By Bennet Gallein, Published on August 5th 2025 | 4 mins, 654 words
On August 5th, 2025, Proxmox rolled out the highly anticipated Proxmox VE 9.0 - ushering in a host of innovations for data center admins and homelab enthusiasts alike. Building on... Continue ReadingBy Bennet Gallein, Published on November 27th 2024 | 3 mins, 450 words
Proxmox has announced the release of Proxmox Backup Server 3.3, bringing several enhancements to their enterprise backup solution.New Features in Proxmox Backup Server 3.3The standout feature of this release is... Continue ReadingBy Bennet Gallein, Published on October 18th 2024 | 8 mins, 1429 words
In the ever-evolving world of IT infrastructure, data storage and virtualization play an increasingly important role. Two technologies that stand out in this field are CEPH and Proxmox. In this... Continue Reading
How to Configure an Additional Subnet on a Hetzner Dedicated Server for Proxmox
By Bennet Gallein, Published on September 10th 2024 | 3 mins, 449 words
When you order an additional subnet for your Hetzner dedicated server, you can use it to give VMs dedicated IPs. This way, you can expose your VMs to the internet,... Continue ReadingBy Bennet Gallein, Published on August 19th 2024 | 2 mins, 328 words
One of the coolest features of Proxmox VE is its built-in firewall, which acts like a digital bouncer for your virtual environment. Here's what makes it stand out:Cluster-wide ProtectionWith the... Continue Reading
Setting Up EVPN on Proxmox SDN: A Comprehensive Guide
By Bennet Gallein, Published on August 3rd 2024 | 4 mins, 708 words
In the ever-evolving landscape of network virtualization, Ethernet VPN (EVPN) and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) have emerged as powerful technologies for creating scalable and efficient network overlays. EVPN, combined with... Continue Reading
Proxmox IP Spoofing - What it is and how to prevent it
By Bennet Gallein, Published on June 24th 2024 | 3 mins, 486 words
Proxmox as a hypervisor does - at least not in the default configuration - prevent QEMU VMs from using any IP they wont. If you use the default bridged networking... Continue Reading
Proxmox Cloud-Init Part 1
By Bennet Gallein, Published on February 24th 2024 | 3 mins, 498 words
Cloud-init plays a pivotal role in streamlining the initiation of cloud instances, offering an open-source, multi-distribution solution for configuring virtual machines during their launch. Its versatility extends across various cloud... Continue Reading
A Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Networking (SDN) inside Proxmox - Part 3 - VXLAN
By Bennet Gallein, Published on February 17th 2024 | 5 mins, 805 words
This is part 3 of my series "A Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Networking (SDN) inside Proxmox" where we setup, configure and test the capabilities of the Proxmox SDN System.Part... Continue Reading