oll@homelab: ~/homelab

Last login: Wed Jul 9 2026 on tty1

# Welcome. This terminal actually works — type help and press enter. (it's for learning.)

oll@homelab:~/homelab$ cat welcome

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an old PC -> your own server. no cloud bill, no gatekeepers.

oll@homelab:~/homelab$ ls

the-home-server-guide*# the whole walkthrough, one page, start to finish docs/# deep-dive notes on virtualization

oll@homelab:~/homelab$ cat roadmap

# the build, bottom of the stack to the top:

1foundationsIPs, NAT, CGNAT, ports, DNS 2the hypervisorvirtualization + Proxmox as the base 3build the baseLinux VM, SSH, Docker + Compose 4deploy your appsreverse proxy, domain, DNS, tunnels 5run it like a proSSH keys, firewall, backups, habits

oll@homelab:~/homelab$ ls docs/hypervisors/

# virtualization from first principles — read in order:

01-what-is-a-hypervisor.md# type 1 vs 2, why virtualize, VMs vs containers 02-how-virtualization-works.md# VT-x/AMD-V, KVM, virtio, IOMMU/passthrough 03-choosing-a-platform.md# Proxmox vs ESXi vs XCP-ng vs KVM/libvirt 04-proxmox-in-practice.md# VMs vs LXC, storage, networking, backups

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