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34 tutorials tagged homelab
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Install Paperless-ngx on Proxmox LXC (2026)
Self-host Paperless-ngx in a Proxmox LXC to turn every document into a searchable, OCR'd archive. Full setup with PostgreSQL, Redis, and the web UI.
proxmox · paperless · self-hosted
~30 minDifficulty: intermediate
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Proxmox Backup Server 3-2-1 Part 3: Cloudflare R2 Offsite Backup
Add the offsite tier to a 3-2-1 backup: sync Proxmox Backup Server to a Cloudflare R2 bucket over S3, with scoped API tokens and group-filtered sync jobs.
proxmox · proxmox-backup-server · backup
~35 minDifficulty: intermediate
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Proxmox Backup Server 3-2-1 Part 2: PBS-to-PBS Pull Sync
Add hardware redundancy to your backups: stand up a second Proxmox Backup Server that pulls from the primary over an API token, and see why pull beats push.
proxmox · proxmox-backup-server · backup
~30 minDifficulty: intermediate
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Proxmox Backup Server 3-2-1 Part 1: USB Removable Datastores
Start a 3-2-1 backup: pass a USB drive to your Proxmox Backup Server VM, create a removable datastore, and run a real disaster-recovery drill to prove it works.
proxmox · proxmox-backup-server · backup
~35 minDifficulty: beginner
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Caddy + Cloudflare SSL on Proxmox — HTTPS for Every Service (2026)
Put trusted HTTPS on every homelab service. Build Caddy with the Cloudflare DNS module in a Proxmox LXC and get automatic SSL certificates for internal domains.
proxmox · caddy · ssl
~20 minDifficulty: beginner
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Pi-hole v6 + Unbound on Proxmox — Network-Wide DNS (2026)
Set up Pi-hole v6 with Unbound in a Proxmox LXC for network-wide ad blocking and private, fully recursive DNS that never has to trust your ISP or a third party.
proxmox · pihole · dns
~20 minDifficulty: beginner
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Proxmox Backup Server 4.1 Setup Guide (2026)
Install Proxmox Backup Server 4.1 from ISO to first backup: create the VM, run the post-install script, and get real recovery for your containers and VMs.
proxmox · proxmox-backup-server · backup
~20 minDifficulty: beginner
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OpenClaw Part 5: Backup, Restore & Maintenance
Back up and restore a self-hosted OpenClaw AI monitoring stack: what to capture, how to run the backup, and how to recover the whole setup after a disk failure.
backup · local-ai · homelab
~30 minDifficulty: intermediate
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OpenClaw Part 3: Self-Hosted Command Center with Matrix
Give your OpenClaw AI agent a real home. Self-host a Matrix server with Continuwuity in an LXC for persistent, searchable, threaded incident reports.
local-ai · self-hosted · homelab
~45 minDifficulty: intermediate
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OpenClaw Part 2: AI-Powered Incident Response with Uptime Kuma
Wire OpenClaw into Uptime Kuma so a local AI agent catches outages and runs SSH diagnostics on its own, using a dispatcher, a host script, and restricted keys.
uptime-kuma · local-ai · monitoring
~40 minDifficulty: intermediate
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OpenClaw on AMD Strix Halo: Set Up a Self-Hosted AI Agent with 128GB Unified Memory
Set up a self-hosted OpenClaw AI agent on AMD Strix Halo: upgrade the kernel, install ROCm 7.2, and configure 128GB of unified memory for running local models.
local-ai · amd · homelab
~45 minDifficulty: intermediate
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Monitor Your Homelab with Uptime Kuma — Part 3: Advanced Features
Take Uptime Kuma further with monitor groups, tags, SSL certificate-expiry checks, a public status page, and maintenance windows to silence planned downtime.
uptime-kuma · monitoring · homelab
~30 minDifficulty: beginner