow you to drastically cut the amount of power your home server takes to run. We take a look at this and how you can use this in conjunction with VMware ESXi and Proxmox to have a low power home server. Sponsor of the video - NAKIVO: https://bit.ly/3S65NF3 Written version of today's video:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fa38qPOkyxU) 2024-09-20T11:00Z 81.9K followers, 15.2K engagements "Top [--] Home Lab Tools I Use in [----] A look at my top [--] home lab tools in [----] that I use in the lab every day. These tools have made my home lab experience smoother and more efficient. These span everything from hypervisors software hardware and utilities. No tool roundup is the same for everyone but hopefully you will find something on the list that is helpful Video sponsor (NAKIVO): http://bit.ly/3S65NF3 Written post on today's video subject: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/07/top-10-home-lab-tools-i-use-in-2024/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gNN5xURIfAc) 2024-07-12T11:00Z 61.4K followers, 28.2K engagements "VMware vSphere [--] - Installing vCenter Server [--] VCSA appliance In this episode we take a look at installing VMware vSphere [--] and the steps involved to deploy the VCSA [--] appliance in your existing vSphere environment. The VCSA [--] appliance is deployed using the vCenter Server Installer utility. It deploys the virtual machine for vCenter Server [--] and allows implementing the configuration to stand up the SSO domain and other configuration. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=he2_4I5JeeA) 2022-10-13T14:00Z 78.8K followers, 112.8K engagements "VMware's Killer new storage in [----] Single drive vSAN Express Storage Architecture home lab VMware has a killer new storage solution that is found in the latest vSphere [--] and vSAN [--] release. The new storage architecture found in vSAN [--] known as the Express Storage Architecture is a great new storage solution that is even simpler for home lab use and can be enabled with a single drive in each cluster host. We take a look at the new architecture and then look at configuring the new vSAN ESA. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hjbqAqGunsw) 2022-10-25T14:30Z 61.4K followers, 21.7K engagements "Kicking Off Between the Clouds: AI on Old GPUs NetAlertX and DevOps Mindset 🎙 Introducing Between the Clouds: A Podcast for the Home Lab and Hybrid Cloud Era What does it really mean to live between the clouds For many of us in IT whether you're a home lab enthusiast systems architect or cloud-native developer it means operating at the intersection of private infrastructure and public cloud services. And thats exactly the space this new podcast is here to explore. Today Im excited to launch the very first episode of Between the Clouds a weekly show where we build break and learn in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hwSIKcSNsRw) 2025-06-18T21:16Z 101K followers, [---] engagements "Mini PCs with [---] GB of RAM in Home Lab with new RAM kit The time has come [---] GB RAM kits have been officially released from Crucial and this is going to be a game changer for home lab enthusiasts running mini PCs in their environments. We have been stuck at [--] then [--] GB of memory for years now. Finally we are getting to workstation levels of memory for powerful mini PCs that will help take home lab and home server environments to the next level for self-hosting with virtual machines Docker and Kubernetes. Buy the new memory here (amazon affiliate link I get a small commission): ***New***" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hy4m9VDgNig) 2025-02-28T12:01Z 69.2K followers, 10.1K engagements "Beelink SER5 - Ryzen [--] Mini PC Home Server I try out the Beelink SER5 with the Ryzen [--] 5700U processor. This is an [--] core [--] thread low-power processor that is a great value. Check out my thoughts on making this little mini PC a home server in the home server lab. ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster ★ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ ★ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit ★ Facebook:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ihwoEYJXyro) 2023-09-22T15:00Z 61.6K followers, 41.5K engagements "Kubernetes Cluster in Minutes in VMware vSphere using Rancher Spinning up a Kubernetes cluster from scratch can be complicated and challenging. Rancher is an open source free solution that allows easily creating Kubernetes clusters. In this video walkthrough we look at how to create a Kubernetes cluster in a VMware vSphere environment using Rancher. As we will see in the video Rancher provides a fully automated way to create Kubernetes cluster. Using VMware vSphere all you need to have is an Ubuntu cloud image template in your vSphere inventory and Rancher does the rest. Using the template" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lKzkgmR6A2A) 2022-01-12T20:30Z 74K followers, 49.5K engagements "Troubleshooting vCenter Appliance VCSA the Easy Way Troubleshooting VMware vCenter Server VCSA appliance has in the past required running many commands at the commandline and gathering a lot of information by hand. There is now a new VMware Fling called the vSphere Diagnostic Tool that provides a single Python script to gather the information needed to troubleshoot and diagnose issues with your vCenter Server VCSA appliance. You can find the link here: https://flings.vmware.com/vsphere-diagnostic-tool Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mOUR0EJlcKE) 2022-05-12T22:30Z 78.6K followers, 18.2K engagements "Convert VMware to Proxmox VE Server #homelab #proxmox #tech #techtok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nBmv4bPHogA) 2025-03-21T20:29Z 70.4K followers, [----] engagements "UPGRADE Your Mini PC to [---] GB RAM #minipc #homelab" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nBr17dL7dj4) 2025-03-05T00:55Z 69.6K followers, [----] engagements "Quadruple your Mini PC Memory with VMware NVMe Memory Tiering 4x your Mini PC Memory // VMware NVMe Memory Tiering We take a deep dive look at VMware's new NVMe memory tiering feature found in VMware vSphere [---] update [--]. The new NVMe memory tiering is going to be a game changer for home labs since it will allow us to 4x our Mini PC system memory in systems that normally can't have more than [--] GB of memory in the case of DDR5 SODIMM memory equipped mini PCs. Let's look at upping your memory in your mini PC in just a few commands Video's sponsor:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oNL_xePW7Uo) 2024-08-15T11:00Z 77.6K followers, 10.7K engagements "Trigkey S7 Pro Review runs VMware and Proxmox perfectly // Home Lab Server If you are looking for a great mini PC for a home lab server that is capable of running both VMware ESXi and Proxmox the Trigkey S7 Pro is a great little mini PC. It sports the Ryzen [--] 7840HS processor DDR5 memory (2) M.2 slots and an Intel 2.5G network adapter. Check out my review of the unit including specs unboxing installation pros cons and comparisons with other mini PCs like the Minisforum MS-01. Read the written review of the Trigkey S7 Pro here with further details:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=osa7VYQCLtg) 2024-04-24T15:00Z 78.6K followers, 17.4K engagements "Uptime Kuma Open Source Uptime Monitor for HomeLab Server monitoring In my quest to test many different open-source monitoring solutions in the home lab this year I want to take you guys through a new solution I am working with - Uptime Kuma. It is a self-described fancy uptime monitor with beautiful dashboards to display reachability and uptime of critical services. You can create easy status pages for groups of services and style these as you need. With Uptime Kuma you can monitor services applications hosts databases and many other types of connections. Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=py68mv_vyi8) 2023-02-07T21:30Z 66.1K followers, 40.4K engagements "My Proxmox Server Build [----] Minisforum BD795M with [--] threads [--] GB memory [--] gig I am building my own server for Proxmox and asking you guys to join in on the journey. We walk through a few things with the build. Why are we using Proxmox Why choose to build vs buy something like a mini PC Also we detail motherboard case CPU cooler network card storqage for boot and VMs and other topics. Minisforum BD795M https://amzn.to/3PQXFa8 RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact https://amzn.to/3CeIW5H Cooler Master MWE Gold [---] V2 https://amzn.to/4aFXhET Noctua NH-L9i-17xx Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qFWQldUqzyk) 2025-02-01T12:01Z 67.4K followers, 15.5K engagements "Home Server Build [----] with Minisforum BD790i X3D Ryzen [--] [---] GB and RGB / My best looking build My latest build in the home lab came together nicely It is a Mini ITX build which is becoming more common these days for tiny builds or space saving builds. I didn't save space on the case that I chose but I love how this build came together and the performance included along with the RGB LED lighting. This Minisforum BD790i X3D motherboard with the Ryzen [--] 7945X3D processor brings a lot to the table. Take a look at the video as I walk you through the build components. Get the motherboard directly" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r0BNRwOd1lU) 2025-04-10T11:01Z 71.6K followers, [----] engagements "VMware vSphere [--] Released New Features Big news today VMware vSphere [--] was released. It is a major new release of VMware vSphere announced at VMware Explore [----]. We take a look at some of the major features of the announcements with the new vSphere release. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ Github:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rST8GhKdXeI) 2022-08-30T20:30Z 84.7K followers, 62K engagements "kubectl-ai Best AI Tool for Kubernetes 🎯 Todays Best Tech Deals 💻 Newegg Home Lab Picks https://geni.us/vhtneweggdeals 🛒 Amazon Home Lab Deals https://geni.us/FBtu Written blog post on kubectl-ai: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/05/meet-kubectl-ai-google-just-delivered-the-best-tool-for-kubernetes-management/ 🧠 Need Help or Have Questions Join the VHT Community Forums https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ 🚀 Explore More with the Home Lab Explorers Community 🔗 https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/aboutref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21 📺 Follow VirtualizationHowto" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rtMKUS21bII) 2025-05-30T11:01Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Beelink SEi14 Mini PC Review with Core Ultra Processor // MS-A1 Giveaway Winner announced We take a look at a really great mini PC with a lot of options and nice hardware the Beelink SEi14. I look at it in the context of running it as a home lab server using VMware ESXi and Proxmox. I find an interesting anomaly in running VMware ESXi vs Proxmox in terms of power draw on this mini PC. Also exciting stuff We are picking the winner of the Minisforum MS-A1 on this video so be sure to tune in if you commented on the last video for the "Perfect Home Lab in 2024". Winner of the giveaway join the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=szL4OrvSbG8) 2024-09-13T11:00Z 61.2K followers, [----] engagements "Best Virtualization Projects in [----] for the Home Lab In [----] it is a great time to start new virtualization projects in your home lab. In this video we look at a few virtualization projects you can start in [----] that can help learn new skills and technologies moving forward and if you are a nerd like me they are fun Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ti_2epuntK4) 2024-02-23T19:00Z 70.4K followers, 19.7K engagements "Connect Kubernetes to your Synology NAS NFS share Introduction to Kubernetes and persistent storage - 0:00 A deep dive into NFS storage using a Synology NAS as a target for your Kubernetes workloads. Using an open-source NFS provisioner we can attach to an NFS share on our NAS and then use this as a storage class in our K8s cluster that automatically provisions storage when we spin up pods. You can see the code examples here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner-connect-your-nas-with-kubernetes/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uPt3VKQOMBs) 2023-11-17T19:00Z 61K followers, [----] engagements "Create a Linux Service Monitoring Script - Learn Bash scripting tutorial In this video walkthrough you will learn how to create a Linux Bash Shell script from scratch to monitor a service and start the service if it is stopped. We will also show how to add the Linux Shell script to a Cron job to automatically run the Bash script at a specified interval. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uxq8YXQv-oI) 2022-05-11T12:16Z 61.5K followers, 10.7K engagements "Rancher Node Template VMware configuration with Ubuntu Cloud Image Using Rancher with VMware vSphere is a great way to easily create Kubernetes clusters in your VMware vSphere environment. On a previous video detailing the process to use Rancher to create Kubernetes clusters in VMware I had questions about the Node template and how you create the vSphere template referenced in the Rancher Node template VMware configuration. This video walkthrough details the process to create the Rancher Node template VMware vsphere template using an Ubuntu Cloud Image. Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v_PP2gcWUDc) 2023-10-13T05:48Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements "Best Home Lab Automation Tools Packer Terraform PowerShell and Ansible Using automation provides a powerful way to ensure your virtual machines containers and hosts are configured and managed across the environment consistently seamlessly and securely. We take a look at using home lab automation tools to keep VMs and home lab infrastructure updated configured and using it to deploy new templates and virtual machines. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vmoz3luM2cI) 2022-10-31T21:30Z 84.7K followers, 22.1K engagements "Episode 2: VCF [--] CoreControl Docker Rollout and ProxMenux for Proxmox in Your Home Lab 🎙 Episode [--] BetweenTheClouds 🛠 Featured Tools & Projects VMware Cloud Foundation [---] Explore major upgrades like NVMe Memory Tiering GPU vMotion vSAN ESA global deduplication enhanced multi-tenancy and full-stack lifecycle improvements. CoreControl A beautifully designed self-hosted dashboard for your home lab. Track CPU memory disk network usage and container services in real timeall in a lightweight Docker container. 🔗 Read the full post" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yTe5d3azyqY) 2025-06-20T15:24Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "My Top AMD Ryzen Proxmox Builds for Home Lab #techtok #microserver #homelab #homeserver" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zFbIQAXfAaU) 2025-05-20T10:56Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Best free AI terminal for Linux Windows and TACOS #homelab #ai #googlegeminiaiterminal" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-NxVUnpYF7I) 2025-07-10T04:31Z 101K followers, [----] engagements "Proxmox Memory Hack you need to know #tech #proxmox #optane #microserver #memoryusage #sysadmin" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2hpq8MTURqU) 2025-02-23T03:33Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements "VMware ESXi Networking Class for Home lab - the basics I find that many are challenged with understanding basic networking when it comes to building their home labs. I use VMware vSphere in my home lab environment. In the video we walk through understanding the basic constructs of VMware vSphere networking VLANs the vSphere standard switch and networking with nested ESXi virtualization. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3R6ayglqHwY) 2023-03-30T18:00Z 96.9K followers, 65.4K engagements "Automate your Home Lab like a boss #homelab #tech #devops" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3XjTVftc8es) 2025-03-30T04:32Z 88.1K followers, [----] engagements "New Home Server Rack Cable Management - New Patch panel and cabling One of my year-end projects for the home lab server rack has been cleaning up some cabling introducing a patch panel and rerouting some cabling. This video shows the time lapsed footage of this process and the end results of the project for now. I hope you guys enjoy Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3rvIcWZZXEI) 2022-11-18T18:30Z 93.3K followers, 20.9K engagements "Configure VMware File Sharing with VMware vSAN File Service running on top of vSAN object storage VMware vSAN File Service is a solution that allows running your enterprise file shares on top of VMware vSAN object storage. It allows having a solution that inherits the features strengths and capabilities of vSAN object storage for your file shares including Storage Based Policy Management (SPBM). These features allow very granular control and management of the file shares in the environment. VMware vSAN File Service is presented to the vSAN cluster using containers that provide the endpoints" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8rdaZllnJAg) 2022-04-02T14:26Z 85.5K followers, [----] engagements "ASUS NUC [--] Pro Review // Best Intel NUC for Home Lab The Intel NUC started the mini PC craze across the world several years ago and the NUC brand is still synonymous with performance-driven mini PCs. However now with Intel no longer producing the NUC Asus has taken over production of the very well-known mini PC. This is the first Asus NUC that I have gotten my hands on. We look at the ASUS NUC [--] Pro review as a home lab server and see if this little mini PC is worthy as a server running VMware ESXi or Proxmox features pros and cons and more. Check out these VMware compatible mini PCs: Asus" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AY1tFW6P-_0) 2024-10-24T11:00Z 99.3K followers, 42.1K engagements "Best Notification System for Home Servers with Apprise Push Alerts Notifications are a critical part of effective monitoring in the lab and production environments. With it becoming more challenging to use SMTP notification due to more and more security layers that are now required for sending SMTP messages such as DKIM SPF records and proper reverse DNS records. Apprise Github page: https://github.com/caronc/apprise Mailrise Github page: https://github.com/YoRyan/mailrise Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cj7A46NuACA) 2023-01-03T21:45Z 98.3K followers, 52.1K engagements "ESXi Mini PC Server with the GMKtek Nucbox K10 I had a lot of comments about mini pcs that are compatible with VMware ESXi. The GMKtek Nucbox K10 sports the Ryzen [--] 5800U process with [--] threads and also has the Intel i225 [---] Gbps network adapter making it fully compatible with ESXi at least from a consumer hardware/home lab perspective. This video takes a look at the GMKtek Nucbox K10 and running workloads that I had ran on an old Supermicro Xeon-D 1541-based host. Check out these VMware compatible mini PCs: Asus [--] Nuc Pro - https://amzn.to/42GZJJf GMKtec Mini PC Gaming M7 Pro -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DXEafJq1KSQ) 2023-10-06T15:30Z 96.6K followers, 13.5K engagements "Proxmox vs ESXi in [----] With all of the changes on the virtualization front many are evaluating their options in [----]. Two of the major players are Proxmox and VMware ESXi. However with the Broadcom shakeup and price increases many are looking seriously at Proxmox. We compare Proxmox vs ESXi across many different fronts including installation interface network storage clustering migration backup solutions and more. Read the written blog post of Proxmox vs ESXi in [----] here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/04/proxmox-vs-esxi-in-2024-pros-and-cons/ Check out the VHT forums to get your" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E-CEonr2sAA) 2024-05-22T14:30Z 96.6K followers, 52K engagements "Docker Container Monitoring Dashboards both Open Source and Netdata We explore crazy awesome Docker dashboards for Docker container monitoring. We look at open source tools to build customized dashboards as well as a freemium cloud SaaS solution that even has a home lab license that allows you to monitor unlimited endpoints Pretty cool Let's take your Docker container monitoring dashboards to the next level Read the write up and view code featured in the video here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/10/docker-container-monitoring-with-cadvisor-node-exporter-prometheus-and-grafana/ ★" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EfXgCkIAaVg) 2024-10-31T11:00Z 99.3K followers, 23.4K engagements "Top [--] VMware vSphere CLI commands you need to know ESXi contains powerful built-in commandline commands allowing admins to perform troubleshooting configuration management and other tasks without the GUI. We look at the top [--] ESXi CLI commands you need to know and how they are used. Special thanks to Vembu for sponsoring this video Download Vembu here: https://www.vembu.com/vembu-bdr-suite-download/utm_source=virtualizationhowto.com&utm_medium=bloggerbanner&utm_campaign=download Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EwgAgl7fAIo) 2022-11-15T16:00Z 86K followers, 21K engagements "ESXi [---] Upgrade in three ways - ISO command line and vSphere Lifecycle Manager Now that vSphere [--] has been released many are upgrading existing home lab environments to ESXi [---]. In this video I describe three ways to upgrade your ESXi host to ESXi [---]. These include from the ISO media command line and using vSphere Lifecycle Manager. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GDGTEw8hubM) 2022-10-14T20:15Z 99.9K followers, 81.3K engagements "New Proxmox Import Wizard for Migrating VMware ESXi VMs Proxmox has recently released a new Proxmox VMware ESXi virtual machine migration wizard. In this video we will look at the installation of the import VMware ESXi wizard and see how this new tool works and actually migrate a virtual machine from a test VMware ESXi environment. This is a game changer for those who want to pivot their lab environment from running on VMware to running on top of Proxmox VE Server. Take a look at the written write up of the Proxmox New Import Wizard for VMware here:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=H1t6hxCoiZw) 2024-03-28T23:00Z 98.8K followers, 77.5K engagements "Rancher Cloud-config.yml example cloud-init add SSH keys If you use Rancher to deploy your Kubernetes nodes in VMware vSphere or any other cloud environment you can make use of the Cloud Config configuration in the Node template to specify various initialization configuration settings. One of the basic things you can do is specify SSH keys in your Node Template for Rancher. This allows connecting to your Kubernetes nodes locally if these become disconnected from Rancher. In the video tutorial we look at how to implement the cloud config for SSH keys in VMware vSphere Kubernetes nodes or any" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KdgIxKn3zGE) 2022-07-06T22:18Z 92.6K followers, [----] engagements "Best Kubernetes Distro for Home Lab in [----] // Microk8s Minikube k3s and more We look at the best Kubernetes Distros for Home Lab. If you want to get started learning Kubernetes take a look at the top [--] distros for running single-node Kubernetes in the home lab. Check out the list and learn how to quickly install each one Take a look at the written post covering the Kubernetes distros here: https://tek2cloud.com/ultimate-guide-to-setting-up-a-kubernetes-home-lab/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NhylwOIjm4o) 2024-07-25T11:00Z 94.4K followers, 32.8K engagements "Best Server Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana using Node Exporter and cAdvisor A complete walkthrough of completely free and open source solutions to monitor your Linux Windows and Docker servers. In the view we see how we can setup and configure Prometheus Node Exporter Grafana and cAdvisor to monitor servers in our environment and how you can easily configure these. Clone down the examples in this video from the following Git repository: https://github.com/brandonleegit/OpenSourceMonitoring Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RAqMP_NnGec) 2023-01-27T22:45Z 97.8K followers, 79.6K engagements "Best Firewall for home security - Palo Alto PA [---] lab unit I recently upgraded my home lab firewall to a PA-440 from Palo Alto. I really like the Palo Alto solution both for production and in the home lab. The new PA-400 series firewalls are great for ensuring your connectivity is both secure and protected from threats using the advanced Palo Alto series. This video takes a look at the overall specs of the PA [---] series firewalls the features capabilities and security of the units. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S7it3Bhhivs) 2022-12-20T15:30Z 86.1K followers, 48.8K engagements "Best Kubernetes Management Tools for Beginners [----] There are myriads of tools out there to manage Kubernetes. However some are better than others. In this video we take a look at the best Kubernetes management tools for beginners in [----] as we highlight tools. Get to know kubectl Open Lens K9s Headlamp Lens and Aptakube pros and cons benefits etc. Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ My Proxmox Build: Minisforum BD795M https://geni.us/bd795m RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact https://geni.us/rackchoice2u Cooler Master MWE Gold" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T8Pxv5jr5jc) 2025-01-23T12:00Z 95.2K followers, 15.6K engagements "VMware Host Client Beta // Bringing back the desktop app In a recent VMware community blog post a new VMware Host Client Beta was announced. However one of the standout pieces of information in the blog was the new beta client is a "desktop application" Are we going back to the days of the old vSphere Client written in C# We take a quick look at this news and what it may mean. Official VMware community blog: https://blogs.vmware.com/code/2024/04/05/the-beta-release-of-the-new-vmware-host-client-is-available/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TC03qsOhLvA) 2024-04-09T18:00Z 90.2K followers, 10.4K engagements "10 Tips to Get Started with a Home Lab in [----] In this video we take a look at [--] tips to get started in a home lab in [----]. We look at what I think are the top ten tips and tricks to successfully spin up and use a home lab including mini PCs RAM power backups open source software and much more Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster ★" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y7yaDAnD_xc) 2025-01-16T12:00Z 94.4K followers, 133K engagements "Easy K3s Kubernetes tools WITH K3sup and Kube-VIP Spinning up a Kubernetes HA configuration is made easy with two open source utilities K3sup and Kube-VIP. Using both of these utilities we can easily stand up multiple control nodes using a virtual IP address and use the VIP to join the additional nodes to our Kubernetes cluster. For the K3s control nodes I have spun up (3) Ubuntu Server virtual machines running in VMware vSphere. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yt_PWpn-97g) 2022-11-22T17:45Z 99.9K followers, 12.6K engagements "Create a Custom Windows [--] ISO without a TPM check Lately many have ran into the issue with installing Windows [--] due to a missing TPM. I have detailed a couple of workarounds in previous videos to the TPM check. However in this video we take a quick unnarrated look at creating a custom Windows [--] ISO that bypasses the TPM check so that no manual edits of the registry are required. The process involves: - Downloading the Windows Assessment and Deployment Toolkit for Windows [--] and the WinPE add-on - Copying the files from the Downloaded Windows [--] ISO to a folder - Mounting the boot.wim -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z8fvuXzJ1qw) 2021-10-14T13:38Z 92.1K followers, [----] engagements "Build a Kubernetes Home Lab from Scratch step-by-step Building a Kubernetes Home Lab environment from scratch might seem like a daunting task. However it is actually pretty straightforward with the right tools in place. In this video we are going to use Kubeadm to initialize a Kubernetes cluster from scratch in our home lab environment. Using Kubeadm takes some of the heavy lifting out of the underlying complexities of Kubernetes. We look at how to build the Kubernetes home lab cluster from scratch step-by-step. Join me in the adventure Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_WW16Sp8-Jw) 2022-07-23T13:30Z 88.1K followers, 192.3K engagements "Broadcom finally listened on licensing // vSphere Standard and vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses back Today major news dropped from Broadcom with the expansion of the VMware Cloud Foundation portfolio of products. It seems that Broadom has finally listened to customers on VMware licensing to an extent. They have brought back vSphere Standard and vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing for those that don't want VMware vSphere Foundation or VMware Cloud Foundation. They have also significantly bumped up the vSAN storage you get per core by 2.5x so now [---] GB per core. Check out the written blog" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bTxgLUKQzEg) 2024-10-31T21:15Z 86.2K followers, 20.8K engagements "Yacht vs Portainer - Docker Dashboard comparison The experience working with Docker is made even better when you have a Docker dashboard. In this video we take a look at two really great Docker dashboards and features and functionality of both. We look at installation and using them. Video sponsor: Cameyo Virtual Application Delivery platform. One of the coolest application delivery platforms I have seen: https://cameyo.com/ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bsB2dvpdBYg) 2022-12-09T19:30Z 89.6K followers, 87.2K engagements "Network condition simulation with VMware Workstation Pro It can be difficult to simulate real world network bandwidth jitter latency packet loss. However there is a cool new feature in VMware Workstation that allow you to do just that. Using VMware Workstation Pro [--] you can edit the properties of your network adapter and set the bandwidth packet loss and latency that you want to simulate. This is customizable. You can set it to simulate in either direction outbound or inbound. This will no doubt help developers who are coding applications that will be used across slow WAN links or other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dT2oMrAK6PM) 2021-02-17T14:53Z 89.6K followers, [----] engagements "VMware Workstation [--] Pro New Features for home lab VMware recently released VMware Workstation [--] Pro with many great new features including new guest operating system support fast encryption TPM [---] OpenGL [---] and WDDM [---] support among others. We take a quick look at the new features and how these will be great upgrades for home lab environments. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hp_i2iYGa_c) 2022-11-24T17:30Z 89.6K followers, 64.6K engagements "pfSense Alternatives: Firewall Solutions for your Network pfSense is a great open source firewall solution that many use in the home lab SMB and even enterprise environments. However you may be looking for something different. What are good pfSense alternatives that you should try We look at [--] pfSense alternatives that are worth looking at. Check out the written post covering the [--] solutions we talk about: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/06/pfsense-alternative-top-5-firewall-solutions/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pBMQ97o_9B0) 2024-07-03T18:00Z 89.1K followers, 33.8K engagements "Ubiquiti Unifi RADIUS 802.1x Authentication Configuration Do you want to secure your home wireless network even further In this video I demonstrate using an enterprise authentication protocol known as 802.1X authentication to secure your Unifi wireless network using a RADIUS server running on Windows Sever Network Policy Server. The steps are fairly straightforward and involve configuring a RADIUS server with the authentication policies needed a certificate and then making the changes to the Unifi wireless network to authenticate using the RADIUS server. Subscribe to the channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ptVROR1U6Es) 2022-02-05T02:47Z 90.4K followers, 61.1K engagements "Proxmox Swap and Memory Hack for Home Labs When it comes to performance Swap space is generally considered a negative. When you start swapping to disk performance usually suffers. However if you running a RAM starved home lab host and maybe you are physically maxed out in the RAM you can install such as with today's SODIMM modules using ultra-fast storage for swap space can actually be an advantage. I tested Intel Optane storage as swap space for a Proxmox host with only [--] GB of memory and the results were really amazing in terms of performance and the "feel" of the box even with RAM maxed" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v45lH43yU9s) 2025-02-21T12:01Z 68.7K followers, 17.4K engagements "Best Docker Container Monitoring Tools - Free and open source In this video we take a look at monitoring Docker containers and the best free docker monitoring solutions that are free and open source. We cover [--] solutions that are easily configured to monitor both your Docker host as well as the individual containers in your environment. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zxAmqY63eJE) 2022-12-29T15:30Z 94.9K followers, 83.5K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"5 Things Youre Not Monitoring on Your Home Lab Network (But Should Be) Your home lab runs on the network. If you are not monitoring it you are guessing. In this video I cover five areas of your network that give you real visibility so you can catch problems early and troubleshoot like a pro. We walk through ARP and MAC flapping SNMP and RMON interface stats sFlow and NetFlow for traffic visibility DNS queries and response times and latency and packet loss. I also show a simple tool stack you can run in Docker to get all of this stood up fast. [--] Home Lab Mini PCs I recommend: Minisforum MS-A2:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-07T12:00Z 101K followers, 19.8K engagements
"Before I do anything with VMware ESXi I do this first For those that are running VMware ESXi in their home lab or production environments there are many configurations that you will likely want to make on your ESXi host. Many of the configuration changes that need to be made will help to prepare your host for high availability proper time synchronization network configuration storage licensing and adding your ESXi hosts to vCenter Server. In this video I cover the first things I do on a VMware ESXi installation. Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2022-11-04T18:30Z 101K followers, 174.9K engagements
"Best Docker Containers for Synology NAS A Synology NAS is a great platform for many services including running Docker containers. Many may not realize that you can use your Synology NAS as a container host. You can simply install your Docker container engine from the Synology Package manager. Once installed you can browse the Synology Docker container registry and pull many great containers for use in the home lab. This video covers a list of the best Docker container hosts for Synology NAS. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1"
YouTube Link 2023-01-17T17:30Z 101K followers, 109.1K engagements
"Things I Stopped Self-Hosting (And Why Cloud Won in My Home Lab) In this video I share the real-world services I stopped self-hosting in my home lab and we look at why cloud or managed solutions ultimately made more sense for me for certain services in particular. For years my default answer was to self-host everything and while that mindset taught me a ton about networking DNS storage security and virtualization I eventually realized that not every service is worth the operational overhead. I walk through why I moved away from self-hosted email public DNS remote access gateways push"
YouTube Link 2026-01-09T12:00Z 101K followers, 122.5K engagements
"Automate Your Home Lab with Terraform Packer Ansible & GitLab CI/CD (2025 Tutorial) We take a look at running your home lab with infrastructure as code. No more manual steps and other tedious operations. Do everything in code like a boss We look at Terraform Packer Ansible and GitLab CI/CD. Dive in with me and take your home lab to the next level. Take a look at the written article here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/07/run-your-home-lab-with-infrastructure-as-code-like-a-boss/ Get the Minisforum MS-A2 mini PC great for home lab https://geni.us/minisforum-ms-a2 Check out the VHT"
YouTube Link 2025-07-25T11:00Z 101K followers, 24.6K engagements
"Best Docker Containers in [----] Docker containers provide an easy way to run your self-hosted applications in a home lab environment. With Docker and Docker Compose you can easily spin up multiple applications and stacks of apps to service your self-hosted needed. We look at the top Docker containers in [----] You can find code examples for all Docker Containers covered here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/03/best-docker-containers-for-home-server-in-2024/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2024-04-17T15:00Z 101K followers, 242.8K engagements
"15 Docker Containers That Will Instantly Improve Your Home Lab (2025 Guide) If you want to level up your home lab fast running the right Docker containers is one of the easiest ways to do it. In this video I walk through [--] Docker containers that instantly improve your home lab in late [----] These include tools for monitoring automation networking security backups dashboards and DevOps. We cover Dozzle Watchtower Pulse Komodo Netdata Uptime Kuma Bitwarden Homer Mailrise NetBox and more I will show you exactly how they work together to build a home lab stack on Proxmox or any Docker host. Be"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T12:00Z 101K followers, 157.3K engagements
"Stop Drawing Network Diagrams Manually Scanopy Does It for You Keeping network diagrams up to date has always been one of the most frustrating parts of running a home lab or even a small production environment. In this video I walk through how I finally stopped drawing network diagrams by hand and started letting the network document itself using Scanopy. I cover why manual diagrams inevitably drift out of date how Scanopy scans your environment to build living topology maps and how it handles service discovery including Docker hosts and containers. I also dive into deployment strategies like"
YouTube Link 2026-01-02T12:00Z 101K followers, 49.3K engagements
"Stop Using Pi-Hole Sync Tools Technitium DNS Clustering Is Better DNS is one of those things you barely think about until it breaks and when it does everything in your home lab suddenly is broken. In this video I walk through why I originally started running multiple Pi-hole servers with sync tools like Gravity Sync and Nebula Sync and why that approach started to feel limiting as my lab grew. I dig into what Technitium DNS Server brought to the table in the most recent version v14. We will look at how it actually works behind the scenes and why having a true primary and secondary model with"
YouTube Link 2025-12-19T12:00Z 101K followers, 38K engagements
"I Replaced Nginx Proxy Manager with Traefik in My Home Lab (Heres Why Its Better in 2025) Do you use a reverse proxy for your Docker Containers You should. I really like Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) for beginners. However recently I have made the switch to Traefik and it has changed the game in terms of infrastructure as code and getting my home lab to a point where I can automate everything with my containers. In this video I take a look at the differences between the two and why I am making the switch to Traefik at this point in my home lab journey. Take a look at the written post for this"
YouTube Link 2025-09-12T11:00Z 101K followers, 89.7K engagements
"Proxmox Containers Explained: Docker VMs vs LXC vs New OCI Support in [----] Proxmox VE [---] just made containers in the home lab a lot more interesting by adding native OCI image support alongside the classic Docker VM and LXC approaches and in this video I walk through what changed in [---] how the new Pull from OCI registry feature works why it matters that Proxmox can now run OCI images inside LXC under the hood and how this compares to running full Docker or Podman in a dedicated virtual machine or using lightweight LXC containers for simple services. We will look at the pros and cons of each"
YouTube Link 2025-11-28T12:00Z 101K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Container vs VM: Hypervisor War is Over I'm going all in on containerization in [----]. What is the state of container vs VM in [----] Take a look at a few of the advantages of containers vs VM and also how it is making the focus on hypervisors more and more irrelevant. We look at running a Kubernetes cluster across Proxmox and ESXi hosts to prove the point. Do you need to get rid of your hypervisor though Let's find out. Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2025-01-02T12:00Z 101K followers, 78K engagements
"MINIX Elite EU715-AI Review: The Mini PC Built for AI and Home Labs Official website link: https://bit.ly/3IBx9l2 $110 off discount code: BLEU715 Best Buy product link: https://bit.ly/3IPdu11 My affiliate link: Buy the MINIX EU715-AI here: https://geni.us/zs83Eif In this video Im reviewing the MINIX Elite EU715-AI mini PC and putting it through its paces as a home lab node. It is a compact system that is built around the Intel Core Ultra [--] 155H processor with [--] cores and [--] threads. It has the integrated Intel Arc graphics and an Intel NPU for AI acceleration. Also it supports up to [---] GB"
YouTube Link 2025-10-03T11:00Z 101K followers, 10.5K engagements
"ProxMenux Monitor: The New Proxmox Dashboard You Need to See ProxMenux Monitor is a brand new web based dashboard for Proxmox VE and in this video I walk through everything it offers. This is the latest release for the ProxMenux project and it brings real time monitoring for CPU memory storage SMART health network traffic VMs LXCs hardware details and system logs all from a clean modern interface on port [----]. I show how to install it how the dashboards work and what limitations you should know about in this first release. If you want a free and powerful way to monitor your Proxmox home lab"
YouTube Link 2025-11-14T12:01Z 101K followers, 40.4K engagements
"Stop Installing Docker Wrong on Proxmox (Here's the Right Way) In this video I walk through how to run Docker on Proxmox the right way and avoid the common mistakes that can break your home lab setup. Proxmox is an amazing virtualization platform and Docker remains the go-to for running containerized apps. But combining the two takes a little planning. Ill show you the best practices for running Docker inside Proxmox using virtual machines or LXC containers explain why you should avoid installing Docker directly on the Proxmox host and share my recommended settings for networking storage and"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T11:01Z 101K followers, 110.9K engagements
"The Free Proxmox Monitoring Dashboard Youve Been Waiting For In this video Im taking a look at Pulse which is a brand-new open-source monitoring tool built specifically for Proxmox VE and Docker. This free tool gives Proxmox a sleek real-time dashboard that I think its always needed. It shows you your nodes VMs LXC containers and even Docker hosts all in one place. Ill walk you through what Pulse is how to install it using Docker how to connect it to your Proxmox nodes and how to add Docker monitoring. If youve been searching for a simple but powerful way to monitor your home lab this is one"
YouTube Link 2025-10-24T11:00Z 101K followers, 50.1K engagements
"VMware ESXi Free Once again with 8.0U3e See how to Download it Broadcom made major news today with the release of VMware ESXi 8.0U3e as a free hypervisor once again What is going on Did we just see Broadcom take away VMware ESXi free edition last year Yes we did but in a major shift they seem to have made a [---] on this decision and have once again released the hypervisor for free See the details and how you can go about downloading it now Written blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/04/vmware-esxi-free-edition-available-again-with-8-0u3e-download-now/ If you are still going with"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T22:45Z 101K followers, 61.7K engagements
"The First Services I Always Spin Up in Any Home Lab When I set up a new home lab there are always a few key services that come first before anything else. In this video Im sharing the exact workflow I use and why these services matter so much. Ill walk you through how I handle layer [--] switching and layer [--] routing to build a solid network foundation why DNS is always the very first service I bring online how DHCP makes managing IP addresses painless and the reverse proxy setup that keeps access both simple and secure. We also talk about the importance of monitoring and VLAN security once the"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T11:01Z 101K followers, 57.9K engagements
"Best DNS Server for Home lab - Pihole Unbound configuration If you want to have the ulimate control over name resolution in your home lab environment and home network in general and I want to show you guys an awesome DNS solution called Unbound you can use along with Pi-hole in your environment. With these you can to block ads malicious traffic and control DNS lookups. Let's look at Pi-hole unbound blackhole DNS configuration and see how you can easily configure unbound along with Pihole. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My"
YouTube Link 2023-03-03T15:30Z 101K followers, 145.3K engagements
"GMKtec Nucbox G3 Plus Low Power Home Server Review We take a close look at the GMKtec Nucbox G3 Plus as a low power home server that is also very affordable. The GMKtec Nucbox G3 Plus is very power efficient has great features and includes an Intel network adapter which means you can run VMware ESXi along with Proxmox. See the other features with the review of this unit. Buy the GMKtec Nucbox on Amazon here: https://geni.us/gmktecg3plus Join Home Lab Explorers here: https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/aboutref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21 Check out the VHT forums to get your questions"
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T11:00Z 101K followers, 29.3K engagements
"The Best Self-Hosted AI Tools You Can Actually Run in Your Home Lab In this video I walk you through the best self-hosted AI tools you can actually run in your home lab. From Ollama and OpenWebUI to n8n LocalAI AnythingLLM Whisper Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI I cover how each tool works how they fit together and how you can build your own private AI stack at home. If youve been thinking about running AI locally for privacy automation or just for fun check out this video to see where to start. Great home lab server: Minisforum MS-A2 - https://geni.us/HzwrN (affiliate link) VirtualizationHowto"
YouTube Link 2025-10-31T11:01Z 101K followers, 248.7K engagements
"10 Home Lab Mistakes I Made (and How You Can Avoid Them in 2025) In this video Im sharing the top [--] mistakes Ive made in my home lab so you dont have to repeat them. From wiping the wrong server and losing Docker-Compose files to running everything on a single drive exposing a Windows VM to the Internet and forgetting to label cablesthese lessons were hard-earned. Check out my full countdown of my personal crash and burns in the home lab Check out my affiliate links for my [----] Proxmox Build: - Minisforum BD795M https://amzn.to/3PQXFa8 - RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact"
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T11:01Z 101K followers, 36.8K engagements
"Low Power Proxmox Home Server Geekom A5 [----] Edition Looking for the ultimate low-power mini PC for your Proxmox home lab in [----] In this video we review the Geekom A5 [----] Edition. It is a compact and energy-efficient mini PC thats perfect for running Proxmox VE Docker containers or even Kubernetes nodes. With an AMD Ryzen [--] 7430U support for up to [--] GB of RAM dual storage options and ultra-low power draw (just 4W idle) this might be the best Proxmox box for 24/7 workloads. Watch the full review to see power usage upgrade tips and real-world use cases. 📦 Check it out here (affiliate link):"
YouTube Link 2025-06-12T11:01Z 101K followers, 24.9K engagements
"10 Killer Home Lab Projects You Can Build in a Weekend We take a look at [--] killer projects that you can spin up in your home lab for a weekend. These are practical and very educational projects that will take your learning to the next level. While some are more difficult than others most if not all can be at least stood up in a weekend of tinkering. Join up with Home Lab Explorers https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/aboutref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21 Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T11:01Z 101K followers, 105.4K engagements
"Home Lab Automation with Terraform Ansible and CI/CD pipelines In this video we take a look at home lab automation to see how you can use Terraform Ansible and CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning with Proxmox VMware etc. Automation is easier than you think and we will walk through real-world examples of this in the video. How to update Linux with Ansible written with code samples: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/01/how-to-update-ubuntu-with-ansible/ Written blog on the subject:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-28T11:01Z 101K followers, 51.6K engagements
"Stop Wasting Time - [--] Docker Projects Youll Actually Want to Keep Running In this video Im walking you through [--] Docker projects (containers) you can spin up in a single weekend and actually put to use in your home lab or self-hosting setup. From setting up Gitea for self-hosted code repositories to running Home Assistant for smart home automation well cover projects that are practical and provide real-world project-based learning youll want to keep running long after the weekend is over. Youll learn about other tools and projects involving Nginx Proxy Manager Vaultwarden Netdata Watchtower"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T05:01Z 101K followers, 70.5K engagements
"VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Now Free for Personal Use There is major news coming from VMware by Broadcom today. They have decided to release VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro for free. This is evidently to allow more to use the Workstation hypervisor apps for personal use. We explore this announcement and how you can download and install the new free for personal use VMware Workstation Pro. My written write up of the announcement: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/05/vmware-workstation-pro-free-for-personal-use-download/ The official VMware blog post:"
YouTube Link 2024-05-15T04:15Z 101K followers, 179.2K engagements
"Best Home Lab Automation Tool: Semaphore UI I think I have found the best automation tool for the home lab and you need to try it out. It is called Semaphore UI and it started out as an Ansible GUI that has evolved into a multi-purpose automation tool that can do Terraform Terragrunt and even PowerShell Very cool. In this video we go through what Semaphore UI is how you can set it up using Docker Compose code. Check out a great little home lab mini PC that can be your next low power server here (using my Amazon affiliate link): https://geni.us/geekoma52025-3 Read my written blog post on"
YouTube Link 2025-07-18T11:01Z 101K followers, 21.6K engagements
"Stop Port Forwarding Secure Home Lab Access with Modern Tools Heres why I stopped exposing my home lab to the Internetand what I use instead. In this video I walk through four secure modern remote-access options that let you reach Proxmox pfSense Portainer Gitea Grafana Home Assistant and more without opening ports or playing NAT roulette: Twingate Tailscale (WireGuard mesh) vanilla WireGuard and Cloudflare Tunnel. Written blog post on this topic: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/07/stop-exposing-your-home-lab-do-this-instead/ WG-Easy post:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-08T11:01Z 101K followers, 42K engagements
"Proxmox VLAN Configuration: Linux Bridge Tagging Management IP and Virtual Machines Proxmox VLAN configuration can be challenging if you haven't seen how this is done. However we walk through this process step-by-step and show how to make Proxmox VLAN aware move the management IP and add VLANs to Proxmox virtual machines. You can find the code examples and written walkthrough here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2023/12/proxmox-vlan-configuration-management-ip-bridge-and-virtual-machines/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered:"
YouTube Link 2023-12-15T19:00Z 101K followers, 185.6K engagements
"Top Proxmox VE [--] Hardening Tips You Shouldnt Skip In this video I walk you through the top security hardening steps I recommend for anyone running Proxmox VE [--]. No matter whether or not it is in your home lab or a production environment I cover everything from locking down SSH access and enabling the Proxmox firewall to configuring Let's Encrypt TLS certificates. Also we look at setting up 2FA and keeping your hypervisor properly patched. These are the exact steps I take to secure my own Proxmox nodes. Want a power efficient Proxmox [--] home server https://geni.us/geekoma52025-3 [---] GB RAM Kit"
YouTube Link 2025-08-29T11:01Z 101K followers, 36.2K engagements
"Convert VMware to Proxmox // Use Veeam Community Edition for Migration Many are thinking about migrating from VMware ESXi over to Proxmox and there are starting to be many solutions and ways to migrate with many new tools including Proxmox migration including the built-in migration wizard that is native to Proxmox as of 8.x. However Veeam Community Edition provides a free way to migrate your VMware virtual machines over to Proxmox. It is freely available and makes the process super simple. I guide you through the process of adding your Proxmox VE server to Veeam backing up your VMs and"
YouTube Link 2025-02-13T12:01Z 101K followers, 21.6K engagements
"Stop Struggling with Docker Compose Use These [--] Tricks Instead In this video Im sharing some of my favorite Docker Compose tricks I wish I knew sooner. When I first started running containers in my home lab I made a lot of mistakes like dumping all my configs in one folder hardcoding passwords and wondering why things would break. Over time Ive learned a ton of best practices that make Docker Compose cleaner safer and way more reliable. Written post on the tricks: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/08/docker-compose-tricks-i-wish-i-knew-sooner/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-22T11:01Z 101K followers, 19.6K engagements
"Best Proxmox Tool You are Not Using Yet - Proxmenux If youre running Proxmox in your home lab or production setup theres a hidden gem of a tool you need to know about: ProxMenux. In this video I walk you through what ProxMenux is how it works and why it might just become your favorite tool for managing your Proxmox VE servers. Topics Covered: What is ProxMenux Key features and capabilities How to install ProxMenux on your Proxmox VE server Full breakdown of every menu and option Why this tool is ideal for home lab admins and Proxmox newcomers 👉 Read the full blog post with screenshots and"
YouTube Link 2025-06-19T11:01Z 101K followers, 105.2K engagements
"Google Gemini CLI: AI in Your Terminal (Windows Linux macOS) In this video I walk you step-by-step through installing and using Google Gemini CLI on Windows Linux and macOS. Watch me translate Bash to PowerShell refactor Terraform on the fly and auto-generate Conventional Commit messagesall without leaving the shell. If you love productivity hacks for your home lab dev workstation or sysadmin toolkit this demo is for you. 🛠 Want an affordable box to test Gemini CLI on every OS Im using the GEEKOM A5 [----] Mini PC https://geni.us/geekoma52025-3 🔑 What I Cover Why Gemini CLI is a game-changer"
YouTube Link 2025-07-04T11:01Z 101K followers, 33.4K engagements
"Host a Private AI Server at Home with Proxmox Ollama and OpenWebUI Building your own Private AI server is one of the most fun and exciting projects you can try out in your home lab environment. It is also a great way to learn more about AI LLM models and GPU passthrough configuration. Self-hosting and configuring your own AI environment is not as difficult as it might sound. Let's take a look at Proxmox Ollama and OpenWebUI as well as Docker Desktop GPU passthrough a my best practices and tips and tricks. I also show you what projects I am using Private AI servers for. Check it out GPU"
YouTube Link 2025-05-23T11:01Z 101K followers, 56.8K engagements
"Proxmox [--] Cluster with Ceph Storage configuration Are you looking to setup a server cluster in your home lab Proxmox is a great option along with Ceph storage. In this video we take a deep dive into Proxmox clustering and how to configure a 3-node Proxmox server cluster with Ceph shared storage along with Ceph OSDs Monitors and Ceph storage Pool. In the end I test a migration of a Windows Server [----] virtual machine between Proxmox nodes using the shared Ceph storage. Cool stuff. [--] Proxmox Builds below: Minisforum BD795M https://geni.us/bd795m RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact"
YouTube Link 2023-06-30T14:30Z 101K followers, 195.8K engagements
"Configure and Install OpenSSH Public key authentication in Windows [--] for remote connectivity OpenSSH server can be installed in Windows [--] and allows connecting using the SSH protocol to Windows [--] clients and Windows Server [----] hosts. Using SSH allows you to standardize on the connection protocol you are using for remote connectivity to remote Linux and Windows hosts. It also provides great interoperability between Linux and Windows. If you have a development pipeline running on a Linux box and it needs to connect to a Windows client or Windows Server SSH connectivity is much less"
YouTube Link 2022-02-21T03:55Z 101K followers, 55.8K engagements
"Kubernetes Home Lab Storage with Microk8s Rook and Ceph Easy Kubernetes Storage with Microk8s Rook and Ceph. Who would have thought we could say that Kubernetes storage was easy In this video we explore Microk8s and shared storage using rook and microceph. We then create a pod to test creating a persistent volume claim for persistent storage. You can check out the written write up of this process here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2023/08/kubernetes-persistent-volume-setup-with-microk8s-rook-and-ceph/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2023-08-25T18:00Z 101K followers, 31.3K engagements
"The [--] Home Lab Upgrades That Completely Transformed My Setup Over the years my home lab has evolved a lot but a few key upgrades completely changed how I build manage and enjoy it. In this video I share the [--] home lab upgrades that changed everything for me including moving to [--] GbE networking switching to mini PCs for virtualization migrating from VMware to Proxmox setting up Ceph shared storage and using containers and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. Gear and links mentioned: Mikrotik CRS309-1G-8S+IN Switch https://geni.us/OSuwb Minisforum MS-A2 Mini PC https://geni.us/HzwrN"
YouTube Link 2025-10-10T11:00Z 101K followers, 44.1K engagements
"11-Drive Mini Monster NAS Aoostar WTR Max Review Ready to cram [--] drives dual [--] GbE + [---] GbE and an 8-core Zen [--] CPU into the tiniest footprint on your rack In this review we unpack and stress-test the Aoostar WTR Max to see if it deserves a spot in your [----] home-lab stack running Proxmox TrueNAS Docker or even VMware ESXi. Buy the Aoostar WTR Max here: https://aoostar.com/products/aoostar-wtr-max-amd-r7-pro-8845hs-11-bays-mini-pcvariant=50067345932586 🔗 Full Blog Review (photos charts & power logs):"
YouTube Link 2025-06-27T11:00Z 101K followers, 15.1K engagements
"Private AI With Ollama and OpenWebUI to host your own GPT models #oai #privateai #ollama #ai"
YouTube Link 2025-05-26T15:35Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Beelink SER9 Max Review and Proxmox [--] Gig Mini PC Giveaway In this video I put the Beelink SER9 Max through real home lab testing to see if it deserves a spot in your [----] setup. This mini PC brings something that is still rare even today a native [--] gigabit Ethernet port along with DDR5 memory support PCIe [---] NVMe storage dual M.2 slots and AMDs newer Ryzen [--] H255 FP8 platform. I walk through performance thermals noise power consumption and how it behaves as a Proxmox VE node. AND I am giving it away To post your home lab pics and [----] plans visit the forum link here (can only ship to"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T12:01Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Nutanix vs VMware in [----] It is the battle of the titans in the virtualization world - Nutanix vs VMware. Up until recently most were fine with running VMware vSphere in their home lab and production environments. However with the Broadcom buyout many organizations are seeing a 10-15x increase in their VMware pricing. Nutanix has emerged as a very desirable platform with the enterprise polish many companies are looking for to pivot from VMware. In this Nutanix vs VMware comparison we compare both hypervisors and some of the things you should think about as we move through [----] and beyond"
YouTube Link 2024-06-12T15:00Z 101K followers, 26.1K engagements
"Best Home Lab projects to start building this weekend #tech #homelab #homeserver"
YouTube Link 2025-05-06T23:58Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"A Home Lab NAS That Actually Makes Sense in [----] #hardwarelabs #homelab #homelabnas"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T17:07Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Freelens vs Lens 2025: Which Free Kubernetes IDE Reigns Supreme Freelens is a completely free open-source Kubernetes IDE that delivers all the power of Lens without nagging for a subscription. In this video Ill show you how Freelens brings a slick GUI built-in kubectl & helm live metrics persistent terminals and a rich plugin ecosystem (FluxCD Argo CRD inspectors and more) to your clusters. If you are managing Kubernetes in Proxmox VMs EKS or edge Kubernetes Freelens makes context-switching port-forwarding and multi-cluster workspaces easy to manage. Check out the full blog post on"
YouTube Link 2025-07-11T11:01Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"15 Linux Troubleshooting Commands Every Home Lab Admin Should Know Linux troubleshooting is one of the most valuable skills you can build for a home lab especially as you start running Proxmox Kubernetes Docker containers and self hosted services. In this video I walk through the core commands you can use to diagnose issues quickly. This includes reading system logs and checking service health to spotting resource bottlenecks. Also tracking down storage problems and seeing kernel level errors. If you're trying to figure out why a container crashed why a disk vanished why a service wont start"
YouTube Link 2025-12-05T12:01Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Best Docker Container Server Setup // Docker Swarm CephFS and Portainer I have been in search for the perfect docker setup for home lab and production environments when Kubernetes doesn't really make sense in every situation. Also especially for a lot of self-hosted services many of these do not work well with Kubernetes. Home Assistant is one that comes to mind among others. I have found arguably the best docker container environment in most cases is not Kubernetes but a Docker Swarm cluster with Microceph installed with distributed storage running CephFS and Portainer is the management tool"
YouTube Link 2024-10-17T11:00Z 101K followers, 85.9K engagements
"I Ran Proxmox and VMware Side by Side for a Year (What Surprised Me Most) I spent an entire year running Proxmox and VMware side by side in my home lab fully expecting VMware to come out on top. VMware had always been my default hypervisor both professionally and personally but after Broadcoms changes and the growing friction around hardware support and licensing I decided to give Proxmox a serious long-term test. In this video I walk through what surprised me after a year of real-world use. I looked at stability hardware compatibility the web interface centralized management with Proxmox"
YouTube Link 2026-01-16T12:01Z 101K followers, 37.6K engagements
"My Top [--] Proxmox Home Server Builds I take you a comparison of three Proxmox builds based on Minisforum motherboards I have built in the past few months the BD790i X3D the BD795i SE and the BD795M. All of these builds have their strengths and weaknesses but overall I give you my thoughts on the overall winner I think in terms of features and capabilities offered by these boards. Build of materials for all three builds (these are Amazon affiliate links that I earn a small commission on) BD795M: Minisforum BD795M https://geni.us/bd795m RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact"
YouTube Link 2025-05-16T20:30Z 101K followers, 16.4K engagements
"Top [--] Mini PCs for Home Server in early [----] Mini PCs are a great platform for running a home lab environment. We take a look at the top [--] mini PCs that I have tested for home lab in early to mid [----] and see which options I would pick. I have a write up on top mini PCs here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/02/top-5-mini-pcs-for-home-server-in-early-2024/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog:"
YouTube Link 2024-05-17T07:00Z 70.4K followers, 90.1K engagements
"Proxmox and Gaming PC build with Minisforum BD790i X3D motherboard #proxmox #gamingpc #minisforum"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T16:49Z 71.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Home Server Build [----] for Proxmox with Minisforum BD795i SE This is another Proxmox Server Build with a variation using the Minisforum BD795i SE motherboard and a few differences here. This is a great board that will allow building your own home server for self-hosting. Check out the links below for the build of materials. Written blog post: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/03/home-server-build-2025-run-proxmox-or-vmware-esxi-16-cores-and-128gb-ram/ Build of materials (below are Amazon affiliate links that I earn a small commission on): Link to motherboard on Minisforum site:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-14T11:00Z 70.2K followers, 10K engagements
"DNS failover solutions for home lab"
YouTube Link 2025-04-05T14:18Z 71.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Terramaster D1 SSD Plus Review: The Fastest Portable Drive for Creators & Home Labs I got my hands on the new Terramaster D1 SSD Plus. This little portable SSD enclosure seriously impressed me. In this review I walk you through the design performance benchmarks compatibility and real-world use casesfrom editing 8K video to moving virtual machines between home lab hosts. It has USB4 [--] Gbps speeds an aerospace-grade aluminum body and support for NVMe drives up to 8TB. So definitely is built for creators and home labbers who need portable high-speed storage. 10% off the D1 SSD Plus:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-05T11:00Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Low Power server for home #techtok #tech #minipc #gmktec #homelab"
YouTube Link 2025-05-23T17:52Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"A UPS Battery that lasts forever"
YouTube Link 2025-03-21T20:19Z 70.4K followers, [---] engagements
"AMD Ryzen [--] Home Server with AI // Geekom AE7 Mini PC Review A look at the Geekom AE7 Mini PC as a home server. This is a fantastic little mini PC with a lot of processing horsepower for home server workloads AI and just about anything else you want to do with it. In the video we deep dive into the performance power efficiency use cases and other thoughts about this Ryzen [--] 7940HS mini PC. Written review of the Geekom AE7: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/06/geekom-ae7-mini-pc-review-as-home-server/ Discount code links for the Geekom AE7: US"
YouTube Link 2024-07-18T11:00Z 61.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Hacking VMware Workstation networking to add VLAN tagging for virtual machines Have you ever wanted to hack your VMware Workstation networking In this video tutorial I show you an easy way to add VLAN tagging to VMware Workstation which is something you can't do natively. Using a combination of client Hyper-V PowerShell and VMware Workstation networking we can add VLAN tags to a virtual network adapter and bridge this virtual network adapter to a VMware Workstation virtual machine. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog:"
YouTube Link 2022-04-21T02:16Z 61.5K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Best Synology Alternatives to Locked Down Hard Drives There is big news in the prosumer NAS market with Synology making the announcement they will be locking down the hard drives that you can use with the "plus" series and "enterprise" series NAS devices released in [----] moving forward. No longer will we be able to just throw in any brand of hard drive into an empty Synology NAS of these model lines. What does this mean How will this affect the home lab community Let's talk about the announcement and what it means and how it may impact your decision to purchase a home lab NAS in [----]. Written"
YouTube Link 2025-04-25T11:00Z 101K followers, 10K engagements
"A Forever UPS Goldenmate 1000VA/800W review with LiFePo4 battery I had a chance to check out a Goldenmate UPS unit that was sent over for testing. This battery is marketed as a 10-year UPS That is pretty incredible compared to most of the standard UPS units you can buy today that need a battery replacement every 3-4 years. Could this be a forever UPS battery that never needs replacing Check out the video and see my thoughts on this possibility for the home lab and home office. Buy the forever UPS unit Goldenmate 1000VA/800W LifePO4 battery backup: https://geni.us/goldenmate1000vaups"
YouTube Link 2025-03-21T11:00Z 83.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Custom Docker Dashboard for your Home Lab #homelab #techtok #tech #docker"
YouTube Link 2025-03-25T04:24Z 81.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Server Monitoring DASHBOARD for inventory health metrics and alerts Building your own server monitoring dashboard manually can be tedious and time consuming. PRTG is a great solution allowing you to monitor your environment with automatic scans of your infrastructure and adds relevant monitoring sensors automatically. It is completely agentless and can provide tremendous value in your environment in no time. You have got to check out the server monitoring dashboard I have created with PRTG Download and try out PRTG here: https://www.paessler.com/prtg/download Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2023-01-31T21:15Z 84.4K followers, 25.2K engagements
"Local LLM with Ollama LLAMA3 and LM Studio // Private AI Server Forget using public generative AI resources like ChatGPT. Use local large language models (LLMs) instead which allows you to create a private AI server. In the video we step through setting up a private AI server in Windows Subsystem for Linux and a few hacks that need to happen so that your API can be accessible to the open source frontend called Open WebUI. Written post on the steps: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/06/local-llm-model-in-private-ai-server-in-wsl/ Ollama download: https://ollama.com/download LM Studio:"
YouTube Link 2024-06-19T15:30Z 81.7K followers, 18.7K engagements
"Best Backup Solution You Haven't Heard About If you are looking for a great backup solution that can protect modern workloads both in the home lab and in production environments I am going to introduce you guys to quite possibly the best backup solution you have never heard of - NAKIVO Backup & Replication. Learn more about NAKIVO Backup & Replication here: https://bit.ly/3S65NF3 Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My"
YouTube Link 2024-11-14T12:00Z 62.2K followers, [----] engagements
"VMware Home Lab Build - tips for getting started The home lab environment is a great tool for getting started learning VMware and other technologies. It provides the basis to spin up workloads and learn at your leisure without worries of disrupting production environments. There are [--] recommendations I have for you to get started with your VMware Home Lab. They are: Start out small with the home lab Invest in good equipment Buy a VMUG subscription Leverage the Microsoft Eval Center Do backup your lab environment In this overview video we talk about each of these areas why they are important"
YouTube Link 2021-11-23T15:43Z 61.5K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Best Server & Application Monitor for free with Checkmk Monitoring is an essential part of making sure self-hosted services are up and running and performance is as expected. Checkmk Raw edition provides a free and open source server & application monitor you can spin up in seconds in a Docker container. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn:"
YouTube Link 2022-12-15T21:30Z 71.9K followers, 192.2K engagements
"Synology DS1621xs+ iSCSI LUN configuration in VMware vSphere Recently I was able to get my hands on the Synology DS1621xs+ NAS device for use in the home lab. The unit I have in the lab features [--] gig network connectivity (2) NVMe drives for read/write caching and a [---] GHz Xeon processor. It is a speedy NAS for the home lab network environment. In this video walkthrough we take a look at how to provision an iSCSI LUN for VMware vSphere targeting the DS1621xs+ Synology NAS and the steps needed to setup the iSCSI target create the LUN add the LUN in vSphere and the VMFS datastore. Subscribe"
YouTube Link 2022-01-20T00:57Z 81K followers, [----] engagements
"Best Windows Monitoring: Netdata [---] Native Windows Agent We take a look at the new native Windows monitoring found in Netdata. It is one of the easiest solutions you can choose to start monitoring your environment quickly now including Windows hosts. In just a few minutes you can install the Netdata agent and see your metrics streamed to the cloud. They also have a Netdata home lab license that is very cheap to monitor unlimited endpoints in the cloud dashboard. NAKIVO Backup & Replication [--] VM license winners (reach out to me on discord: https://discord.gg/Zb46NV6mB3) @gojdff @cbf305"
YouTube Link 2024-11-21T12:00Z 62.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Minisforum MS-A1 Mini PC Review Is it a AMD Ryzen MS-01 Home Server We look at the new Minisforum MS-A1 Ryzen [--] 8700G mini PC workstation. Is this a Minisforum MS-01 with an AMD Ryzen processor Well sort of but not really. We will look at the details of this new Ryzen-based MS-01 and see if it is indeed an AMD MS-01 or something else. Link to the Minisforum MS-A1: https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-a1_pos=1&_psq=ms-a1&_ss=e&_v=1.0&variant=45707673338101 Read the written review of the Minisforum MS-A1 here:"
YouTube Link 2024-08-22T11:00Z 61.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Protect against VMware ESXi Ransomware - [--] Ways VMware ESXi ransomware is becoming a bigger problem in the enterprise. A new ransomware gang is now targeting VMware ESXi. Black Basta is a ransomware variant that can target the VMFS datastores on your ESXi servers and encrypt virtual machine files found on the datastore. In this detailed overview we will take a look at Black Basta ransomware and [--] ways you can protect your VMware ESXi host from ransomware using VMware ESXi security best practices. Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2022-06-08T20:39Z 73.3K followers, 13.6K engagements
"Install vCenter Server [--] in VMware Workstation Step-by-step process and error workaround In this video we take a look at using VMware Workstation for your home lab environment to run vCenter Server [--]. How can you install VMware vCenter Server [--] in VMware Workstation We take a look at the process and a quirk to get this to work with vCenter Server [--]. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster"
YouTube Link 2022-10-21T23:45Z 78.8K followers, 24.7K engagements
"Upgrade VMware Horizon 7.x Connection Servers to Horizon [--] [----] VMware Horizon [--] [----] has dropped to the masses. The upgrade process is fairly straightfoward in most environments. In this video I walkthrough the process to upgrade your Connection Servers from Horizon 7.x to Horizon [--] [----]. We also talk about the proper order of operations for your Horizon [--] [----] upgrade process and considerations you need to make when upgrading. Also you will see a quirky behavior at the end of the upgrade process that I discovered in the lab environment when trying to access the Horizon Administrator"
YouTube Link 2021-12-02T15:24Z 60.4K followers, [----] engagements
"NVMe NAS that is Tiny and FAST // Terramaster F8 SSD Plus I want to introduce you to a fantastic little NVMe NAS device that provides a high performance storage option for creators or home lab enthusiasts. Take a look at my thoughts on the unit pros and cons as well as some performance benchmarking with VMware vSphere and VDBench. The Terramaster F8 SSD Plus: https://amzn.to/41xtM5c The written review of the Terramaster F8 SSD Plus NVME NAS: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/08/terramaster-f8-ssd-plus-review-all-flash-nas-with-nvme/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2024-08-29T11:00Z 84.4K followers, 24.7K engagements
"Beelink SEi12 Core i7 Review as a Home Server A full review of the Beelink SEi12 mini PC as a home server running enterprise hypervisors. Can this little mini PC with the P cores and E cores be used for a home server in your home lab We take a look at this and see which hypervisor is best to run with this unit. Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter:"
YouTube Link 2024-01-12T22:30Z 61.7K followers, [----] engagements
"DNS Failover designs for Home Lab: Pi-Hole Unbound Windows Server Nebula Sync and more An in-depth discussion of DNS failover what it is and why you need this configured in your home lab environment along with production. We discuss and look at three different designs for DNS failover and which design you might use for which use cases and what components and solutions are involved. This will help to take your home lab name resolution resiliency to the next level We will look at things like Pi-Hole Unbound Windows Server DNS Nebula Sync and more. Written blog on this topic:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-04T11:00Z 74.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Speed Up Windows [--] with VMware OS Optimization Tool Many are now working with Windows [--] and are in the process of upgrading Windows [--] to this latest Microsoft client operating system. What if you want to tweak the last ounce of performance from your Windows [--] installation There is a free tool called the VMware OS Optimization Tool that provides a push button approach to speeding up your operating system. Although it is designed for use with VDI environments the performance benefits can be seen with standalone workstations and VMs as well. This video gives an overview of the process to"
YouTube Link 2023-10-16T19:18Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Best Virtual Machine Creation tool to create and run Linux VMs like containers In this video we take a look at arguably one of the easiest tools to create new virtual machines. Multipass from Canonical gives you the same look and feel to creating and configuring virtual machines as we have with creating Docker containers. We look at installing configuring and creating virtual machines with Multipass. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com"
YouTube Link 2023-01-09T19:30Z 69.3K followers, 40.2K engagements
"vSAN [--] New Features - Express Storage Architecture Explained Learn more details about VMware vSAN [--] and the Express Storage Architecture that has many great advantages over the original storage architecture found in legacy vSAN versions we have today. Learn about 100X performance improvement using native snapshots Also learn about how disk groups are going away in favor of storage pools Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social"
YouTube Link 2023-10-13T21:07Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Tips to get started with a Home Lab #techtok #tech #homelab"
YouTube Link 2025-03-23T04:28Z 70.4K followers, [----] engagements
"This Tiny NAS Packs 24TB Beelink ME Mini NAS Review for Home Labs 🛒 Buy the Beelink ME Mini NAS: Amazon https://geni.us/beelinkmemininas Official Beelink Store https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-mini-n150 In this video we take a deep dive into the Beelink ME Mini NASa tiny but powerful NAS device that fits in the palm of your hand. Although it is super small it delivers serious performance and flexibility for home labs media servers and compact virtualization setups. 🧠 Well explore: Hardware specs including the Intel N150 CPU & 12GB LPDDR5 RAM 6x NVMe M.2 slots with up to 24TB of"
YouTube Link 2025-06-06T11:01Z 101K followers, 19.9K engagements
"Best Free Hypervisors in [----] As we deal with the death of the VMware ESXi free edition in this video we look at the best free hypervisor solutions now that VMware ESXi free edition is dead. Check out the written write up of this video here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/02/best-free-hypervisors-now-that-vmware-esxi-free-edition-is-dead/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog:"
YouTube Link 2024-03-20T20:15Z 71.9K followers, 138.5K engagements
"Home Lab Documentation // Tools Tips and Tricks I go through a lot of thoughts in this video on documenting a home lab environment. Why document your home lab What tools do you need to use to do this What types of documentation do you include We look at all of these questions and talk about some of the things that are very helpful to include in your break glass documentation that you will find helpful. Label maker I use: https://amzn.to/3Rpsjbm (amazon affiliate link I earn a small commission on) Written blog on this topic:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-18T11:00Z 72.5K followers, 23.1K engagements
"Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS Review: Beastly NAS for Home Lab or SMB I take a detailed look at the Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS device. This thing is a super beefy NAS device with lots of horsepower and drive bays along with [--] [--] gig network connections. It also has a complete backup suite of software that provides a backup solution for PCs physical servers files and virtual machines. Also it has really great bonding options for the multiple network connections. Does it live up to the specs on paper Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS: https://amzn.to/4hNDB47 Western Digital 10TB WD Red Plus NAS"
YouTube Link 2025-02-07T12:00Z 67.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Ubiquiti Wifi [--] LR AP unboxing adopting in unifi controller firewall and firmware upgrade Due to the supply chain issues over the course of the past couple of years I have not upgraded to Wi-Fi [--] in the home lab environment. However I was able to get my hands on a couple of the Unifi U6-LR Access points and wanted to show you guys my unboxing of the unit adopting it into the Unifi Controller and how to do this if your Access Points and Unifi controller are on different subnets. Also what about firewall considerations and other configuration changes Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2022-09-14T18:00Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Giving away this low power Proxmos mini pc to a commenter #homepc #minipc #pcenthusiasts #homelab"
YouTube Link 2025-06-14T02:06Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Ultimate Kubernetes Dashboard tool for beginners Openlens GUI If you are looking for the ultimate Kubernetes GUI tool to work with Kubernetes Openlens may be the solution you are looking for. It provides a beautiful GUI for interacting with multiple Kubernetes clusters and allows easily working with your cluster configurations management monitoring etc. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media:"
YouTube Link 2022-11-12T00:00Z 78.4K followers, 70K engagements
"My best looking home lab server build for [----] #homelab #techtok #proxmox #minisforum #amdryzen This is @VirtualizationHowto This is my new server build that I have been working on the past couple of days now. I received in the Thermaltake Tower [---] case Minisforum BD790i X3D with the Ryzen [--] 7945X3D processor and other goodies including a light kit. Check out my blog post about the build here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/04/rate-my-best-home-server-build-aka-workstation/ Build kit: (amazon affiliate links that I earn a small commission on) Thermaltake Tower 200:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-06T02:56Z 71.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Best NAS right now in [----] #homelab #techtok #minipcs #tech #smallcomputers #nas #proxmox"
YouTube Link 2025-07-09T03:50Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"I created a Custom Docker Server Dashboard Download Now Recently I took on a home lab project to create my own home grown docker dashboard to have a very simple and lightweight way to see all containers across all my docker hosts. There are many great docker management tools like Portainer that allows managing and configuring your docker containers. However there are limitations with Portainer and other tools to view all your containers with customizable information. I wanted just a simple web dashboard that can give me a searchable tool to get very quick information about my docker container"
YouTube Link 2025-01-09T12:00Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Home Lab Tour 2024: Servers Apps Docker and more It is that time again My home lab tour [----] takes a look at the journey my home lab has taken in [----]. I have fully migrated workloads to mini PCs in [----] focused on containerizing everything that is critical in my lab and doubled down on learning DevOps and GitOps as well. See what mini PCs I am using storage solutions networking applications DevOps and GitOps tools and more See the written blog post covering the home lab tour in [----] here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/12/home-lab-tour-2024-hardware-software-containers-and-more/"
YouTube Link 2024-12-19T12:00Z 64.3K followers, 15.7K engagements
"Beastly Home Lab NAS S #techtok #tech #computerstorage #homelab"
YouTube Link 2025-03-22T22:39Z 70.4K followers, [----] engagements
"CPU C States for Massive Home Lab Power Efficieny // VMware ESXi and Proxmox I have been on a quest to shrink the footprint of power consumption in the home lab as energy prices continue to go up around the world. There is a setting in the BIOS called C States that can lead to massive power savings and allow you to drastically cut the amount of power your home server takes to run. We take a look at this and how you can use this in conjunction with VMware ESXi and Proxmox to have a low power home server. Sponsor of the video - NAKIVO: https://bit.ly/3S65NF3 Written version of today's video:"
YouTube Link 2024-09-20T11:00Z 81.9K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Top [--] Home Lab Tools I Use in [----] A look at my top [--] home lab tools in [----] that I use in the lab every day. These tools have made my home lab experience smoother and more efficient. These span everything from hypervisors software hardware and utilities. No tool roundup is the same for everyone but hopefully you will find something on the list that is helpful Video sponsor (NAKIVO): http://bit.ly/3S65NF3 Written post on today's video subject: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/07/top-10-home-lab-tools-i-use-in-2024/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-12T11:00Z 61.4K followers, 28.2K engagements
"VMware vSphere [--] - Installing vCenter Server [--] VCSA appliance In this episode we take a look at installing VMware vSphere [--] and the steps involved to deploy the VCSA [--] appliance in your existing vSphere environment. The VCSA [--] appliance is deployed using the vCenter Server Installer utility. It deploys the virtual machine for vCenter Server [--] and allows implementing the configuration to stand up the SSO domain and other configuration. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com"
YouTube Link 2022-10-13T14:00Z 78.8K followers, 112.8K engagements
"VMware's Killer new storage in [----] Single drive vSAN Express Storage Architecture home lab VMware has a killer new storage solution that is found in the latest vSphere [--] and vSAN [--] release. The new storage architecture found in vSAN [--] known as the Express Storage Architecture is a great new storage solution that is even simpler for home lab use and can be enabled with a single drive in each cluster host. We take a look at the new architecture and then look at configuring the new vSAN ESA. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My"
YouTube Link 2022-10-25T14:30Z 61.4K followers, 21.7K engagements
"Kicking Off Between the Clouds: AI on Old GPUs NetAlertX and DevOps Mindset 🎙 Introducing Between the Clouds: A Podcast for the Home Lab and Hybrid Cloud Era What does it really mean to live between the clouds For many of us in IT whether you're a home lab enthusiast systems architect or cloud-native developer it means operating at the intersection of private infrastructure and public cloud services. And thats exactly the space this new podcast is here to explore. Today Im excited to launch the very first episode of Between the Clouds a weekly show where we build break and learn in"
YouTube Link 2025-06-18T21:16Z 101K followers, [---] engagements
"Mini PCs with [---] GB of RAM in Home Lab with new RAM kit The time has come [---] GB RAM kits have been officially released from Crucial and this is going to be a game changer for home lab enthusiasts running mini PCs in their environments. We have been stuck at [--] then [--] GB of memory for years now. Finally we are getting to workstation levels of memory for powerful mini PCs that will help take home lab and home server environments to the next level for self-hosting with virtual machines Docker and Kubernetes. Buy the new memory here (amazon affiliate link I get a small commission): New"
YouTube Link 2025-02-28T12:01Z 69.2K followers, 10.1K engagements
"Beelink SER5 - Ryzen [--] Mini PC Home Server I try out the Beelink SER5 with the Ryzen [--] 5700U processor. This is an [--] core [--] thread low-power processor that is a great value. Check out my thoughts on making this little mini PC a home server in the home server lab. ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster ★ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ ★ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit ★ Facebook:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-22T15:00Z 61.6K followers, 41.5K engagements
"Kubernetes Cluster in Minutes in VMware vSphere using Rancher Spinning up a Kubernetes cluster from scratch can be complicated and challenging. Rancher is an open source free solution that allows easily creating Kubernetes clusters. In this video walkthrough we look at how to create a Kubernetes cluster in a VMware vSphere environment using Rancher. As we will see in the video Rancher provides a fully automated way to create Kubernetes cluster. Using VMware vSphere all you need to have is an Ubuntu cloud image template in your vSphere inventory and Rancher does the rest. Using the template"
YouTube Link 2022-01-12T20:30Z 74K followers, 49.5K engagements
"Troubleshooting vCenter Appliance VCSA the Easy Way Troubleshooting VMware vCenter Server VCSA appliance has in the past required running many commands at the commandline and gathering a lot of information by hand. There is now a new VMware Fling called the vSphere Diagnostic Tool that provides a single Python script to gather the information needed to troubleshoot and diagnose issues with your vCenter Server VCSA appliance. You can find the link here: https://flings.vmware.com/vsphere-diagnostic-tool Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2022-05-12T22:30Z 78.6K followers, 18.2K engagements
"Convert VMware to Proxmox VE Server #homelab #proxmox #tech #techtok"
YouTube Link 2025-03-21T20:29Z 70.4K followers, [----] engagements
"UPGRADE Your Mini PC to [---] GB RAM #minipc #homelab"
YouTube Link 2025-03-05T00:55Z 69.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Quadruple your Mini PC Memory with VMware NVMe Memory Tiering 4x your Mini PC Memory // VMware NVMe Memory Tiering We take a deep dive look at VMware's new NVMe memory tiering feature found in VMware vSphere [---] update [--]. The new NVMe memory tiering is going to be a game changer for home labs since it will allow us to 4x our Mini PC system memory in systems that normally can't have more than [--] GB of memory in the case of DDR5 SODIMM memory equipped mini PCs. Let's look at upping your memory in your mini PC in just a few commands Video's sponsor:"
YouTube Link 2024-08-15T11:00Z 77.6K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Trigkey S7 Pro Review runs VMware and Proxmox perfectly // Home Lab Server If you are looking for a great mini PC for a home lab server that is capable of running both VMware ESXi and Proxmox the Trigkey S7 Pro is a great little mini PC. It sports the Ryzen [--] 7840HS processor DDR5 memory (2) M.2 slots and an Intel 2.5G network adapter. Check out my review of the unit including specs unboxing installation pros cons and comparisons with other mini PCs like the Minisforum MS-01. Read the written review of the Trigkey S7 Pro here with further details:"
YouTube Link 2024-04-24T15:00Z 78.6K followers, 17.4K engagements
"Uptime Kuma Open Source Uptime Monitor for HomeLab Server monitoring In my quest to test many different open-source monitoring solutions in the home lab this year I want to take you guys through a new solution I am working with - Uptime Kuma. It is a self-described fancy uptime monitor with beautiful dashboards to display reachability and uptime of critical services. You can create easy status pages for groups of services and style these as you need. With Uptime Kuma you can monitor services applications hosts databases and many other types of connections. Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2023-02-07T21:30Z 66.1K followers, 40.4K engagements
"My Proxmox Server Build [----] Minisforum BD795M with [--] threads [--] GB memory [--] gig I am building my own server for Proxmox and asking you guys to join in on the journey. We walk through a few things with the build. Why are we using Proxmox Why choose to build vs buy something like a mini PC Also we detail motherboard case CPU cooler network card storqage for boot and VMs and other topics. Minisforum BD795M https://amzn.to/3PQXFa8 RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact https://amzn.to/3CeIW5H Cooler Master MWE Gold [---] V2 https://amzn.to/4aFXhET Noctua NH-L9i-17xx Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler"
YouTube Link 2025-02-01T12:01Z 67.4K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Home Server Build [----] with Minisforum BD790i X3D Ryzen [--] [---] GB and RGB / My best looking build My latest build in the home lab came together nicely It is a Mini ITX build which is becoming more common these days for tiny builds or space saving builds. I didn't save space on the case that I chose but I love how this build came together and the performance included along with the RGB LED lighting. This Minisforum BD790i X3D motherboard with the Ryzen [--] 7945X3D processor brings a lot to the table. Take a look at the video as I walk you through the build components. Get the motherboard directly"
YouTube Link 2025-04-10T11:01Z 71.6K followers, [----] engagements
"VMware vSphere [--] Released New Features Big news today VMware vSphere [--] was released. It is a major new release of VMware vSphere announced at VMware Explore [----]. We take a look at some of the major features of the announcements with the new vSphere release. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ Github:"
YouTube Link 2022-08-30T20:30Z 84.7K followers, 62K engagements
"kubectl-ai Best AI Tool for Kubernetes 🎯 Todays Best Tech Deals 💻 Newegg Home Lab Picks https://geni.us/vhtneweggdeals 🛒 Amazon Home Lab Deals https://geni.us/FBtu Written blog post on kubectl-ai: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/05/meet-kubectl-ai-google-just-delivered-the-best-tool-for-kubernetes-management/ 🧠 Need Help or Have Questions Join the VHT Community Forums https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ 🚀 Explore More with the Home Lab Explorers Community 🔗 https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/aboutref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21 📺 Follow VirtualizationHowto"
YouTube Link 2025-05-30T11:01Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Beelink SEi14 Mini PC Review with Core Ultra Processor // MS-A1 Giveaway Winner announced We take a look at a really great mini PC with a lot of options and nice hardware the Beelink SEi14. I look at it in the context of running it as a home lab server using VMware ESXi and Proxmox. I find an interesting anomaly in running VMware ESXi vs Proxmox in terms of power draw on this mini PC. Also exciting stuff We are picking the winner of the Minisforum MS-A1 on this video so be sure to tune in if you commented on the last video for the "Perfect Home Lab in 2024". Winner of the giveaway join the"
YouTube Link 2024-09-13T11:00Z 61.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Best Virtualization Projects in [----] for the Home Lab In [----] it is a great time to start new virtualization projects in your home lab. In this video we look at a few virtualization projects you can start in [----] that can help learn new skills and technologies moving forward and if you are a nerd like me they are fun Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter:"
YouTube Link 2024-02-23T19:00Z 70.4K followers, 19.7K engagements
"Connect Kubernetes to your Synology NAS NFS share Introduction to Kubernetes and persistent storage - 0:00 A deep dive into NFS storage using a Synology NAS as a target for your Kubernetes workloads. Using an open-source NFS provisioner we can attach to an NFS share on our NAS and then use this as a storage class in our K8s cluster that automatically provisions storage when we spin up pods. You can see the code examples here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner-connect-your-nas-with-kubernetes/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2023-11-17T19:00Z 61K followers, [----] engagements
"Create a Linux Service Monitoring Script - Learn Bash scripting tutorial In this video walkthrough you will learn how to create a Linux Bash Shell script from scratch to monitor a service and start the service if it is stopped. We will also show how to add the Linux Shell script to a Cron job to automatically run the Bash script at a specified interval. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media:"
YouTube Link 2022-05-11T12:16Z 61.5K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Rancher Node Template VMware configuration with Ubuntu Cloud Image Using Rancher with VMware vSphere is a great way to easily create Kubernetes clusters in your VMware vSphere environment. On a previous video detailing the process to use Rancher to create Kubernetes clusters in VMware I had questions about the Node template and how you create the vSphere template referenced in the Rancher Node template VMware configuration. This video walkthrough details the process to create the Rancher Node template VMware vsphere template using an Ubuntu Cloud Image. Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2023-10-13T05:48Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Best Home Lab Automation Tools Packer Terraform PowerShell and Ansible Using automation provides a powerful way to ensure your virtual machines containers and hosts are configured and managed across the environment consistently seamlessly and securely. We take a look at using home lab automation tools to keep VMs and home lab infrastructure updated configured and using it to deploy new templates and virtual machines. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com"
YouTube Link 2022-10-31T21:30Z 84.7K followers, 22.1K engagements
"Episode 2: VCF [--] CoreControl Docker Rollout and ProxMenux for Proxmox in Your Home Lab 🎙 Episode [--] BetweenTheClouds 🛠 Featured Tools & Projects VMware Cloud Foundation [---] Explore major upgrades like NVMe Memory Tiering GPU vMotion vSAN ESA global deduplication enhanced multi-tenancy and full-stack lifecycle improvements. CoreControl A beautifully designed self-hosted dashboard for your home lab. Track CPU memory disk network usage and container services in real timeall in a lightweight Docker container. 🔗 Read the full post"
YouTube Link 2025-06-20T15:24Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"My Top AMD Ryzen Proxmox Builds for Home Lab #techtok #microserver #homelab #homeserver"
YouTube Link 2025-05-20T10:56Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Best free AI terminal for Linux Windows and TACOS #homelab #ai #googlegeminiaiterminal"
YouTube Link 2025-07-10T04:31Z 101K followers, [----] engagements
"Proxmox Memory Hack you need to know #tech #proxmox #optane #microserver #memoryusage #sysadmin"
YouTube Link 2025-02-23T03:33Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements
"VMware ESXi Networking Class for Home lab - the basics I find that many are challenged with understanding basic networking when it comes to building their home labs. I use VMware vSphere in my home lab environment. In the video we walk through understanding the basic constructs of VMware vSphere networking VLANs the vSphere standard switch and networking with nested ESXi virtualization. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social"
YouTube Link 2023-03-30T18:00Z 96.9K followers, 65.4K engagements
"Automate your Home Lab like a boss #homelab #tech #devops"
YouTube Link 2025-03-30T04:32Z 88.1K followers, [----] engagements
"New Home Server Rack Cable Management - New Patch panel and cabling One of my year-end projects for the home lab server rack has been cleaning up some cabling introducing a patch panel and rerouting some cabling. This video shows the time lapsed footage of this process and the end results of the project for now. I hope you guys enjoy Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn:"
YouTube Link 2022-11-18T18:30Z 93.3K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Configure VMware File Sharing with VMware vSAN File Service running on top of vSAN object storage VMware vSAN File Service is a solution that allows running your enterprise file shares on top of VMware vSAN object storage. It allows having a solution that inherits the features strengths and capabilities of vSAN object storage for your file shares including Storage Based Policy Management (SPBM). These features allow very granular control and management of the file shares in the environment. VMware vSAN File Service is presented to the vSAN cluster using containers that provide the endpoints"
YouTube Link 2022-04-02T14:26Z 85.5K followers, [----] engagements
"ASUS NUC [--] Pro Review // Best Intel NUC for Home Lab The Intel NUC started the mini PC craze across the world several years ago and the NUC brand is still synonymous with performance-driven mini PCs. However now with Intel no longer producing the NUC Asus has taken over production of the very well-known mini PC. This is the first Asus NUC that I have gotten my hands on. We look at the ASUS NUC [--] Pro review as a home lab server and see if this little mini PC is worthy as a server running VMware ESXi or Proxmox features pros and cons and more. Check out these VMware compatible mini PCs: Asus"
YouTube Link 2024-10-24T11:00Z 99.3K followers, 42.1K engagements
"Best Notification System for Home Servers with Apprise Push Alerts Notifications are a critical part of effective monitoring in the lab and production environments. With it becoming more challenging to use SMTP notification due to more and more security layers that are now required for sending SMTP messages such as DKIM SPF records and proper reverse DNS records. Apprise Github page: https://github.com/caronc/apprise Mailrise Github page: https://github.com/YoRyan/mailrise Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog:"
YouTube Link 2023-01-03T21:45Z 98.3K followers, 52.1K engagements
"ESXi Mini PC Server with the GMKtek Nucbox K10 I had a lot of comments about mini pcs that are compatible with VMware ESXi. The GMKtek Nucbox K10 sports the Ryzen [--] 5800U process with [--] threads and also has the Intel i225 [---] Gbps network adapter making it fully compatible with ESXi at least from a consumer hardware/home lab perspective. This video takes a look at the GMKtek Nucbox K10 and running workloads that I had ran on an old Supermicro Xeon-D 1541-based host. Check out these VMware compatible mini PCs: Asus [--] Nuc Pro - https://amzn.to/42GZJJf GMKtec Mini PC Gaming M7 Pro -"
YouTube Link 2023-10-06T15:30Z 96.6K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Proxmox vs ESXi in [----] With all of the changes on the virtualization front many are evaluating their options in [----]. Two of the major players are Proxmox and VMware ESXi. However with the Broadcom shakeup and price increases many are looking seriously at Proxmox. We compare Proxmox vs ESXi across many different fronts including installation interface network storage clustering migration backup solutions and more. Read the written blog post of Proxmox vs ESXi in [----] here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/04/proxmox-vs-esxi-in-2024-pros-and-cons/ Check out the VHT forums to get your"
YouTube Link 2024-05-22T14:30Z 96.6K followers, 52K engagements
"Docker Container Monitoring Dashboards both Open Source and Netdata We explore crazy awesome Docker dashboards for Docker container monitoring. We look at open source tools to build customized dashboards as well as a freemium cloud SaaS solution that even has a home lab license that allows you to monitor unlimited endpoints Pretty cool Let's take your Docker container monitoring dashboards to the next level Read the write up and view code featured in the video here: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/10/docker-container-monitoring-with-cadvisor-node-exporter-prometheus-and-grafana/ ★"
YouTube Link 2024-10-31T11:00Z 99.3K followers, 23.4K engagements
"Top [--] VMware vSphere CLI commands you need to know ESXi contains powerful built-in commandline commands allowing admins to perform troubleshooting configuration management and other tasks without the GUI. We look at the top [--] ESXi CLI commands you need to know and how they are used. Special thanks to Vembu for sponsoring this video Download Vembu here: https://www.vembu.com/vembu-bdr-suite-download/utm_source=virtualizationhowto.com&utm_medium=bloggerbanner&utm_campaign=download Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog:"
YouTube Link 2022-11-15T16:00Z 86K followers, 21K engagements
"ESXi [---] Upgrade in three ways - ISO command line and vSphere Lifecycle Manager Now that vSphere [--] has been released many are upgrading existing home lab environments to ESXi [---]. In this video I describe three ways to upgrade your ESXi host to ESXi [---]. These include from the ISO media command line and using vSphere Lifecycle Manager. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn:"
YouTube Link 2022-10-14T20:15Z 99.9K followers, 81.3K engagements
"New Proxmox Import Wizard for Migrating VMware ESXi VMs Proxmox has recently released a new Proxmox VMware ESXi virtual machine migration wizard. In this video we will look at the installation of the import VMware ESXi wizard and see how this new tool works and actually migrate a virtual machine from a test VMware ESXi environment. This is a game changer for those who want to pivot their lab environment from running on VMware to running on top of Proxmox VE Server. Take a look at the written write up of the Proxmox New Import Wizard for VMware here:"
YouTube Link 2024-03-28T23:00Z 98.8K followers, 77.5K engagements
"Rancher Cloud-config.yml example cloud-init add SSH keys If you use Rancher to deploy your Kubernetes nodes in VMware vSphere or any other cloud environment you can make use of the Cloud Config configuration in the Node template to specify various initialization configuration settings. One of the basic things you can do is specify SSH keys in your Node Template for Rancher. This allows connecting to your Kubernetes nodes locally if these become disconnected from Rancher. In the video tutorial we look at how to implement the cloud config for SSH keys in VMware vSphere Kubernetes nodes or any"
YouTube Link 2022-07-06T22:18Z 92.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Best Kubernetes Distro for Home Lab in [----] // Microk8s Minikube k3s and more We look at the best Kubernetes Distros for Home Lab. If you want to get started learning Kubernetes take a look at the top [--] distros for running single-node Kubernetes in the home lab. Check out the list and learn how to quickly install each one Take a look at the written post covering the Kubernetes distros here: https://tek2cloud.com/ultimate-guide-to-setting-up-a-kubernetes-home-lab/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-25T11:00Z 94.4K followers, 32.8K engagements
"Best Server Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana using Node Exporter and cAdvisor A complete walkthrough of completely free and open source solutions to monitor your Linux Windows and Docker servers. In the view we see how we can setup and configure Prometheus Node Exporter Grafana and cAdvisor to monitor servers in our environment and how you can easily configure these. Clone down the examples in this video from the following Git repository: https://github.com/brandonleegit/OpenSourceMonitoring Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2023-01-27T22:45Z 97.8K followers, 79.6K engagements
"Best Firewall for home security - Palo Alto PA [---] lab unit I recently upgraded my home lab firewall to a PA-440 from Palo Alto. I really like the Palo Alto solution both for production and in the home lab. The new PA-400 series firewalls are great for ensuring your connectivity is both secure and protected from threats using the advanced Palo Alto series. This video takes a look at the overall specs of the PA [---] series firewalls the features capabilities and security of the units. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog:"
YouTube Link 2022-12-20T15:30Z 86.1K followers, 48.8K engagements
"Best Kubernetes Management Tools for Beginners [----] There are myriads of tools out there to manage Kubernetes. However some are better than others. In this video we take a look at the best Kubernetes management tools for beginners in [----] as we highlight tools. Get to know kubectl Open Lens K9s Headlamp Lens and Aptakube pros and cons benefits etc. Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ My Proxmox Build: Minisforum BD795M https://geni.us/bd795m RackChoice 2U Micro ATX Compact https://geni.us/rackchoice2u Cooler Master MWE Gold"
YouTube Link 2025-01-23T12:00Z 95.2K followers, 15.6K engagements
"VMware Host Client Beta // Bringing back the desktop app In a recent VMware community blog post a new VMware Host Client Beta was announced. However one of the standout pieces of information in the blog was the new beta client is a "desktop application" Are we going back to the days of the old vSphere Client written in C# We take a quick look at this news and what it may mean. Official VMware community blog: https://blogs.vmware.com/code/2024/04/05/the-beta-release-of-the-new-vmware-host-client-is-available/ Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered:"
YouTube Link 2024-04-09T18:00Z 90.2K followers, 10.4K engagements
"10 Tips to Get Started with a Home Lab in [----] In this video we take a look at [--] tips to get started in a home lab in [----]. We look at what I think are the top ten tips and tricks to successfully spin up and use a home lab including mini PCs RAM power backups open source software and much more Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster ★"
YouTube Link 2025-01-16T12:00Z 94.4K followers, 133K engagements
"Easy K3s Kubernetes tools WITH K3sup and Kube-VIP Spinning up a Kubernetes HA configuration is made easy with two open source utilities K3sup and Kube-VIP. Using both of these utilities we can easily stand up multiple control nodes using a virtual IP address and use the VIP to join the additional nodes to our Kubernetes cluster. For the K3s control nodes I have spun up (3) Ubuntu Server virtual machines running in VMware vSphere. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com"
YouTube Link 2022-11-22T17:45Z 99.9K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Create a Custom Windows [--] ISO without a TPM check Lately many have ran into the issue with installing Windows [--] due to a missing TPM. I have detailed a couple of workarounds in previous videos to the TPM check. However in this video we take a quick unnarrated look at creating a custom Windows [--] ISO that bypasses the TPM check so that no manual edits of the registry are required. The process involves: - Downloading the Windows Assessment and Deployment Toolkit for Windows [--] and the WinPE add-on - Copying the files from the Downloaded Windows [--] ISO to a folder - Mounting the boot.wim -"
YouTube Link 2021-10-14T13:38Z 92.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Build a Kubernetes Home Lab from Scratch step-by-step Building a Kubernetes Home Lab environment from scratch might seem like a daunting task. However it is actually pretty straightforward with the right tools in place. In this video we are going to use Kubeadm to initialize a Kubernetes cluster from scratch in our home lab environment. Using Kubeadm takes some of the heavy lifting out of the underlying complexities of Kubernetes. We look at how to build the Kubernetes home lab cluster from scratch step-by-step. Join me in the adventure Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2022-07-23T13:30Z 88.1K followers, 192.3K engagements
"Broadcom finally listened on licensing // vSphere Standard and vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses back Today major news dropped from Broadcom with the expansion of the VMware Cloud Foundation portfolio of products. It seems that Broadom has finally listened to customers on VMware licensing to an extent. They have brought back vSphere Standard and vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing for those that don't want VMware vSphere Foundation or VMware Cloud Foundation. They have also significantly bumped up the vSAN storage you get per core by 2.5x so now [---] GB per core. Check out the written blog"
YouTube Link 2024-10-31T21:15Z 86.2K followers, 20.8K engagements
"Yacht vs Portainer - Docker Dashboard comparison The experience working with Docker is made even better when you have a Docker dashboard. In this video we take a look at two really great Docker dashboards and features and functionality of both. We look at installation and using them. Video sponsor: Cameyo Virtual Application Delivery platform. One of the coolest application delivery platforms I have seen: https://cameyo.com/ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com"
YouTube Link 2022-12-09T19:30Z 89.6K followers, 87.2K engagements
"Network condition simulation with VMware Workstation Pro It can be difficult to simulate real world network bandwidth jitter latency packet loss. However there is a cool new feature in VMware Workstation that allow you to do just that. Using VMware Workstation Pro [--] you can edit the properties of your network adapter and set the bandwidth packet loss and latency that you want to simulate. This is customizable. You can set it to simulate in either direction outbound or inbound. This will no doubt help developers who are coding applications that will be used across slow WAN links or other"
YouTube Link 2021-02-17T14:53Z 89.6K followers, [----] engagements
"VMware Workstation [--] Pro New Features for home lab VMware recently released VMware Workstation [--] Pro with many great new features including new guest operating system support fast encryption TPM [---] OpenGL [---] and WDDM [---] support among others. We take a quick look at the new features and how these will be great upgrades for home lab environments. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster"
YouTube Link 2022-11-24T17:30Z 89.6K followers, 64.6K engagements
"pfSense Alternatives: Firewall Solutions for your Network pfSense is a great open source firewall solution that many use in the home lab SMB and even enterprise environments. However you may be looking for something different. What are good pfSense alternatives that you should try We look at [--] pfSense alternatives that are worth looking at. Check out the written post covering the [--] solutions we talk about: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/06/pfsense-alternative-top-5-firewall-solutions/ ★ Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-03T18:00Z 89.1K followers, 33.8K engagements
"Ubiquiti Unifi RADIUS 802.1x Authentication Configuration Do you want to secure your home wireless network even further In this video I demonstrate using an enterprise authentication protocol known as 802.1X authentication to secure your Unifi wireless network using a RADIUS server running on Windows Sever Network Policy Server. The steps are fairly straightforward and involve configuring a RADIUS server with the authentication policies needed a certificate and then making the changes to the Unifi wireless network to authenticate using the RADIUS server. Subscribe to the channel:"
YouTube Link 2022-02-05T02:47Z 90.4K followers, 61.1K engagements
"Proxmox Swap and Memory Hack for Home Labs When it comes to performance Swap space is generally considered a negative. When you start swapping to disk performance usually suffers. However if you running a RAM starved home lab host and maybe you are physically maxed out in the RAM you can install such as with today's SODIMM modules using ultra-fast storage for swap space can actually be an advantage. I tested Intel Optane storage as swap space for a Proxmox host with only [--] GB of memory and the results were really amazing in terms of performance and the "feel" of the box even with RAM maxed"
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T12:01Z 68.7K followers, 17.4K engagements
"Best Docker Container Monitoring Tools - Free and open source In this video we take a look at monitoring Docker containers and the best free docker monitoring solutions that are free and open source. We cover [--] solutions that are easily configured to monitor both your Docker host as well as the individual containers in your environment. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380Asub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn:"
YouTube Link 2022-12-29T15:30Z 94.9K followers, 83.5K engagements
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