🖥️ Proxmox Host - proxmox04 (Complete)
This document provides a comprehensive overview of the Proxmox virtualization host, its hardware, storage, network configuration, VM/container roles, backup strategy, and system-level settings.
🧾 Overview
| Field |
Value |
| Hostname |
proxmox04 |
| IP Address |
192.168.1.37 |
| Physical Location |
10" Lab Rax 3D-printed rack |
| Proxmox Version |
8.4.0 |
| Kernel Version |
6.8.12-9-pve |
| Timezone |
America/New_York (EDT, UTC-4) |
| NTP Sync |
Enabled (timedatectl confirmed) |
| Subscription |
Community (no commercial key) |
🧠 Hardware Summary
| Component |
Details |
| Motherboard |
ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AX |
| CPU |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G — 6 cores / 12 threads |
| RAM |
62 GiB DDR4 (non-ECC) |
| Swap |
8 GiB |
| Boot Drive |
Crucial 256GB SATA SSD (CT256MX100SSD1) |
| Case |
Mounted in modular 3D-printed 10" rack |
💾 Storage Configuration
ZFS Pool: vm_data (NVMe)
- Device:
/dev/nvme0n1
- Size: 2TB
- Usage: All VM/LXC disk volumes
- ZFS Dataset Mounts:
/vm_data/subvol-###-disk-0/vm_data/vm-100-disk-1
ZFS Pool: zfs_pool (RAIDZ1 HDDs)
- Devices: 5× 6TB HDDs (RAIDZ1)
- Usable Space: ~21.7TB
- Usage:
/zfs_pool/nc_data (Nextcloud)/zfs_pool/immich (Media archive)
Additional SSD (ext4)
- Device:
/dev/sda — 525GB Crucial SSD
- Mount Point:
/mnt/torrents
- Use: qBittorrent download staging
🌐 Networking
| Field |
Value |
| Primary NIC |
enp4s0 |
| Bridge |
vmbr0 |
| Gateway |
192.168.1.1 |
| DNS |
1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8 |
| Firewall |
Enabled at Proxmox level |
| DHCP |
Disabled (Static IP) |
🗂️ VM & Container Roles
| ID |
Hostname |
Type |
Description |
| 100 |
homeassistant |
VM |
Home Assistant OS + Cloudflare Tunnel |
| 103 |
pihole |
LXC |
DNS + Ad-blocker |
| 104 |
sonarr |
LXC |
TV Automation |
| 105 |
radarr |
LXC |
Movie Automation |
| 106 |
jackett |
LXC |
Indexer Proxy |
| 107 |
flaresolverr |
LXC |
Cloudflare Bypass Tool |
| 108 |
qbittorrent |
LXC |
Torrent Client |
| 109 |
immich |
LXC |
Personal Photo Archive |
| 110 |
nextcloud |
LXC |
All-in-One Cloud Storage Suite |
| 111 |
nextcloud |
LXC |
Shared with cloudflared, Apache |
🔒 Credentials & Security
- Stored In: Bitwarden (folder:
homelab)
- Root Login: Enabled on proxmox04 (
root@pam)
- 2FA: Not enabled at host level
- SSH Access: Enabled, static IP (
192.168.1.37)
- Web UI Access:
https://192.168.1.37:8006
🔁 Backup & Snapshot Strategy
| Method |
Status |
| ZFS Snapshots |
Manual (daily/weekly planned) |
| vzdump |
Not yet automated |
| External Backup |
Not configured |
| Restore |
GUI or CLI via snapshot rollback |
🧩 Services Running On Host
| Service |
Status |
Notes |
| Proxmox GUI |
✅ |
Accessible via :8006 |
| smartd |
✅ |
Disk health monitoring |
| ZFS utilities |
✅ |
Native to Proxmox |
| Cron |
✅ |
Used for task automation |
📝 Additional Notes
- Cloudflare tunnels are configured in container 111 using
cloudflared
- All service domains are routed securely through Cloudflare (Nextcloud, Home Assistant)
- All important system and config files are documented in their respective markdown files
- Default container storage:
vm_data
- All container root volumes use ZFS subvolumes