Easy monitoring?What is LogForge?ArchitectureLogForge FrontendLogForge NotifierLogForge Alert EngineInstalling LogForgeLogForge interfaceToggling on monitoring for containersViewing logs for a containerViewing alerts for containersViewing files in your containers with LogForgeRule templatesAlert destinationsFeatures that I think make LogForge stand outCurrent limitations and roadmap of featuresComparing LogForge to other tools you may be familiar withFree...

I recently in compiling my latest list of Proxmox tools that you need to know about for the home lab, stumbled on a new community-developed tool called PVETUI. It is a VERY cool, text-based user interface that runs directly from your terminal to manage your Proxmox VE Server environment. Let’s see...

When it comes to open-source monitoring, two tools come up quite often for building out monitoring stacks for things like Kubernetes monitoring (storage, scaling, performance, etc), cloud monitoring, application metrics, and many others in your environment – InfluxDB and Grafana. There are others like telegraf, chronograf, and others that you...

Pulse is an open-source monitoring platform that you can run for free for monitoring. It was built specifically for Proxmox VE Server.

What is NixOS?Differences underneath the hoodInstalling NixOS in ProxmoxPreparing NixOS storageFormatting the partitionsGenerating the NixOS config, beginning install, and UEFI issuesNixOS configuration fileHow do you upgrade NixOS and packages?NixOS AnywhereWhen does NixOS make sense and when does it not?Wrapping up There are plenty of excellent operating systems for home labs—Ubuntu...

One of the things that I really like about Proxmox is all the options it gives when it comes to running containers. And, with the new release of Proxmox VE 9.1, there is yet even another way to run your containers in your home lab environment with OCI containers. So,...

Here we are late in 2025, with the news that Proxmox VE 9.1 has been released as news from the Proxmox official blog has announced. This release has a lot of what I think are meaningful improvements that really do touch ever major part of the platform. This incoudes containers,...

Here’s a polished and professional rewrite of your text: I did a double take when I checked the ProxMenuX repository and noticed that the latest release includes a brand-new tool called ProxMenuX Monitor. My curiosity instantly kicked in, so I pulled the latest version from the repo and gave it...

Here’s a polished, professionally rewritten version of your text: If you’ve been keeping an eye on Proxmox over the past few years, one tool has consistently caught everyone’s attention: Proxmox Datacenter Manager. We first saw it in its early alpha stage, then later in beta, and now the big moment...

Managing Apple devices in the modern enterprise has evolved rapidly. As organizations adopt hybrid work, BYOD strategies, and security-first frameworks, Microsoft Intune has become one of the most powerful platforms for managing macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Apple TV devices at scale. In 2025, Intune offers deeper integration with Apple Business...