Peter Mac

When running a stable home server with Docker containers for services like Traefik (reverse proxy), Plex (media server), Calibre (e-book library), Home Assistant, Mosquitto (MQTT), and Zigbee2MQTT, it’s natural to ask: should I stick with Docker on bare metal or move to Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE)? 

A couple of lessons I’ve learned along the way to smooth the HA journey to minimise outages and keep the sanity of your family intact by avoiding the failure of any of the automations they’ve all come to expect as standard.