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Guides, deep dives and product news on automating Proxmox VE at scale.
How to Enable Email Notifications in Proxmox VE
A step-by-step guide to setting up email notifications in Proxmox VE, covering SMTP and sendmail targets, matchers, a working Gmail example, and common setup errors.
Building Multi-Node VXLAN Overlays with Proxmox VE SDN
How to design and deploy VXLAN zones in Proxmox VE SDN to build layer 2 overlay networks that span racks and sites without depending on physical switch VLAN provisioning.
How to Create Your First Virtual Machine in Proxmox VE (Step-by-Step Guide)
Never created a VM before? This step-by-step Proxmox VE tutorial walks you through the Create VM wizard tab by tab, explains every setting in plain English, and gets you from a blank ISO upload to a running virtual machine.
Tuning Corosync Link Priority and Token Timeouts for Proxmox VE Cluster Resilience
Proxmox VE corosync redundancy only works if knet actually prefers the right link. Here's how to set link priority correctly, read corosync-cfgtool output, and avoid tuning the token timeout blind.
Virtual Machine vs LXC Container in Proxmox VE: Which One Should You Use?
Proxmox gives you two ways to run a workload: Create VM or Create CT. Here's what actually happens under the hood with each one, a side-by-side comparison, and a simple way to decide.
SR-IOV for Intel NICs on Proxmox VE: Passing Real NIC Performance Through to VMs
virtio-net hits a wall under sustained load because every packet gets copied through a host vhost thread. Here's how to pass Intel NIC virtual functions directly into Proxmox VE guests with SR-IOV for near bare-metal throughput and latency.
How to Enable Email Notifications in Proxmox VE for Backup and System Alerts
Set up Proxmox VE's notification system so failed backups, storage warnings, and cluster issues email you automatically, instead of finding out weeks later.
How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) in Proxmox VE
A beginner's walkthrough for turning on TOTP two-factor authentication in Proxmox VE, including recovery keys, realm-wide enforcement, and how to recover if you lock yourself out.
Configuring SR-IOV Networking for Proxmox VE 8.x Virtual Machines
A practical walkthrough for enabling SR-IOV on Intel and Mellanox NICs in Proxmox VE 8.x, from IOMMU groups and virtual function creation to hostpci mapping, VF persistence, and the pitfalls that trip up production deployments.