In this video I walk through the core tools that quietly run my Proxmox home lab every day in 2026. From virtualization and distributed storage with Proxmox and Ceph, to monitoring, automation with Git and CI/CD pipelines, reverse proxy, DNS infrastructure, and out-of-band management with Intel vPro. These are the platforms that power my entire home lab environment and keep everything running smoothly.
Full blog post:
https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2026/02/the-tools-that-quietly-run-my-home-lab-every-day-in-2026/
Minisforum MS-01 barebones units I am using in my new lab: https://geni.us/CAXeu2B
Tecmojo 12U 10 inch rack: https://geni.us/pRBmZ
Trendnet 12-port 10G switch: https://geni.us/KmQDa
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:42 Proxmox VE Server
1:33 Proxmox Management Tools (PegaProx & ProxCenter)
2:23 Ceph & CephFS Distributed Storage
3:12 Proxmox Backup Server
3:55 Monitoring the Lab (Netdata, Pulse, ProxMenuX)
6:19 Git & Infrastructure as Code
7:03 CI/CD Automation with GitLab
8:17 Reverse Proxy with Traefik
8:55 DNS Infrastructure (Windows DNS & Technitium)
10:28 Intel vPro Out-of-Band Management
12:02 Tools That Run My Home Lab in 2026
