setting up my NEW Home Server - Full Walkthrough Guide Pt.1 (Proxmox, RAID, Cockpit, Shares)

This is part one of my FULL server setup with Proxmox! In this part we setup network shares and get all our storage aligned and ready to go!

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00:00 - Join me!
00:55 - Twingate (Sponsor)
01:55 - Hardware
03:33 - Software
04:36 - Flashing and Bios
05:43 - Installing Proxmox
08:11 - Storage Pool in Proxmox
11:02 - ZFS Commands
11:47 - Creating and Assigning Storage
14:36 - Creating Ubuntu Container
16:55 - New Mount Point in Containers
17:47 - Install Cockpit
19:48 - Install Cockpit Share Services
21:25 - CLICK FIX
21:30 - Create Users
23:31 - Setup Network Shares (SMB)
25:41 - Enable Discovery for Windows Machines
26:19 - Testing and DONE!

[TechHut]

Sorry for the delay! Ended up being a longer video than I expected.

[axle]

I never comment on youtube vids but, this was the most comprehensive and easiest to follow guide. Running through part 2 now. You've earned a sub my friend.

[dbme]

I have been wanting to play around with Proxmox for a while now. Thanks to this video I now have Proxmox up and running on an old computer. I'm looking forward to the next video. I'd like to see you make a video on how to create backups and restore from them in the event of a system failure and maybe even a video briefing over some of the other advanced things Proxmox does.

[leecifer]

This series has changed my life! It convinced my to get my docker arr stack off my laptop and onto an old Mac mini I had, then I decided to spend way more money and am now building my dream NAS to follow along to your guide with. It's been so helpful in getting everything setup! Thanks! Please keep making more as you upgrade and change things, I'd love to see what else you do

[paulogodinho]

This is THE BEST video on setting up proxmox I have ever seem, I have been using it for a couple years now but there is so much that you cover that I was missing, thank you so much for sharing.

[natearrigoni]

This is amazing timing, ty for all the videos you make. I have my drives on their way tomorrow and the rest of the system is ready to go. I'm super excited, can't wait for part 2.

[gilfoyle]

Your video came at the right moment; I am in the process of moving my stuff to Proxmox too. When can we expect part two?

[BrainLeisure]

I just wanted to thank you for the 2 part videos so far. I was able to setup my own homelab thanks to you and your precious instructions (though I wasn't able to setup the stats dashboard for some reason on another video of yours, I'll have to investigate on this). I'm sure I'll be able to make this setup evolve by following closely on your steps ! Love from France <3

[Estrambord]

Brandon you are a lifesaver ! I've been struggling with my new server and could not figure out how to achieve the "ultimate media server"
Your content is very beginner friendly and helped me so much, thanks a lot
Can't wait for part2 !

[wood_and_metal]

I've been struggling with this problem for a week or so. You have excellent timing, and I'm eager for the nest video. Great presentation, and just the right amount of instruction for my needs.

[shamscorner]

I just build a cheap pc yesterday for my homelab and this video came right after 😄 Thank u 🙏🏼

[hUk]

Great video i was tinkering with my proxmox setup and came across this video.. i fonally have zfs 😂 setup. Waiting fpr part 2 hope it will be ready soon.. thanks.. 🙏

[wyldfiregames]

Perfect timing, i'm planning on installing Proxmox this weekend this is super helpful.

[cpn]

Good vid! I have a similar set up, however I don't manage ZFS from proxmox but an Ubuntu VM to which I pass through the SATA controller. Also has the 45drives plugins for cockpit. The main reason is all the automation I have around zfs maintenance and monitoring, and offsite backups - it's a lot easier to recover from disaster if that stuff is self contained somewhere other than proxmox, even if I have it all automated in ansible. NFS is good for inter-vm and container shares.

[jaizon]

Loved the video. Can't wait to see a followup installing stuff like jellyfin, sonarr, radarr and pi-hole

[hssn]

Simple and Clear, beginner friendly video 🎉🎉🎉

[haydenc]

Great stuff...very streamlined and easy to follow and understand!
Definitely want to follow along and make sure I learn how to use/utilize LXC's they seem quite a bit more streamlined and less system resource intensive than VM's
Keep em coming!!!!

[jorisvanransbeeck]

Always fun to watch your video's😊

[kam]

First time viewer - great video and planning a similar migration for home media NAS and *arr docker stack in the future. Looking forward to Part 2

[ChrisCebelenski]

You can add host directories easily to the lxc without a lot of the work - create your ZFS in proxmox as usual, and add it as storage. It will show up on the host as /mnt/pve/<storagename>. Now, create the LXC pretty much as you describe, but before starting it go to the host shell, and use pct. The command you want is "pct <lxcid> set -mp0 /<storage on host mount>/mp=<mount point on lxc>. And there you go!