A peek under the hood of my homelab. Proxmox, Synology, Docker, and how everything is wired together.
Plattform
🖥️ Proxmox host (PVE)
Hosting environment for running production VMs and LXC containers for the homelab.
💾 Synology DS918+
NAS running Docker services and acting as the primary backup repository.
🐳 Docker VMs (Debian)
Primary target for new Docker/Compose services, running the monitoring exporters.
📦 LxC Container
Pi-hole, Ubuntu-Worker and MariaDB running on slim LxC Containers.
Strategies & Setup-Guides
🔄 Backup strategy
Layered backup approach covering NAS user content and VM/LXC backups across multiple locations.
📊 Prometheus/Grafana
Central metrics collection and dashboards for hosts, containers, and hardware.
💻 Dev environment
A disposable, daily-backed-up Xubuntu VM for AI-assisted, remote development via SSH and Chrome Remote Desktop.
🌐 OpenWrt Multi-WAN
Multi-WAN router with WiFi and Powerline failover, plus IoT VLAN 189 isolation.