Tutorials

Tutorials

Step-by-step setup guides and hands-on walkthroughs. From first VM to full self-hosted stack.

2 articles Updated May 2026
Setup Guides
Hardware

How to Set Up Proxmox on a Mini PC — Box to First VM in Under an Hour

Step-by-step Proxmox VE setup on a mini PC. From USB boot to your first VM and LXC container in under an hour. Real hardware, real power draw, no enterprise bloat.

13 min read
Self-Hosting
Tutorial

Self-Hosting Essentials: What to Self-Host First and Why

Six self-hosted services in the right order, with real hardware requirements for each. Pi-hole, Uptime Kuma, Jellyfin, Nextcloud, Immich, and Home Assistant — what you actually need to run them.

9 min read
Related Guides
Comparison

Proxmox vs ESXi in 2026: Free ESXi Is Back, But Does It Matter?

Free ESXi 8.0 returned with limits. Proxmox VE is open source with no VM caps. Real benchmarks, feature comparison, and an honest verdict on which hypervisor wins for homelabs in 2026.

9 min read
 Homelab

Proxmox vs TrueNAS vs Unraid 2026: Which to Run

Proxmox VE 8, TrueNAS Community Edition 25.10, and Unraid 7 compared — license cost, ZFS, Docker, clustering, and a clear pick per homelab use case.

12 min read