SSH Key-Based Access to a Proxmox Cluster
Typing passwords every time you SSH into a Proxmox node gets old fast — especially with a six-node cluster. Here's how to set up SSH key authentication and an SSH config so you can just type 'ssh harlan' and be in.
Proxmox 8 Lessons Learned in the Homelab
Hard-won lessons from running Proxmox since version 7.4 through 8.2.2 — upgrade gotchas, Ceph integration tips, and the patterns that apply at any scale.
ProxMox 8.2.2 Cluster on Dell Wyse 3040s
Building a three-node Proxmox 8 + Ceph test cluster on Dell Wyse 3040 thin clients to safely evaluate SDN and Ceph configuration changes without risking the semi-production cluster.
ProxMox 8.2 for the Homelabs
Building a Proxmox 8 + Ceph HA cluster on decade-old Dell OptiPlex 990 hardware with Seagate USB drives — the background, the hardware inventory, and why Ceph beat a Synology NAS.
Ceph Cluster rebalance issue
Fixing a severely imbalanced Ceph cluster where OSDs added in batches left the first three drives at 75-85% while newer ones sat nearly empty — by tuning backfill and recovery parallelism.