Homelab on DevOps & Homelab Adventureshttp://lab.8devops.com/tags/homelab/Recent content in Homelab on DevOps & Homelab AdventuresHugo -- 0.160.1en-usWed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000Retiring pve005: Decommissioning a Proxmox Node the Hard Wayhttp://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-04-08-retiring-pve005/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-04-08-retiring-pve005/Walking through the full decommission of a Proxmox node from a legacy cluster: draining Ceph, removing monitors, clearing corosync, and cleaning up the loose ends.Moving a Raspberry Pi Offsite: Everything That Went Wronghttp://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-04-04-offsite-backup-saga/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-04-04-offsite-backup-saga/A cautionary tale about moving a backup server to a remote location, featuring router USB ports, client isolation, emergency reflashes, and a restic surprise.Self-Hosting OpenMemory MCP on Proxmox with Tailscalehttp://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-31-openmemory-mcp-proxmox-tailscale/Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-31-openmemory-mcp-proxmox-tailscale/Deploying a self-hosted OpenMemory MCP server on a Proxmox LXC with Ollama and Tailscale, plus fixing Claude Desktop's broken write tools with supergateway.Running 6 Minecraft Servers on Proxmox with Docker-in-LXChttp://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-29-minecraft-servers-proxmox-docker-lxc/Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-29-minecraft-servers-proxmox-docker-lxc/Deploying 6 Paper Minecraft servers across 3 Proxmox LXCs using Ansible, itzg/minecraft-server, and automated backups — plus everything that broke along the way.AdGuard Home on Proxmox with EdgeRouter X-SFP: DNS, Ad Blocking, and Reverse DNShttp://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-25-adguard-home-edgerouter-dns/Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-25-adguard-home-edgerouter-dns/How I set up AdGuard Home in an LXC container as the primary DNS server for my homelab, integrated it with an EdgeRouter X-SFP for DHCP-based reverse DNS, and enabled non-Tailscale devices to reach Tailscale services via subnet routing.Rebuilding My Homelab: From 9 Nodes to 3 with Proxmox 9 and Cephhttp://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-07-proxmox-cluster-rebuild/Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-07-proxmox-cluster-rebuild/How I consolidated a sprawling 9-node Proxmox 8 cluster into a lean 3-node Proxmox 9 cluster with Ceph storage, GPU passthrough, and fully automated Ansible management.Setting Up Tiered Ceph Storage with CephFS and RBD on Proxmox 9http://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-07-ceph-tiered-storage-proxmox/Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://lab.8devops.com/posts/2026-03-07-ceph-tiered-storage-proxmox/How I configured Ceph with CRUSH rules to separate SSD and HDD tiers, then set up both CephFS and RBD pools for different workloads on a 3-node Proxmox 9 cluster.