Proxmox

These pages cover the Proxmox platform itself.

The structure is split on purpose. Basics explains the platform. Setup covers bring-up. Operations covers the habits that keep the host recoverable. Workloads covers the guides that depend on Proxmox-specific LXC, VM, storage, networking, or passthrough behavior.

In This Section

• Proxmox Basics — the foundational sequence covering why Proxmox is useful, how the platform is layered, and the practical defaults for storage, networking, and sizing.
• Proxmox Setup — hardware preflight, drive validation, BIOS choices, installation flow, and the early decisions that shape everything after.
• Proxmox Operations — storage, backups, notifications, updates, and the routines that keep the host stable.
• Proxmox Workloads — service deployments, passthrough, and Proxmox-specific runbooks for actual workloads, including Pi-hole, GPU passthrough, Open WebUI + Ollama, and the llama.cpp serving stack.

Related Sections

• Networking — DNS, routing, bridges, VLANs, and the broader network context around Proxmox guests.
• GPU & AI — the cross-platform ideas behind local GPU compute and AI infrastructure.
• Virtualization — the platform-agnostic concepts behind VMs, LXCs, lifecycle, and isolation.

How To Use It

Start with Proxmox Basics if you want the shape of the platform first.

Move to Proxmox Setup when you are building the host, Proxmox Operations when the host is already running and needs discipline, and Proxmox Workloads when the question becomes how to run a specific service or hardware workflow on top of it.